TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR (Project Management)

Reporting to the Transportation Supervisor, this highly visible position will engage across business units within a growth-oriented, multi-site organization, dispatching orders. Working on-site within our St. Peter's, MO distribution center, the Transportation Coordinator will:

· Assign and schedule LTL carriers in real time while meeting strict service level expectations
· Collaborate with the Operations team to schedule and book bulk, LTL, and FTL freight
· Monitor and communicate service progress issues, including interfacing directly with clients
· Effectively communicate dispatch methods to distribution center partners
· Bid rates to clients and follow up on dispatch as necessary
· Manage and create BOLs using provided third-party information
· Compile data and forms and import into ERP
· Monitor and analyze carrier performance to service level expectations and analyze variance of estimated vs. actual costs, as well as transit time estimation vs. actual time
· Report on delivered and in-transit shipments