Job Description
Job Description
General Description:
The Logistics Coordinator is responsible to coordinate the day-to-day logistics activities for inbound and outbound transportation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Facilitating the shipping of finished trucks to the customer location.
- Facilitates the receiving of all vehicles at the facility
- Arrange transportation, scheduling drivers and orchestrate deliveries to meet customer demand.
- Ensure that goods are shipped in the most timely and efficient manner according to documented processes; plan transportation routes and payloads, select mode of transportation, and tender the order for transportation.
- Review inventory position against outstanding orders and sales forecasts; take action to expedite inbound shipments to meet customer demands.
- Communicate with and schedule drivers for delivery of goods to customers out of the facility.
- Ensure shipments are in compliance with all safety and environmental rules and regulations and company policies.
- Ensures that all associated forms and paperwork are correct and filed appropriately.
- Ensure compliance with DOT regulations.
- Work safely in a production environment wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required.
- Receives, inspects, scans and parks all incoming chassis
- Records and reports any transportation damage for incoming chassis
- Takes a monthly chassis inventory
- Maintains lot appearance.
- Assists other lot personnel when needed
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Training and Experience:
- Need good mathematical aptitude and organizational skills to work at a high level of accuracy.
- One year of factory-related experience in shipping and/or receiving.
- Problem solving and decision making skills.
- Logistics coordination is highly valued.
- Ability to obtain detailed knowledge of services and technical applications.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to analyze data and understand connections.
- Ability to maintain a neat, clean and organized work area.
Education/Certification Requirements
- Associates degree or equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Familiarity with software programs used in this job preferred
Physical Demands:
- Normal standing, walking, bending and twisting as necessary to perform job duties.
- Exposed to normal seasonal temperatures.
- Lifting/moving up to 50 pounds