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Position Description
- Looking for experienced logistics / transportation professionals to coordinate and monitor all aspects of inland freight transportation logistics between ports, distribution hubs, and customer distribution centers. As a Transportation Coordinator, you will ensure timely delivery and receipt of products in a cost effective manner, while ensuring compliance with all necessary regulations and requirements.
Duties:
- Making sure that the transportation of goods is carried out in accordance with Egypt and cross borders laws.
- Estimating the number of people, or quantities and types of goods, needing to be moved and planning transport schedules and timetables.
- Analyze the costs of scheduled journeys and keep them within budget.
- Making sure that enough vehicles are available to operate the services.
- Managing difficult situations, such as bad weather, breakdowns, accidents, security alerts or traffic congestion.
- Making sure that shipping documents, such as invoice, packing list, COO, consignment and delivery notes, are completed & filed correctly.
- Fully accountable for all trucking transportation KPIS internal or external
- Monitor and ensure the quality, cost and efficiency of truck loads or LTL movement and storage of goods, whether inbound, outbound to customers,
- Negotiate minimize transportation costs and ensure timely deliveries; establish transportation contracts or other arrangements as needed
- Organize deliveries onto collective shipments to maximize transportation efficiency
- Serve as liaison between plants / distribution centers, customer service teams, operations teams, and forwarders or third party logistics providers in order to handle shipments effectively
- Resolve issues concerning transportation, logistics systems, related freight claims, damaged products, or related customer concerns
- Document and update the system on a timely bases to provide traceable movement of company products both in-bound, out-bound, and between sites
- Communicate regularly with stakeholders to ensure all parties’ needs and expectations are regularly met
Job Requirements
- Strong negotiation skills and understanding of transportation industry
- 1-3 years of prior logistics management experience
- Strong communication and computer skills including Excel & Database skills
- Familiarity with Intercoms
- Strong negotiation, communication, and problem solving skills
- Common sense, good follow up, self-motivated, and ability to work with and motivate co-workers