Logistics Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Logistics Specialist - Cross Border Execution (XBE)

Job Description

Join a dynamic team that plays a crucial role in managing and optimizing freight movement across international borders, focusing on the drayage segment. You will oversee freight movement between countries, ensuring compliance and efficiency, and coordinate short-haul trucking from ports or border crossings to fulfillment centers or warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the movement of goods across international borders, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Coordinate short-haul trucking from ports or border crossings to fulfillment centers or warehouses.
• Act as a central point for resolving transportation issues involving carriers, vendors, and internal teams.
• Ensure loads are visible on the app using Excel and portals.
• Manage disruptions on the portal.
• Run reports, such as analyzing why a container sat without movement.
• Track containers within your region.
• Report verbally on developments within your scope.
• Conduct deep dives into container information and delays, and present findings.
• Work with Excel for container tracking, utilizing pivots and VLOOKUPs.
• Communicate effectively via Chime, Slack, email, and other platforms.
• Handle individual workloads with assigned volume and book of business.
• Move containers across the supply chain line, tracking data and discovering nuances.

Essential Skills

• Strong computer literacy, particularly with Excel.
• Problem-solving abilities and proactive thinking.
• Experience in operations support, logistics, supply chain, transportation, freight, third-party logistics, and vendor management.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in account management or vendor management roles supporting logistics.
• Customer/account management experience handling customer accounts is an alternative.
• Expertise in MS Access and SQL is a plus.
• Experience in manufacturing, transportation, customer service, and/or distribution environments.
• Data management and quality control experience with large datasets.
• Demonstrated experience using data for root cause elimination and process improvement.
• Self-starter with a passion for data and trend spotting.

Work Environment

Training occurs Monday through Friday in-office. Post-training, you will work remotely on Tuesdays. Standard working hours are from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Tempe, AZ.

The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $22.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Tempe,AZ.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 28, 2026.

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email View email address on ziprecruiter.com for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.