Senior Transportation Clerk - Coyote Technical & Executive Sourcing

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr. Transportation Clerk is responsible for planning daily/weekly shipping schedule, tendering shipments, monitoring pick-ups and delivery of inbound/outbound freight.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• All aspects of tendering shipments, routing, shipping and tracking outbound orders.
• Inform carriers of freight pick-up and ensure that cargo is routed appropriately to meet expected delivery dates.
• Prepare and verify bills of lading.
• Maintain high levels of customer service, and ensure complete orders are transported to meet distributor/customer needs.
• Work closely with sales coordinators, warehouse team, procurement staff, sales staff, and marketing managers
• Other duties that may be assigned.

1. EDUCATION, SKILLS and EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) required. At least three (3) years of working experience with brokers (3PL), freight forwarder and trucking company. Knowledge of Import/Export is helpful.
• Must have hands-on experience to coordinate logistics and shipping directly to large retail chains and distributors.
• Experience in handling a large number of shipments.
• Have solid knowledge of or experience in intermodal transportation and flow of supply chain & logistic processes - from order, invoices, to cash.
• Must be customer-oriented, results driven, self-motivated, and self-confident with strong communication skills
• Computer skills – typing, keyboard

1. LANGUAGE SKILLS

• This individual must possess excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Must be fluent in English.
• Spanish is preferred.