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 and external, performing load planning, driver scheduling, and dispatch duties using both Dedicated Fleet and Common Carrier resources, coordinating daily data entry into NFI's proprietary order-management-system, TMW, coordinating with 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, coordinating daily on scheduling truck and trailer maintenance, working with safety department on DriveCam, driver compliance and HOS issues, assisting Project Manager with implementing NFI's Safety, Security and Labor policies, assisting and providing coverage throughout departments during vacations, holidays if necessary, managing and maintaining driver payroll, auditing and approving driver expense reports, and providing 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 $22.50/HOUR. NFI takes into consideration applicants' qualifications, experience, education, geographic location, when determining a starting rate of pay. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, targeted at 5%. 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