Senior Transportation Applications Specialist
- Calgary, AB, Canada
- Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Company Description Mullen Group Ltd. is one of North America's largest logistics providers, operating a network of independently run businesses that deliver a broad range of transportation and logistics services. These services include less-than-truckload, truckload, warehousing, logistics, transload, oversized loads, specialized hauling, and third-party logistics. The company also offers specialized services to the energy, mining, forestry, and construction sectors in western Canada, such as water management, fluid hauling, and environmental reclamation. The corporate office supplies capital, financial expertise, legal support, technology, systems support, shared services, and strategic planning to its operating businesses. Mullen Group Ltd. is a publicly traded corporation listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “MTL.”
Role Description The Senior Transportation Applications Specialist is a full-time, on-site role based in the Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area. This role is responsible for supporting, configuring, and optimizing transportation management and planning applications to improve operational efficiency and service quality across Mullen Group’s businesses. Day-to-day tasks include analyzing transportation workflows, troubleshooting application issues, coordinating with internal stakeholders and vendors, and implementing system enhancements and integrations. The Specialist will collaborate with operations, logistics, and customer service teams to ensure transportation solutions meet business requirements and regulatory standards. This role may also involve training end users, documenting best practices, and contributing to technology-related projects and process improvements.
Qualifications
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities to assess transportation data, system performance, and process efficiency.
- Transportation planning and transportation management skills to support routing, scheduling, and optimization activities.
- Effective communication and customer service skills to work with internal teams, external partners, and end users.
- Experience with transportation or logistics software platforms and related applications (e.g., TMS, routing tools, ERP integrations).
- Knowledge of freight, trucking, and logistics operations; prior experience in the transportation or logistics industry is an asset.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, work collaboratively in an on-site team environment, and adapt to changing business needs.
- Post-secondary education in logistics, supply chain management, business, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in using spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools to support analysis and decision-making.
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Responsibilities
Support, configure, and optimize transportation management and planning applications, including troubleshooting issues, analyzing workflows, and implementing system enhancements and integrations. Collaborate with operations, logistics, customer service teams, and vendors to meet business and regulatory requirements, train users, document best practices, and improve processes.
Requirements
Requires experience with transportation or logistics software, knowledge of freight and trucking operations, and skills in transportation planning, analysis, problem-solving, communication, and customer service. Post-secondary education in logistics, supply chain management, business, information systems, or a related field - or equivalent experience - is expected, along with proficiency in spreadsheets, databases, and reporting tools.
Skills
- Transportation Planning
- Routing
- Scheduling
- Transportation Optimization
- Application Configuration
- Application Troubleshooting
- Workflow Analysis
- System Integration
- Data Analysis
- Problem-Solving
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Customer Service
- End-User Training
- Process Improvement
- Reporting
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Categories
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Customer Service & Support
Keywords
- Transportation Planning
- Routing
- Scheduling
- Optimization
- Transportation Workflows
- Application Configuration
- Application Troubleshooting
- System Enhancements
- System Integration
- Transportation Data
- System Performance
- Freight
- Trucking
- Logistics
- ERP Integrations
- Regulatory Standards
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Reporting Tools
- End-User Training
- Process Improvement
- Vendor Coordination
- Customer Service