Advanced Drainage Systems

EEO Statement:

Advanced Drainage Systems is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Route Planner

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Job ID: 2024-17360 Type: Regular Full-Time # of Openings: 1 Category: Supply Chain Advanced Drainage Systems

Overview

At ADS, no idea is off limits, and we celebrate creativity and bold moves.

For more than 50 years ADS has been manufacturing a variety of innovative and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional materials. Headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, we are a multi-billion dollar stormwater management company, manufacturing pipe and ancillary products. What does that mean? When it storms, we capture rain with our drain basins, convey it with pipe, store it using chambers and finally treat it with our water quality products, before safely returning water back to the environment. We handle, what we call, the entire lifecycle of a raindrop. Our products help prevent flooding, which increases quality of life for people living in large cities, suburbs, and rural towns. We also believe in creating a circular economy and are the largest plastic recycling company in North America. We use plastic shampoo and detergent bottles to create pipe, diverting over 500 million pounds of plastic from landfills every year. ADS operates a global network of over 60 manufacturing plants and 30 distribution centers.

We have amazing stories to tell, and we need your help getting our story out there. To learn more about ADS, please visit our website at

www.adspipe.com.

Responsibilities

The Route Planner is responsible for effectively managing driver and customer relations through effective communication, planning and problem solving. This includes dispatching and shipping related tasks. The Route Planner is also a back up for Freight Manager and potential successor to position. This position requires the flexibility to work 40+ hours per week and weeknights/weekends as required.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

Creates a safe and inclusive work environment for drivers

Schedules orders to meet on-time delivery dates and customer needs

Confirms customer delivery times with correct address and contact information

Communicates driver routes in a timely manner to ensure work life balance/predictability

Builds executable loads and schedules delivery stops with safety in mind

Maximizes driver productivity, fleet asset utilization, and pounds shipped per load

Route efficiency through minimizing out of route miles

Partners with CSRs and Sales on expedited orders and regional fulfillment

Common carrier/UPS billing/RMAs management/TPA ship method communication

Driver trip envelopes/trip entry and driver log verification

BOL auditing and OTIFNE missed reason code validation

Backorder and future order management

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