Logistics Planner
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The Logistics Planner supports development of logistics design plans for customer inbound supply chain networks. The role creates implementation instructions for internal groups and customer providers, analyzes opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs, and proposes changes to customers. It also develops route-design deliverables, coordinates logistics systems implementation, maintains cross-dock tools and services, and contributes information for management reporting and data-driven decisions.
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Position Summary:
This role supports development of the logistics design plan for customer inbound supply chain network. The Logistics Planner creates instruction for internal groups and the customer’s providers to implement the logistics plan. Identifies opportunities for efficiency improvements and cost savings, undertakes the necessary analysis, and effectively proposes change to the customer.
Job Responsibilities:
-Develops all day-to-day route design deliverables for the customer to conform with internal policies and prevailing regulations
-Supports the coordination of the logistics systems implementation with the customer, customer’s suppliers, transportation suppliers and Penske team members
-Develops and maintains cross-dock logistics tools and services
-Provides data/information for management reporting on departmental performance
-Utilizes customer’s electronic data order interchange
-Provides input into management reporting in support of data-driven decisions
-Other projects as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications:
-High School diploma or GED equivalent required
-Two year degree / certificate in Supply Chain Management preferred
-Previous experience in transportation / third party logistics discipline required
-Exercise great attention to detail
-Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, Outlook and Inter / Intranet use
-Strong problem solving and organization skills required
-Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with others in a team environment
-Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
-Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
-The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
-While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Logistics
Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs. Visit Penske Logistics to learn more.
Job Category: Logistics/Supply Chain
Job Family: Operations
Address: 2744 Ramsey Road Bldg 3
Primary Location: US-GA-Gainesville
Employer: Penske Logistics LLC
Req ID: 2613391
How this job compares
Set against the 258 open Supply Chain Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$126–264K/yr203 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 258 open Supply Chain Operations jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Supply Chain Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 6 to 12 years (220 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 135 of the 258 open Supply Chain Operations jobs (52%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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