Logistics Coordinator - Transportation

Logistics Coordinator

The Logistics Coordinator provides overall direction throughout the Dedicated Fleet operation and provides operational assistance to the Project Manager wherever needed. Responsibilities include maintaining positive and encouraging working relations with all drivers, providing constant communications of service issues to appropriate personnel and departments, both internal (NFI) and external (Customer). The role also involves performing load planning, driver scheduling, and dispatch duties using both Dedicated Fleet and Common Carrier resources. Additionally, the Logistics Coordinator coordinates daily data entry into NFI's proprietary order-management-system, TMW, and works with the home-office invoicing team to ensure timely and accurate completion of weekly customer invoices. Ensuring accurate and timely completion of daily and weekly tasks, providing weekly KPI/performance data reports to both internal and external parties, and coordinating daily on scheduling truck and trailer maintenance are also part of the role. The Logistics Coordinator works with the safety department on DriveCam, driver compliance, and HOS issues, assists Project Manager with implementing NFI's Safety, Security, and Labor policies, and assists and provides coverage throughout departments during vacations, holidays if necessary. The role also manages and maintains driver payroll, audits and approves driver expense reports, and provides assistance to Project Manager wherever needed.

Qualifications include minimum 2-3 years experience in logistics and/or transportation, computer applications experience including MS Office and TMW strongly desired, excellent customer service, problem solving, communication, and decision making skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to work efficiently and multitask, and ability and availability to work extended hours if necessary.

The base hourly rate for this position is $21.00/HOUR. NFI takes into consideration applicants' qualifications, experience, education, geographic location, when determining a starting rate of pay. Employees are also eligible for a robust benefit program, which includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Paid Parental Leave, among other benefit plan options.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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