Job Opening: Transportation Specialist

Job Title: Transportation Specialist

Shift: 1st Shift 7:00am – 4:00pm or 8:00am – 5:00pm Monday – Friday plus overtime as required

Pay: Based on Experience.

Job Description:

• Manage all DC departments, customers, freight forwarders and carriers in establishing and maintaining processes.
• Establish and maintain business relationships with all key forwarder personnel at origin and destination points to insure timely movement and delivery of freight.
• Monitor service levels and delivery dates and follow through with forwarder contacts on all issues that may occur through to resolution.
• Manage processes directly with customers/vendors who are shipping both internationally and domestically.
• Help insure customer/vendor shipping compliancy and meet shipping/delivery windows.
• Establish and maintain business relationships with key customer/vendor personnel.
• Review and create required domestic and international shipping documents as needed.
• Communicate and monitor cutoff dates/times to meet scheduled departures and support deliver by dates. • Provide updates to relevant internal customers of any issues that may arise (production delays, transit delays, etc.)
• Support Customs Compliance Manager to take full advantage of customs programs that Shiseido may be eligible for (duty drawback, NAFTA, free trade agreements).
• Communicate with shipping vendors to maximize usage of shipping space in order to minimize freight costs.
• Review pallet configurations and container load patterns.

Perks:

• Benefits Available: Medical, Dental, Vision
• Referral Bonuses
• Employee Discounts through Working Advantage
• FREE online classes through Penn Foster
• Weekly Pay

Requirements:

• AA degree or equivalent work experience.
• Have knowledge of import and export regulations
• 5 years plus of progressive and related experience in international shipping coordination, document generation, international routing analysis and development in a freight forwarder environment.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks at a high level at one time.
• Able to reprioritize quickly with minimal dropoff in performance and still meet deadlines.