Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Hiring for Logistics Truck Planner at East Chicago, IN, United States Full Time

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel has an immediate opportunity for a Truck Planner at our Indiana Harbor operation. The Central Logistics Truck Planner is responsible for ensuring that loads are built by our transportation system and scheduled with our carriers in a timely manner.

The ideal candidate will be able to communicate consistently with both internal and external stakeholders to work through logistical issues as they arise.

They also must be able to navigate through different data sources and information from multiple stakeholders to put in place the best plan to execute on the delivery of the material to the customer.

Summary of Responsibilities :

• Manage the relationships with the carrier base to expeditiously secure equipment and or re-allocate resources to ship critical loads from the producing mill
• Monitor, evaluate and analyze the performance of carriers by using performance s
• Work with the suppliers and Procurement to identify areas needing improvement
• Establish a plan to achieve the desired results, or to lower our activity levels with the supplier if sustained improvements are not made in a timely fashion
• Understand the characteristics of a load to secure the appropriate equipment to move the load to its destination
• Understand the main drivers for aged inventory focusing on variables that are within your control and working with appropriate groups to initiate plans to ensure inventory ships
• Negotiate one-time rates while exercising judicious judgement before approving the extra expenses necessary to meet a customer delivery requirement
• Always document your reasoning using the appropriate company tool or system
• Work with Commercial on rush and shutdown loads to ensure all efforts are exhausted to secure equipment and meet customer delivery target date for required material to prevent undue hardship to the customer
• Manage assignments and other responsibilities while adjusting to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Make decisions with speed and accuracy based on the available information and experience to optimize resources to achieve results
• Act as the point of contact for accidents involving in transit material, or for missed shipments and refused loads
• Run basic optimization models and perform various ad hoc analysis as needed
• Achieve a mastery of the basic position duties with a demonstrated capacity for growth

Minimum Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree or 2+ years of relevant logistics experience
• 1-2 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain
• Computer skills – MO Office Products, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, capable of working within a diverse, cross-functional, internal and external team across different time zones
• Ability to demonstrate planning, time management, communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills with a strong customer service orientation
• Understanding of logistics and transportation management

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Logistics
• Self-motivated with proven problem-solving ability and organizational skills from prior role
• Demonstrated work ethic – meeting deadlines, finding efficiencies, producing and maintaining quality work

Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the Unite d States on a full-time basis.

Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The company is vertically integrated from mining through iron making, steelmaking, rolling, finishing and downstream with hot and cold stamping of steel parts and components.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to careers@clevelandcliffs.

com or call 1-(312) 899-3097 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address.

Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer – M / F / Veteran / Disability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.