Traffic Coordinator

Join our Logistics & Distribution Team at Helen of Troy as our Traffic Coordinator and make an immediate impact on our trusted brands, including our 8 leadership brands: OXO , Hydro Flask , Vicks , Braun , Honeywell , PUR , Hot Tools, Drybar. Together, we build innovative and useful products that elevate people's lives everywhere every day!

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What You’ll Be Doing:

You will manage all outbound freights and compare rates to minimize freight cost. You will monitor shipments from origin to destination to ensure on-time delivery. In this role you will review customer profiles and guidelines.

Traffic Coordinator

Key Responsibilities:

Reviews and becomes familiar with all customer profiles to ensure they are up-to-date and in compliance with all requirements

Compares rates and selects delivery/transportation methods to minimize cost and maximize customer satisfaction

Develops and maintains transportation procedures to maximize delivery efficiency

Monitors shipments from origin to destination and ensures on-time delivery

Monitors non-compliance fees to ensure products are shipped according to the customer's guidelines

Manages the EDI Operations report and ensures that all customers are thoroughly reviewed prior to shipping

Ensures that all shipments meet the customers' requirements and are within the guidelines

Plans shipments on a daily basis

Allocates all orders through the Transportation Management system prior to shipping

Ensures the correct transportation methods are used and consolidates freights across the board

Works closely with Operations/Customer Service to balance the workload

Responsible for the daily analysis and scheduling of all pending outbound orders and trip building/consolidation of orders to ensure we are maximizing the savings on freight

Reviews across all organizations on opportunities to consolidate orders that drop as small package and less than truckload shipments into truckload size shipments, to reduce freight costs

Reviews and troubleshoots any exception orders

Coordinates and processes all orders that drop to the warehouse on a daily basis before handing off to the planning team Reviews current orders to see if consolidation is available across organizations

Works closely with the operations team and planning for effective ways to process and load orders

Communicates with supervisors and other key personnel between shifts, as well as, within shifts

Supports other shifts, departmental managers and supervisors, as needed

Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

High School Diploma or 1-2 years of experience required

General knowledge of warehouse management systems and inventory control practice

Excellent analytical and quantitative skills

Knowledge of current rate base and FSC and utilize current rates to determine the best carrier service wise along with cost for that particular lane Requirements for Consideration:

Ability to negotiate rates on daily shipments, as needed

Ability to derive and utilize mathematical models

Ability to recognize and differentiate on what services to use in shipping outbound shipments

Ability to mathematically calculate cubic feet in order to meet daily, weekly, and monthly distribution plan goals

Extensive knowledge of cubic feet to optimize the use of trailers

Knowledge of weight breaks and different modes of transportation

Extensive knowledge of TMS applications

Extensive customer service skills, internally and externally

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite Excellent oral and written English communication skills

Ability to use good judgment whenever necessary to ensure all decisions are made in the best interest of operations

Ability to lift 50 lbs. stooping, bending, and walking

Ability to follow the safety rules and regulations as warranted by OSHAAbility to withstand warehouse settings (varying temperatures)
Must be able to work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

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