Logistics Coordinator
CMC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Birmingham • Alabama • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Delivery scheduling and communicating with drivers while maintaining excellent customer service
- Ability to determine correct truck and trailer to service customers
- Supervise truck maintenance and DOT logs while ensuring that proper equipment is available
- Responsible for problem resolution and monthly DOT meeting
- Must be customer service driven
- Regularly communicate, interact and coordinate with internal and external customers
- Manage and allocate export contracts for shipment
- Organize various components to form single shipment
- Gather, calculate and file Customs export data
- Book shipments with ocean carriers
- Review Letters of Credit for export operability
- Navigate challenging shipping issues that regularly occur
- Keep yards updated with schedule changes
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years' experience
- Verifiable tractor/trailer experience (prefer flat-bed over-the-road driving experience)
- DOT Manual compliance and regulations knowledge
- Export experience preferred
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to prioritize and multitask responsibilities daily
- Excellent follow up skills
- Excellent research and investigation skills
- Ability to see big picture
- Ability to adapt quickly to fluid transportation circumstances
Benefits
- Day 1 Benefits Coverage with low cost Medical, Vision, Dental
- Day 1 Paid-time Off and Vacation
- 4.5% Company Match 401(k) plan
- $500 Annual Company-paid Lifestyle Benefit
- Competitive Compensation and Bonuses
- Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Advancement Opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
DOT complianceexport documentationshipment bookingcustoms data filingtruck maintenancetrailer operationproblem resolutionlogistics managementtransportation coordinationflat-bed driving
Soft skills
customer servicecommunicationorganizationmultitaskingprioritizationadaptabilityfollow-upresearchinvestigationbig picture thinking