Transportation Planner Sr - Enterprise Logistics

This position supports Electric Boat's Supply Chain and Logistics activities associated with the Electric Boat Transportation Planning supporting all classes pertaining to Submarine Construction. Your responsibilities would encompass freight and transportation management, material tracking, expediting, and scheduling, metric reporting, project management, import/export and freight forwarding, air and ocean transportation. You will be quoting, scheduling, and planning vendor inbound, 3^rd party, and project cargo in line with purchase order and production schedules.

Additionally, you would experience significant interaction with various Internal and External customers such as the following:

Purchasing, EB Vendor Base, Contracted Carriers, EB Program Offices, Operations, Contracts, Planning Departments, Engineering, Purchasing, Planning Yard, Newport News Ship Building, and EB Off-Site Departments.

The responsibilities of this role may expand to other special projects as programs develop.

You would require daily use of various reports and computer driven systems.

*This position is located in our Kings Highway Facility Groton, CT

Minimum Requirements:

Highschool Diploma or G.E.D. equivalency
• 4+ years experience in Planning, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Inventory Control
• Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management or project planning in a similar industry that encompasses planning routes, analyzing data for cost savings, resolving shipment issues, and ensuring compliance with regulations, all while collaborating with internal teams and external partners to optimize costs and service
• Experience in Microsoft Office products; Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachleor's degree
• Freight and Transportation Management Experience
• Familiarity with ITAR and EAR99 Regulations
• Freight Forwarding and/or Import & Export Experience
• HAZMAT & Dangerous Goods Shipping IAW IATA and 49 CFR
• Military experience or Shipyard/Shipbuilding experience
• Experience with any of the following platforms: Oracle, MRPII (ERP)

• Positive attitude
• Good organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task and work in a high pace environment
• Good PC computer skills are required.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills.
• Candidates must be a Team Player and highly motivated.
• Willing and able to interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Strong communications (Written and Oral) and Interpersonal skills.
• Ability to function independently and work in a multi discipline TEAM environment.
• Willingness to assist with issues using independent judgment, ingenuity, creativity and sound Decision-making
• Ability to analyze / interpret technical data and provide solutions to effectively schedule material in support of programs
• Willingness to work overtime and weekends when it is required to support construction.