Transportation Logistics Coordinator

Work setting

• Relocation costs not covered by employer
• Transportation
• Freight forwarding

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Monitor movement of supplies and materials between departments
• Perform routine clerical duties
• Prepare and submit reports
• Maintain work records and logs
• Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
• Co-ordinate activities with warehouse and production units
• Compile worksheets and specifications of orders
• Create, investigate, track and complete work orders
• Project management
• Provide customer service
• Follow-up on issues with work orders
• Keep track of shipments
• Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
• Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
• Plan, organize and oversee operational logistics of the organization
• Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) Certificate

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Dispatch management service software
• Monitoring and tracking software
• Spreadsheet
• Database
• MS Outlook
• Internet
• Human resources software
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Word
• MS Windows

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Disability benefits
• Health care plan
• Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)