Transportation Coordinator

**PRIMARY** **FUNCTION**: The Transportation Coordinator will serve as the primary coordinator for all inbound shipments and will ensure optimization of transport and delivery. The incumbent will work with internal departments and external carriers to route and schedule all inbound shipments in the most time and cost effective manner.

**SCOPE** **OF** **RESPONSIBILITY**:
**SPECIFIC** **DUTIES**/**ACCOUNTABILITIES**

1. Work with internal customers including shipping, receiving, parts, load planning, and purchasing to ensure loads are schedules to make specific arrival dates to warehouses.

2. Work with outside vendors to coordinate available pickup times of parts that are needed to support our production facilities.

3. Work with carriers to ensure timely planning, pick up, and delivery of all inbound loads.

4. Route inbound and outbound shipments to provide best service and lowest cost.

5. Utilize tools including Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, SAP and outside Carrier/Customer webites/portals to track inbound shipments.

6. Analyze inbound freight to determine where cost savings can occur and present findings.

7. Troubleshoot lanes that encounter service issues.

8. Support Transportation Operations by creating and publishing regular Key Performance Indicator reports.

9. Work on projects to improve and optimize logistics processes.

10. Completes and Assist in the development of monthly financial reporting and measurements for the transportation department.

11. Assist with transportation contracts.

12. Proactively identify transportation savings opportunities.

13. Help implement, maintain, and analyze databases and other computer tools.

14. Help develop and maintain process and procedural manuals.

15. Serve as the after-hours point of contact for urgent inbound shipment needs.

16. Perform other activities as needed or as directed.

**BASIC** **QUALIFICIATIONS**:

- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum of 1 year of related work Experience

**ADDITIONAL**

**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

**We Offer**: Competitive base salary and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short
- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care
- Work from home

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Fergus, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)