Specialist, Transportation Planning

Overall purpose

The Transportation Planner is accountable for planning, optimizing and monitoring Nokia’s shipments. He or she engages with shipment requestors, hubs and suppliers to transform shipment requests into bookings using transportation systems and applying Nokia’s transportation rules and policies

Key responsibilities/accountabilities

•       Transportation planning, optimization & coordination

•       Execute cyclical transport plans to build consolidated shipments using the optimal LSP, service & cost to delivery on-time to BG & Customer demands

•       Liaise with shipping points (suppliers, hubs) to assess material readiness to ship, packing size & suitability for transport and stacking/delivery consolidation possibilities

•       Engage with shipment requestors to understand urgency, green light, timed delivery/appointments and any Customer criteria needed to deliver according to requirements

•       Support the coordination of export & import document exchange & letter of credit constraints with LSPs & order managers to prevent delays from request to pickup and then delivery

•       Provides forecasts, transaction analytics and data to ODMs and distribution market teams

•       Proactively monitors transportation bookings, pickup and key transport milestones

•       Address identified exceptions by driving root-cause analysis & corrective actions to the LSPs

•       Accountable for pre-alerts & communications of any delays to all stakeholders

•       Accountable for transaction report generation in support of MBR, GDRs& ad-hoc as required

•       Support daily improvement, project user testing and master data upload/validation

•       Ensure process standardization across OSCs, regions, markets and shipping points

•       Accountable for LSP operational escalations on behalf of Transportation Operations Control Tower team (TOCT) ensuring prompt resolution and corrective/preventative action

•       Provide LSP key performance measures (both contractual & operational) and support the ODMs & GPR stakeholders in MDR & GBR meetings preparation

•       Monitor & Manage the relationship between Logistics’ suppliers, Nokia suppliers and hubs to ensure daily operations run smoothly without delays

Subject matter expertise

•       Knowledgeable of transportation, import & export practices

•       OTM system & SAP deliver & shipping experience preferred.

•       Strong analytical & reporting skills with data warehousing experience preferred

•       MsC or BsC in relevant field

Behavioral competences

•       Customer Focus

•       Decision quality

•       Integrity & trust

•       Collaboration

•       Self-development

•       Creativity, Drive for results

•       Process management

•       Communication & change mgmt.

•       Good business acumen

•       Good communication skills

•       Fluent English