Transportation Specialist

Now hiring a Transportation Specialist
Location West Monroe, LA
Salary: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Shift: 8 AM - 5 PM
Where transportation coordination meets service excellence and regulatory precision.

Build a career at the intersection of logistics, communication, and operational excellence. This Transportation Specialist role is responsible for overseeing daily transportation operations while serving as a key liaison between internal teams and customers. This role combines transportation sales support, route planning, project coordination, and operational leadership. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated, disciplined, and proactive-someone who takes ownership of challenges, continuously improves processes, and helps drive the company toward best-in-class transportation performance.

When routes, schedules, and service have to align perfectly, you're the one who makes it happen.

This is what it takes to work for us.

• Proven experience in transportation management, logistics, or route operations
• Strong understanding of routing, scheduling, and transportation planning
• Experience interacting with customers and supporting sales efforts
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Highly self-motivated, disciplined, and able to work independently
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency with transportation systems, routing tools, and Microsoft Office (or similar software)
• Experience in project-based or service-oriented transportation environments (preferred)
• Knowledge of DOT regulations and transportation compliance (preferred)
• Background in continuous improvement or operational excellence initiatives (preferred)

Our client offers a range of competitive benefits to keep their teams happy, healthy, and invested. An outstanding benefits package will be disclosed upon hire. This is a direct-hire position!

• Plan, develop, and manage transportation routes to ensure efficiency, safety, and on-time delivery
• Generate and conduct route surveys to evaluate feasibility, cost, timing, and resource needs
• Oversee daily route execution and make real-time adjustments as needed
• Coordinate closely with drivers, dispatch, and operations teams
• Monitor performance metrics and identify opportunities to improve service and efficiency

• Work directly with customers to support transportation sales and service solutions
• Collaborate with sales teams to scope transportation needs and provide operational input
• Assist with pricing, route feasibility, and service planning
• Serve as a professional point of contact for customer transportation-related questions or issues
• Build strong, long-term customer relationships through reliability and responsiveness

• Support project planning by providing transportation insight, timelines, and logistical requirements
• Assist in coordinating transportation needs for new customers, expansions, or special projects
• Ensure transportation plans align with overall project goals and deadlines
• Communicate clearly with internal stakeholders throughout project execution

• Troubleshoot transportation challenges as they arise, minimizing service disruptions
• Analyze issues and conduct post-project or post-incident reviews ("lessons learned")
• Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance safety, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Promote a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement

• Interact daily with drivers, operations staff, sales, and management teams
• Provide guidance and support to ensure team alignment and performance expectations are met
• Foster strong communication and collaboration across departments
• Lead by example with professionalism, discipline, and a solution-oriented mindset

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