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Implement daily distribution plan for approximately 59,000 multi-levels assigned to North American Reload pool so as to ensure proper railcar supply for shipment of finished vehicles. Prepare statistical reports on fleet performance and equipment status. Primary responsibilities include management of individual customer shipper accounts through preparation of daily queue reports and active monitoring of empty car pipelines. Communicate extensively both internally with the Reload distribution team members as well as with external rail and shipper contacts on issues impacting railcar supply and customer demand. Works with the Reload team to maintain accurate data in various TTX business systems. Secondary responsibilities include: broad project management responsibilities for individual Reload projects, working with management and external contacts to develop, coordinate, and implement successful projects in line with Reload’s goals and objectives.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage empty railcar queues to ensure sufficient railcar supply for individual shippers through preparation of individual queue reports and monitoring empty railcar pipelines.
- Understand equipment flows and the car management process.
- Implement daily distribution plan using appropriate routes.
- Primary interface on all shipper issues with railroad and fleet management for individual shippers.
- Communicate with internal team members and external rail and shipper contacts to convey information related to tactical distribution and empty car supply.
- Project Management: actively plan, design, develop, implement, and monitor project-based solutions to solve Reload-specific distribution issues, both at strategic and tactical levels.
- Serve as single point-of-contact for projects under individual management.
- Learn, understand, and develop fluency in Reload-related distribution and car management systems, including UFD, Maximo, Railinc/UMLER/EMIS, SharePoint Reports Center, and individual railroad and shipper customer service systems, as applicable.
- Develop business reporting in Microsoft Office tools to analyze and interpret distribution data.
- Cross-train with fellow team members and managers and provide support for team members on empty queue management and pipelines.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum of Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university, preferably within the academic fields of Economics, Communications, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or Business Management. One to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to learn, understand, and use a variety of server-based software systems as well as other web-based industry systems to accomplish effective railcar distribution. Sound understanding of railcar distribution, its functions, and the computer skills necessary to distribute equipment.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools, specifically Excel and PowerPoint, to analyze and develop materials on railcar distribution.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, including general business periodicals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, professional journals, or government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, professional correspondence, and procedure manuals. Effective public speaking skills: has the ability to speak effectively, present information, and respond to questions before groups of managers, customers, clients, and other business partners.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistic inferences to draw conclusions to business problems.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimal numbers.
- Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percents, and to draw and interpret descriptive statistics (bar graphs, pie charts, histograms, etc.).
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
- Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization and some ambiguity.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
(The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
General office environment; may be required to travel. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit (remain stationary within work area) and use hands to finger, handle, feel and reach. The employee is occasionally required to move about (stand, walk). The employee must occasionally lift and/or transport up to 10 pounds. Correctable vision required for close, distance, and color vision capabilities.
The above job description is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.
