NFI Industries - Hartford, CT
posted 2 months ago
Full-time
Hartford, CT
1,001-5,000 employees
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
About the position
The Logistics Coordinator plays a crucial role in overseeing the Dedicated Fleet operation, providing operational support to the Project Manager, and ensuring efficient logistics and transportation processes. This position involves maintaining communication with drivers, managing load planning and scheduling, and coordinating invoicing and performance reporting.
Responsibilities
- Maintains positive and encouraging working relations with all drivers
- Provides constant communications of service issues to appropriate personnel and departments, both internal (NFI) and external (Customer)
- Performs load planning, driver scheduling, and dispatch duties using both Dedicated Fleet and Common Carrier resources
- Coordinates daily data entry into NFI's proprietary order-management-system, TMW
- Coordinates with home-office invoicing team to ensure timely and accurate completion of weekly customer invoices
- Ensures accurate and timely completion of daily and weekly tasks
- Provides weekly KPI/performance data reports to both internal and external parties
- Coordinates daily on scheduling truck and trailer maintenance
- Works with safety department on DriveCam, driver compliance and HOS issues
- Assists Project Manager with implementing NFI's Safety, Security and Labor policies
- Assists and provides coverage throughout departments during vacations, holidays if necessary
- Manages and maintains driver payroll
- Audits and approves driver expense reports
- Provides assistance to Project Manager wherever needed
Requirements
- Minimum 2-3 years experience in logistics and/or transportation
- Computer applications experience including MS Office and TMW strongly desired
- Excellent customer service, problem solving, communication and decision making skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work efficiently and multitask
- Ability and availability to work extended hours if necessary
