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Import Transportation Coordinator

Bunzl Distribution NA · St Louis, MO · 3 wk ago
On-siteManagement$10/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting. First, there is a title: "Launch Your Career in Global Supply Chain & Logistics". Not to repeat as heading. We need to extract sections. The posting includes: - Intro paragraph: "Are you looking to launch or grow your career in international business, supply chain management, logistics, or transportation? Join our team and gain hands-on experience managing global imports, working with international transportation providers, and collaborating with business leaders across purchasing, finance, customer service, and trade compliance. The Import Transportation Coordinator role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a broad understanding of global supply chain operations while building valuable analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced business environment." That's about the role. Could be "About the role". We'll put that in

About the role

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. - Location: "Location: Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday Work Environment: Professional office setting (not a warehouse position and not remote)". This is location and schedule? It mentions full-time onsite Monday-Friday. That's schedule info. Could be Schedule section. Also location maybe not needed as heading; but we can include schedule. - Responsibilities: list bullet points under "Responsibilities". We'll output

Responsibilities

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. - Preferred Education: "What We're Looking For Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, International Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.Recent graduates are encouraged to apply." That's qualifications/education. Could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We'll treat as Requirements maybe. - Qualifications: list bullet points: "Internship, coursework, or experience related to supply chain, logistics, transportation, operations, or international business is a plus.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills.Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced business environment.Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.Self-motivated with a desire to learn and develop professionally.Experience with ERP or transportation systems is beneficial but not required." That's qualifications/skills. Could be Qualifications and Skills sections. We need to decide: The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can combine similar content. We have education requirement (Bachelor's degree) and recent graduates encouraged. That's Requirements. We have qualifications list (internship/coursework, analytical skills, communication, Excel, multitasking, attention to detail, self-motivated, ERP experience). That's Qualifications. We might also have Skills: maybe overlapping; but we can treat the qualifications list as Skills. However we need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we put education under Requirements, and the bullet list under Qualifications (or Skills). Since we have both headings available, we can split: Requirements: education. Qualifications: experience/skills. Skills: maybe we can omit if redundant. But we need to include only sections with real specific content. We have content for Requirements (education). We have content for Qualifications (the bullet list). We could also have Skills: maybe we can pull out specific skills like "Strong analytical and problem-solving skills", "Excellent written and verbal communication skills", "Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills", "Ability to manage multiple priorities", "Strong attention to detail and organizational skills", "Self-motivated with a desire to learn and develop professionally", "Experience with ERP or transportation systems". Those are skills. So we could put those under Skills. But then Qualifications could be about experience/education? Hmm. Better: Use Requirements for education and maybe "Recent graduates encouraged". Use Qualifications for the bullet list (internship/coursework, etc). Use Skills maybe not needed if we already covered. But we could still include Skills if we want to highlight specific skills; but we risk duplication. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should combine similar content into fewer sections. So we could have Requirements (education + recent graduates) and Qualifications (the bullet list). That's two sections. Then Responsibilities. About the role. Benefits. Schedule. Pay? Not mentioned specific pay; only "Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries". That's vague, not specific number. According to rule: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. The posting says "competitive salaries" but no specific number or range. That's vague; could be considered filler? It's not a specific number. The rule says do not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It states "competitive salaries" which is a statement but not a specific figure. I'd interpret that as not enough to create a Pay section; better to omit Pay. Benefits: The posting includes a paragraph about benefits: "Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits effective the 1st day of the month after 30 daysPaid Time Off - Vacation, Sick, Holidays and Personal Time401K with generous company matchAdditional benefit information can be found on the Bunzl Careers home page under Benefits and Perks." Also later: "Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match." So we have specific benefits: medical/dental/vision, PTO, 401k with match. That's enough for Benefits section. Schedule: we have "Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday". That's a schedule. So we can create Schedule section. Location: not a heading; we can embed in About the role or Schedule? Probably include location in About the role paragraph or as a short p. But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add location there. However we already used About the role for intro; we could add location after that as a separate p. But we should not create extra headings for location. We'll just add a p after About the role: "Location: Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday. Work Environment: Professional office setting (not a warehouse position and not remote)." Now we need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. At the end there is EEO statement: "Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity..." etc. Remove that. Also remove "The perks of being a Bunzl team member don’t stop at being part of a great team or being valued as our #1 asset." That's part of benefits but we already captured benefits; we can keep the benefit details but remove fluff. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's extract substantive content: Intro paragraph: "Are you looking to launch or grow your career in international business, supply chain management, logistics, or transportation? Join our team and gain hands-on experience managing global imports, working with international transportation providers, and collaborating with business leaders across purchasing, finance, customer service, and trade compliance. The Import Transportation Coordinator role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a broad understanding of global supply chain operations while building valuable analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced business environment." Location paragraph: "Location: Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday Work Environment: Professional office setting (not a warehouse position and not remote)" Responsibilities list: - Coordinate daily communication with ocean carriers, drayage providers, freight forwarders, and internal business partners. - Assist with carrier selection and transportation planning to support cost-effective movement of imported goods. - Maintain transportation rates, routing information, and logistics data within company systems. - Analyze transportation costs and identify opportunities for process improvements and savings. - Support freight claim investigations and resolution activities. - Partner with Accounts Payable to review freight invoices and ensure billing accuracy. - Collaborate with Purchasing, Customer Service, Finance, and Trade Compliance teams on transportation and import-related initiatives. - Assist in resolving shipment delays, service issues, and transportation exceptions. - Maintain logistics records and support daily shipment processing activities. - Contribute to continuous improvement projects that enhance supply chain performance and customer service. Preferred Education (Requirements): "Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, International Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.Recent graduates are encouraged to apply." Qualifications list: - Internship, coursework, or experience related to supply chain, logistics, transportation, operations, or international business is a plus. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including intermediate to advanced Excel skills. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced business environment. - Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. - Self-motivated with a desire to learn and develop professionally. - Experience with ERP or transportation systems is beneficial but not required. Benefits: - Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits effective the 1st day of the month after 30 days - Paid Time Off - Vacation, Sick, Holidays and Personal Time - 401K with generous company match - Additional benefit information can be found on the Bunzl Careers home page under Benefits and Perks. - Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match. We might combine benefits: medical/dental/vision, PTO, 401k match. The extra sentences about competitive salaries and comfortable work environment are somewhat generic but still substantive? They are not specific benefits but still info. We can include them as part of benefits paragraph. Schedule: "Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday" (already in location). We'll make Schedule section with that. Now construct HTML. We'll have:

