Transportation Specialist

Overview

The Transportation Specialist position reviews the company’s transportation requirements and coordinates internally and externally, to assure the customers’ needs and transportation objectives are met.

• Serves as the primary interface to transportation activities with focus on inbound shipments.
• Develops, maintains, and reviews pertinent reports.
• Serves as primary interface between shipper and freight carriers.
• Suggest solutions and actions where and when necessary to meet established objectives. Optimizes freight costs by ensuring appropriate carriers are selected.
• Continually assesses transportation operations and suggests means for improving quality, efficiencies, and costs.
• Creates inbound and outbound freight schedules in conjunction with freight carriers and shipping coordinators to meet established objectives.
• Completes freight estimates, freight claims, and processes customer returns in a timely and efficient manner. Continually evaluates new carriers to ensure Netafim receives the balance of cost, services, and quality.
• Reviews, reports, and suggests courses of action.

• High school diploma or equivalent, minimum of 3 years related experience.
• APICS certifications preferred and/or TMS experience.
• Fluent in English;
  Spanish speaking a plus.

• Distribution/warehouse operations – Understand storage, handling, packaging, preservation, and delivery systems and functions.
• SAP – Working knowledge of WM and basic understanding of SD and their interfaces.
• Ability to create Excel spreadsheets for reporting functions and above-average competency with Windows and related applications.
• Communication – Effective communication in a variety of situations to a broad range of internal and external listeners.
• Transportation – Extensive knowledge of all forms of transportation and competency in transportation systems, operations, and industry specifics. Knowledge in international shipping for both import and export is required.

The ability to maintain focus on customers and quality; oriented to team dynamics, detail, organization, and the use of sound judgement and decision‑making. High energy with a flexible schedule.

May sit long periods of time in a Distribution Center office environment. Will work the duration of the shift with a computer.

Forklift, Reach Truck, and Order picker general certification.