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Primary Function

Responsibilities

• Work with internal customers including shipping, receiving, parts, load planning, and purchasing to ensure loads are schedules to make specific arrival dates to warehouses.
• Work with outside vendors to coordinate available pickup times of parts that are needed to support our production facilities.
• Work with carriers to ensure timely planning, pick up, and delivery of all inbound loads.
• Route inbound shipments to provide best service and lowest cost.
• Utilize tools including Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, and AS400 to track inbound shipments.
• Analyze inbound freight to determine where cost savings can occur and present findings.
• Troubleshoot lanes that encounter service issues.
• Support Transportation Operations by creating and publishing regular Key Performance Indicator reports.
• Work on projects to improve and optimize logistics processes.
• Assist in the development of monthly financial reporting and measurements for the transportation department.
• Assist with transportation contracts.
• Proactively identify transportation savings opportunities.
• Help implement, maintain, and analyze databases and other computer tools.
• Help develop and maintain process and procedural manuals.
• Serve as the after-hours point of contact for urgent inbound shipment needs.
• Perform other activities as needed or as directed.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Excel, and Access
• Excellent communication and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work under date/time driven deadlines
• Strong customer orientation and sense of urgency
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems independently
• Ability to work on-call for after-hours and weekend shipment requests
• Knowledge of TMS, preferably Logility
• Experience with ASI

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