Senior Domestic Freight/Logistics Specialist
City of Rochester, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, 14602, USA
Listed on 2026-07-07
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Logistics Coordination, Supply Chain / Intl. Trade
Location: City of Rochester
Who We Are: Mohawk Global is a 350+ person team of logistics and trade specialists dedicated to fulfilling the supply chain needs of our customers with a strong emphasis on customs brokerage, domestic and international transportation, trade compliance, education, and consulting.
Our business practices are driven and exhibited daily by our three core values: to ENRICH purposefully, to CARE personally and to DELIVER professionally.
POSITION SUMMARYThe Senior Domestic Specialist drives high-level operational performance, risk mitigation and customer satisfaction by managing complex domestic freight shipments, resolving escalations, and improving execution processes. This role directly contributes to service reliability, cost control, and operational scalability while serving as a key resource for issue resolution and team support, ensuring high-quality execution and operational consistency.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES- Serve as the escalation point for high-priority shipments
- Manage customer expectations during disruptions
- Manage complex shipments (multi-stop, high-value, time-sensitive)
- Ensure milestone accuracy and execution quality
- Lead resolution of service failures
- Develop recovery plans for critical shipments
- Coordinate across internal teams and leadership
- Mentor junior coordinators
- Ensure accuracy of complex shipment data
- Resolve billing discrepancies proactively
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Maintain high performance on complex shipments
- Reduce repeat service failures
- Achieve >99% accuracy on complex loads
- Demonstrate strong escalation resolution capability
- Improve team performance through mentorship
- Implement practical process improvements
- Reduce leadership involvement in routine escalations
Skills:
- Advanced Transportation Management System (TMS) usage
- Strong MS Excel proficiency
Skills:
- Advanced problem solving skills
- Prioritization and risk management
Skills:
- Mentorship and team support
- Ownership and accountability
- 3–5+ years logistics experience
- Experience managing complex freight shipments
- Freight brokerage experience
- Compliance exposure
- Spanish language proficiency (verbal and written)
This position operates in a professional office environment (and/or remotely from a home office) with a quiet to moderate noise level and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, photocopying machines and storage/filing cabinets. This is a largely sedentary role; lifting items under 25 pounds and the ability to bend, stand and walk short distances may be required.
Travel Requirement: 10%
Mohawk Global is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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