Senior Material Handler - Shipping Coordinator 1st Shift

Key Responsibilities

• Create, manage, monitor, and maintain transportation units within applicable logistics and enterprise systems.
• Cookier, coordinate, and schedule truckload and less-than-truckload shipments based on order requirements, delivery commitments, equipment needs, and shipment capacity availability.
• Review and process customer and shipment orders in SAP ECC / EWM, ensuring information is accurate, complete, and ready for execution.
• Prepare, review, and validate export documentation in accordance with international shipping requirements and internal procedures.
• Schedule freight pickups with carriers, freight forwarders, and other transportation service providers.
• Plan and coordinate shipment consolidation opportunities to improve trailer utilization, reduce transportation costs, and increase operational efficiency.
• Load as required.
• Support compliance with international shipping, export, customs, and documentation requirements.
• Crate, package, and handle special-handling activities to ensure products are prepared for safe and compliant transportation.
• Investigate and resolve shipment discrepancies, order-processing issues, documentation errors, and delivery-related exceptions.
• Communicate shipment status, risks, and recovery actions to internal stakeholders and external logistics partners.
• Cover pack center backlog recovery by prioritizing activities and coordinating resources to restore normal workflow.
• Cookier and coordinate expedited and priority shipments to meet urgent customer requirements and critical delivery commitments.
• Maintain accurate shipment documentation, system updates, and operational tracking information.
• Escalate material risks, compliance concerns, and service failures to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Participate in logistics process-improvement initiatives focused on service performance, trailer utilization, operational cost reduction, and reliability.
• Perform additional transportation, distribution, and logistics duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Two years of experience in distribution, supply chain, logistics, transportation, or a related field is required.
• A working knowledge of transportation documentation, shipment planning, and freight pickup processes is preferred.
• Familiarity with export documentation and international shipping requirements is preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, and Word is preferred.
• Strong coordination and shipment-planning skills are required.
• PIT / Fork Truck experience is preferred.
• The ability to manage multiple shipments, priorities, and time-sensitive requirements simultaneously is required.
• A strong attention to detail when reviewing orders, export documents, shipment records, and system transactions is required.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
• The ability to troubleshoot transportation delays, capacity limitations, order discrepancies, and workflow disruptions is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
• The ability to collaborate effectively with warehouse, distribution, customer service, compliance, planning, and logistics teams is required.
• A sound judgment and the ability to escalate operational or compliance risks appropriately is required.
• The ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities is required.
• A customer-focused approach with a strong commitment to service, accuracy, and on-time delivery is required.

Working Conditions

• The role may require regular interaction with warehouse operations, loading areas, packaging stations, and transportation staging locations.
• Flexibility may be required to support shipment cutoffs, expedited requests, month-end activity, operational disruptions, or peak shipping periods.
• The position may require extended periods of computer-based work along with standing or walking within operational areas.