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Job Description
- Business planning framework responsible for making sure products reach their destinations safely, securely, and on-time.
- Part of supply chain management in charge of governing transportation efforts. Includes a range of professionals from logistics coordinators to truck drivers, warehouse managers to dispatch professionals.
- Job duties vary by occupation and the materials or products managed.
Job Duties:
- Plan distribution centers for efficiency in both operations and capacity
- Organize transportation activities, including storage of goods, managing information accrued from point of origin to delivery, orchestrating transportation movements, and arranging for services as necessary
- Coordinate and track movement of goods through logistic pathways
- Execute logistics plan to move products and packages to reach destinations on schedule
- Review freight rates and other transportation costs to keep working costs low
- Maintains quality throughout the logistic processes
Job Requirements
- Attention to details
- Strong time management skills
- Communication skills
- Ability to work well with others
- Organization skills
- Quality management skills
- Works well with deadlines
- Knowledge of logistics systems
- Understanding of transportation limitations and regulations
- Ability to contribute individually to greater goal
- Planning skills
- Understanding of transportation issues
- Knowledge of logistics subset (e.g. People working in ground transportation need to have understanding of trucking and rail shipments)
- Experience working in logistics is preferred