Transportation Coordinator

Transportation Coordinator

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The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for the development and execution of the Traffic Center schedule. In this role you will have high levels of customer service through effective communication and planning. Additionally you will work very closely with OTR Drivers, Sales, HQ, and Local Management.

Responsibilities

• Answer incoming calls in a professional and pleasant manner.
• Perform general administrative support work such as running reports, copying, filing, faxing, scanning, etc.
• Coordinate the delivery of loads tendered to Common Carriers, Local Carriers and IMO.
• Maintain the Dispatch Tracker (Dispatch timeliness, On-Time delivery; Return timeliness, Tractors that need PM service, changes made to runs, etc.)
• Tender loads to drivers based on their bids and seniority. Assign loads as necessary to cover all runs on the board. Award OTR Assignment Dispatch Boards.
• Verify Driver DOT Hours of Service and Award Runs Daily accordingly.
• Maintain SOX compliance and drive organizational efficiency.
• Facilitate Run Right Conference Calls between traffic, warehouse, and co-packers to ensure key performance indicators are on target.
• Adjust delivery sequences in the Dispatch Planning System as necessary.
• Comply with all Frito Lay record retention guidelines.
• Make value-added decisions to ensure World Class Service to Sales.
• Resolve dispatch issues driven by order changes, ship date delays or driver availability.
• Coordinate Vend deliveries with customers.
• Maintain driver compliance documents.
• Evaluate driver logs and process driver payroll.
• Forecast Head count according to drivers on Vacation, LOA, training, etc.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Top candidates will:

• Strong training skills and the ability to work with deadlines, work under pressure, and be flexible.
• Capable of prioritizing and completing multiple tasks. Demonstrates a positive and winning attitude.
• Show strong attention to detail and communicate effectively with internal and external customers.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1+ years of transportation operations experience
• Understand and communicate DOT Hours of Service (8 day/70-hour rule, 11-hour rule, 14-hour rule).
• Demonstrate self-motivation, independence and initiative.
• Multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to adapt to changes and develop/implement best practices.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and sense of customer service.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred:

• Associate's degree or 3-5 years of transportation experience.
• Payroll experience preferred
• Work as a back-up to payroll admin - process payroll data weekly for Team Members
• Provide on-site support for employee pay questions and concerns
• Previous SAP experience preferred
• Able to navigate and perform work in SAP preferred

Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. PepsiCo is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Female / Minority / Disability / Protected Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / Age