Logistics Coordinator

What you will do:

• Develop and provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers; advise on shipment details and provide quotations.
• Coordinate domestic and international shipments by arranging, booking, confirming, and tracking space across all modes of transportation.
• Coordination tasks include, but are not limited to:
  • Drayage/Transportation
  • Warehousing
  • Repackaging
  • Transloading
  • Handling/Maintenance of leased equipment (storage tanks/railcars, etc.)
• Complete documentation for receipt of shipments and review documentation to correctly process sales orders while maintaining a constant line of communication with customers.
• Process documents through the appropriate system in a timely manner to ensure compliance with established deadlines.
• Secure necessary documentation when incomplete information is provided.
• Trace key transaction information (HBL, commercial invoice, and other required documents) to determine if available. Create and maintain electronic files to ensure clearance process, once documents are received.
• Follow-up with carriers, manage pre-alerts daily, and maintain record of all communications in electronic files.
• Manage and maintain inventory for assigned product group including constant physical (warehouse reports) and system monitoring, SAP transfers and month end adjustment and report.
• Investigating root cause, preventive action
• Gathering and structuring information
• Providing all necessary information to Logistics Procurement Specialist
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree: a focus in logistics or supply chain preferred
• 2-4 years’ experience in supply chain or logistics is preferred, especially in bulk commodities by rail/truck/ISO Container
• Prior hands-on negotiation of service rates and sourcing of quality vendors preferred
• Experience tendering multi-lane requests for proposal (RFP) or carrier consolidation projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, self-motivated, and self-starter
• Must be a team player with strong team-building skills
• Great organizational skills and detail oriented
• Ability to manage multiple functions at one time in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with customs brokers and freight forwarders a plus
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, highly proficient in MS Excel
• Experience working in TMS and ERP systems
• Capability to build dashboards in MS Power
  
  BI a plus
• Judgment and critical thinking skills
• Ability to analyze and solve problems