Nationwide Logistics Work Values

Daily Duties at Nationwide Logistics:

• Manage and coordinate daily load activity by working with production planner, shipper, carrier and receivers ensuring that loads are picked up and delivered on time. Responsible for all rail and OTR transportation movements. Manage the primary activities of the deployment and delivery cycle. • Maintain optimum number of outbound cars on drop lot to accommodate shipper. • Communicate daily, via written KPI metrics plan, the needs for the next day’s shipment schedule. • Negotiates rates with carriers, IMC’s while maintaining carrier compliance requirements. • Secure new carriers and rates resulting in a savings to the customer. • Weekly capacity planning meetings, active participation with planning and initiatives to help production and deployment to various national locations. • Lead project to decouple specific order numbers to carriers, resulting in a decreased amount of carrier detention being paid. • Initiated KPI reporting cross functional tool to allow better communication between deployment, management, production and transportation. This tool is now adopted as an SOP by the customer. • Accurately enter and maintain up-to-date information on a continuous basis in Lean Logistics, freight management system. • Locate carrier for loads. Track loads daily with carrier during transport from pick up to delivery. Schedule and verify loading and unloading appointments with shippers and receivers. • Continually develop and maintain relationships with carrier base. Negotiates rates with carrier and IMC. Develop delivery programs and update carrier commitment levels, especially during seasonal and customer peaks. Analyze new opportunities to enhance the logistics network. • Work in conjunction with the procurement manager, to contain rate and accessorial charges and to help identify carrier service requirements and trends. • Work closely with customer service to adjust deliveries when requested by customers. Resolve problems that may develop and communicate any changes in product, routing and delivery with Customer Service. • Responsible for periodic carrier invoice approval and auditing.

What they like about Nationwide Logistics:

Working in an organization that is technologically advanced, creative, and innovative is critical in your assessment of hiring companies. Less important to you are stability of the organization, the length of time an organization has been in business, and the business' plans for the future. You prefer a fast-moving company that will take risks to achieve its goals and objectives. The length of time the company has been in business is irrelevant. Maintaining status quo is unnecessary. You thrive on change, uncertainty and the upside of potential business risks, especially those associated with innovation. Stability for the long haul is not nearly as important as is working in an atmosphere that is charged with a sense of urgency and constant change.

Tags

transportation coordinator, logistics coordinator, traffic manager, customer service

Skills

Technology Solutions, Sales Support, Leadership

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