Transportation Coordinator - Southern Fulfillment Center

Works daily communicating with internal and external customers, field representatives, and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Determine best carrier option and create shipping documents
• Interacts with different departments to obtain dimensions, weight, ready to ship projections
• Read and understand tape measure and weight calculations as related to cube measurement, density, and/or space used
• Schedules and processes shipments
• Reconciles and maintains carrier invoices for payables
• Liaison to the shipping dock and hardware departments
• Provide quotes and maintains quote log
• Other duties may be assigned by Manager or Supervisor

Competencies

• Communication
• Learning & Development
• Planning & Organizing
• Professionalism & Integrity
• Risk-Taking/Creative Thinking
• Teamwork & Relationship-Building

Education And/or Experience

• Must have excellent telephone skills with the ability to deal with potentially irate customers, vendors, and representatives in a professional manner
• Should be proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong sense of urgency and motivation, self-starter

Travel

• Minimum, If Any, Travel Required
• Hours Must be able to work flexible hours, including overtime and weekends

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, instructions, and procedure manuals
• Reasoning Ability Must have the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint software

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will frequently walk and sit
• The employee (for this specific job) will need the ability to use a computer, with or without reasonable accommodation, including the use of a keyboard to type or through a speech to text application
• The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• (50 pounds is the max)

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job
• The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet, except in the manufacturing environment where PPE may be required