Transportation Coordinator

Title: Transportation Coordinator
Location: Remote (candidates must be located in the United States)  Heavy preference on candidates in the Midwest.
Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing _(FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)
_Initial term: 7 months (position expected to run longer)
Schedule: Mon-Friday; 8-5, with willingness to support occasional overtime and holiday rotation

This position can sit completely remote, but candidates MUST be located near St. Louis, MO, Denver, CO, Crete, NE, Davenport, IA, Clinton, IA, Allentown, PA, Mechanicsburg, PA, Atlanta, GA or Eden, NC or Flagstaff AZ for training purposes.

About This Role:  

This Transportation Coordinator role involves timely follow up on loads to ensure on time delivery. Responsibilities will include working with corporate supply chain representatives, 3rd party carriers, Distribution centers, sister production plants, and customer distribution centers to ensure products are delivered to meet customer demand. Responsible for scheduling and tracking outbound/inbound loads to ensure On-Time delivery. Responsible for capturing and documenting appropriate reason codes on customer’s delivery information. Assist Transportation Manager with on time reporting, and other reporting functions as assigned. Could also include scheduling and tendering of outbound freight in accordance with customer delivery demands, corporate sales targets, and product supply availability.

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What You'll Do:**

• Timely follow up on loads to determine on time delivery or correct reason code to be applied if failure for on time delivery.
• Daily load tracking in FourKites – follow ups with carriers not tracking on time and updates to system to reflect new delivery.
• Freight Covered Every Day (Exceed on-time pick-up and delivery expectations; proactive analysis to prevent service failures, schedule orders for the best possible product fill rate).
• Carrier Relationship (Consistent and professional communications, Accessorial approval based on business rules, cover loads, handling and management of difficult situations, etc.).
• Customer Relationship (Consistent and professional communications; effective, prompt and courteous communications with respect to difficult situations, relaying service failures, etc.).
• Financial Procedures and Operating Metrics (Detention management, benchmark rate achievement, automation objectives, expedite decisions and cost, etc.).
• Contact carrier to obtain status of load-tendered; continue monitoring the shipment via provided systems for on-time pick-up, transit, and delivery.
• Monitor shipments for on time delivery and revise/communicate when necessary based on changing needs of the shipper, customer, and/or carrier.