Load Planner

Job Title: Load Planner
Location: Brampton, ON

• Pay: $25/hour
  
• Work Schedule: Monday to Friday
  
• Work Arrangement: 4 days in office and 1 day working from home
  
• Working Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Position Summary:
We are seeking a detail-oriented Load Planner to join our team, responsible for coordinating and optimizing freight movements. You will manage daily load planning activities to ensure the efficient and timely movement of goods across our transportation network while collaborating with buyers, vendors, dispatch teams, and carriers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute daily over-the-road (OTR) freight movements to ensure timely deliveries.
  
• Optimize load planning, truck utilization, routing, and shipment consolidation.
  
• Coordinate with suppliers and dispatch teams to ensure freight readiness.
  
• Identify and resolve scheduling conflicts and transportation disruptions.
  
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders regarding shipment updates and operational changes.
  
• Monitor and track shipments to ensure compliance with schedules and performance standards.
  
• Analyze transportation data to identify trends and opportunities for process improvement.

Qualifications:

• 3–5 years of experience in transportation, logistics, or dispatch operations.
  
• Post-secondary education in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field is preferred.
  
• Strong understanding of load planning, carrier capacity management, and transportation execution.
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, particularly Excel, with strong data analysis capabilities.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer-focused attitude.

What We’re Looking For:

• A proactive problem-solver with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  
• The ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  
• A commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Why Kelly®?

As a worker today, it’s up to you to take charge of your career and look for opportunities to learn, grow and achieve your potential. Helping you find what’s next is what we’re all about. We know what’s going on in the evolving world of work—just ask the nearly 500,000 people we employ each year. Connecting with us means getting the support, guidance and opportunities needed to take your career where you may have never imagined.

About Kelly®

At Kelly, we’re always thinking about what’s next and advising job seekers on new ways of working to reach their full potential. In fact, we’re a leading advocate for temporary/non-traditional workstyles, because we believe they allow flexibility and tremendous growth opportunities that enable a better way to work and live. Connecting great people with great companies is what we do best and our employment opportunities span a wide variety of workstyles, skill levels and industries around the world.

Kelly is an equal opportunity employer committed to employing a diverse workforce and providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all parts of the hiring process as required under its Employment Accommodation Policy. Kelly will work with applicants to meet accommodation needs that are made known to Kelly in advance.

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