About the role

Are you looking to launch or grow your career in international business, supply chain management, logistics, or transportation? Join our team and gain hands-on experience managing global imports, working with international transportation providers, and collaborating with business leaders across purchasing, finance, customer service, and trade compliance. The Import Transportation Coordinator role offers an excellent opportunity to develop a broad understanding of global supply chain operations while building valuable analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills in a fast-paced business environment.

Location: Full-time onsite, Monday-Friday. Work Environment: Professional office setting (not a warehouse position and not remote).

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate daily communication with ocean carriers, drayage providers, freight forwarders, and internal business partners.
  • Assist with carrier selection and transportation planning to support cost-effective movement of imported goods.
  • Maintain transportation rates, routing information, and logistics data within company systems.
  • Analyze transportation costs and identify opportunities for process improvements and savings.
  • Support freight claim investigations and resolution activities.
  • Partner with Accounts Payable to review freight invoices and ensure billing accuracy.
  • Collaborate with Purchasing, Customer Service, Finance, and Trade Compliance teams on transportation and import-related initiatives.
  • Assist in resolving shipment delays, service issues, and transportation exceptions.
  • Maintain logistics records and support daily shipment processing activities.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement projects that enhance supply chain performance and customer service.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, International Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

  • Internship, coursework, or experience

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