Logistics Coordinator

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods.

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Job Description Supports and assists the Department Manager in administering and coordinating the activities of the plant’s warehouse and logistics operation to ensure we are managing the operation in a cost-effective manner. Main responsibility is to review and route all releases from Customer Service to carriers for delivery to our customers.

• Review and route all releases from Customer Service.
• Determine if shipment is a truckload or less than truckload (LTL) quantity.
• Analyze releases to determine if orders of LTL can be combined into truckload shipments.
• Determine if material is produced and ready for shipment.
• Route by carrier through Mercury Gate System.
• Send information to carrier to be picked up.
• Develop and send LTL routing sheets to LTL carriers daily.
• Communicate with Customer Service and Logistics Supervisors daily.
• Bids out all truckloads to Corporate truckload carriers and brokers.
• Awards bids based on pricing and service to the winning carrier/broker.
• Sets delivery appointments with customers for truckload shipments.
• Communicates with customer service on transit issues or delays on shipments.
• Communicates with customer service on release issues, items not ready in time to ship, on quality hold or releases that are entered too heavy to make one shipment.
• Working out revisions to shipments with customer service reps based on issues associated with a particular shipment.
• Backs up inventory control for shipment entries into customer carrier portals/systems for customer paid (CPU) shipments.
• Communicates with customers brokers on shipments when issues arise within the customer portals or issues associated to material not ready, too heavy or on quality hold.
• Works directly with Logistics specialist to develop two stop truckloads, control freight costs for both LTL and truckload shipments as well as maximizing truckload weights to above a 35,000
  
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• High degree of accuracy and attention to details
• Ability to meet critical deadlines and frequently changing priorities.
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Computer literate (MS Excel and Word)
• Ability to type & enter data
• Must possess Problem solving, organizational and analytical skills
• Must possess written and verbal communication skills

Associates Degree or equivalent experience, preferred 2-5 years of experience in logistics/freight in a manufacturing environment.

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