Logistics Shipping Coordinator

1 Month ago • 3 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Logistics Shipping Coordinator will be responsible for completing shipping documents, ensuring compliance with import/export regulations, and communicating with various departments. The role involves maintaining accurate records, identifying cost savings, and staying updated on international trade laws. Key responsibilities include completing shipping documents, ensuring compliance, communicating with other departments, maintaining records, identifying cost savings, maintaining knowledge of trade laws, confirming shipments, coordinating transportation, responding to customer inquiries, making special shipping arrangements, tracking and fixing shipping errors, freight quoting, responding to emails, and working with sales and project managers to ensure efficient shipments. Providing weekly reports is also required.

Must have:

3+ years of experience in transportation and warehousing.
Experience in international shipping required.
Import/Export experience, including Customs forms and regulations.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with variables.
Able to operate a PC.

Perks:

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
Paid time off and personal sick leave.

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Job Details

Company Overview:

When it comes to IT solution providers, there are a lot of choices. But when it comes to providers with innovative and differentiating end-to-end service offerings, there’s really only one: Zones – First Choice for IT.^TM

Zones is a Global Solution Provider of end-to-end IT solutions with an unmatched supply chain. Positioned to be the IT partner you need, Zones, a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in business for over 35 years, specializes in Digital Workplace, Cloud & Data Center, Networking, Security, and Managed/Professional/Staffing services. Operating in more than 120 countries, leveraging a robust portfolio, and utilizing the highest certification levels from key partners, including Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Lenovo, Adobe, and more, Zones has mastered the science of building digital infrastructures that change the way business does business ensuring whatever they need, they can Consider IT Done. Follow Zones, LLC on X @Zones, and LinkedIn and Facebook.

What you’ll do as the Logistics Shipping Coordinator:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Complete shipping documents as required (LTL BOL’s, Export Commercial Invoices, SED’s, customs clearance forms, etc.)
Ensure compliance with government regulations and requirements for imports and exports
Communicate with other departments such as sales, purchasing, and customer service to ensure smooth import and export operations
Maintain accurate records of shipments, inventory, and transactions
Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements in import and export operations
Maintain current knowledge of international trade laws and regulations to ensure compliance and best practices
Confirm shipments in computer system, and collect tracking data
Coordinating transportation providers to ensure prompt and proper movement of shipments (maintaining special project schedules as needed)
Responding to customer inquiries and referring clients to the proper channels
Making special shipping arrangements as necessary
Tracking and fixing shipping errors
Freight quoting
Responding to department emails as necessary
Work with sales and Project managers to ensure orders are shipped most efficient and cost-effective ways possible
Providing weekly reports via 3^rd party auditing tools.

What you will bring to the team:

Legal right to work with the U.S.
3+ year(s) required of experience in transportation and warehousing with experience in international shipping required
Import / Export experience including experience with Customs forms, regulations around overseas shipping and trade laws
Excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively engage with, present information to, and respond to questions from team members, other departments, administrators, general public, customers, and contracted suppliers
Perform duties and tasks with an awareness of all documented policies and procedures
Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations, where only limited standardization exists
Able to operate a PC (will train on program specifics)

Qualified candidates can expect a salary range of $25.00 - $30.00 hourly

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Zones offers a comprehensive Benefits package

While we’re committed to providing top-tier solutions, we’re just as committed to supporting our own team. Our team members enjoy a variety of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching provision, and many more. Generally, Zones currently offers paid time off and personal sick leave in compliance to individual state requirements.

At Zones, work is more than a job – it is an exciting career on a global team that is client centric, has a passion for technology, embraces change and lifelong learning in a collaborative culture. And as a Minority Business Enterprise, a Corporate Plus member of the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, our community is just as diverse. If you’re interested in working on the cutting edge of IT innovation, sales, engineering, operations, administration, and more, Zones is the place for you!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

Zones participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a system that compares information from a team member’s Form I-9 to federal records to confirm their eligibility to work in the United States.