Logistics Shipping Coordinator

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 & Benefits

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

• 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.

• 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)