Freight Coordinator

Position Summary:

• Work with carriers and MacKenzie-Childs warehouse and shipping systems to perform the following:
• Arrange freight shipments for customer orders.
• Create shipping documents and work with shipping staff to ensure shipments have been prepared

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: (Additional duties may be assigned)

* Review open order report for daily wholesale requirements and create bills of lading. Verify origin and destination, select appropriate carrier, determine class, calculate shipment density to ensure efficient and timely shipment and delivery.

* Calculate shipping costs using carriers web-based software.

* Create daily inventory movement requirements by downloading data from business information system into Microsoft Excel and distribute to appropriate areas

* Communicate with Mackenzie-Childs retail staff to ensure correct product was ordered.

* Systematically confirm outbound customer merchandise, validate that shipping information is correct and proper paperwork was used and respond to telephone and email inquiries from both internal and external customers and act as a liaison between departments in the resolution of day-to-day administrative and operational problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

* Bachelor's degree in logistics, materials management, business administration, or closely related field or equivalent experience in a similar freight coordinator position.

* Previous experience in supply chain/logistics.

* Proficient in Excel.

Special Requirements:

* Driver's License.

* Occasional day travel.

* Ability to work overtime

Location: Fulton, NY

Salary:18.00-18.50

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

* Computer proficiency including word processing, data entry, spreadsheets, and generating reports using standard software applications.

* Ability to analyze and solve problems.

* Ability to develop, plan, and implement short- and long-term goals.

* Ability to design and implement integrated control systems, policies, and procedures.

* Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, dynamic and changing environment with a focus on meeting deadlines.

* Ability to resolve difficult or stressful customer service issues.

* Strong analytical, critical thinking and decision-making skills.

* Excellence in interpersonal and communication skills to interact with customers, vendors and co-workers in a professional and helpful manner in person or via phone or written correspondence.

* Strong organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple projects and details simultaneously.

* Excellent attention to detail.

Equipment Used:

Computer, printer, telephone, photocopier, fax machine, scanner, calculator, pallet jack and various hand and power tools

Computer Software: Outlook, Word, Excel, and web-based transportation or carrier websites

Physical and Mental Requirements:

* Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, reach, push, pull, use fingers to grasp, handle, feel, and perform repetitive motions of hands or wrists.

* Ability to exert up to 35 pounds of force occasionally.

* Close mental and visual attention required to perform work dealing primarily with preparing, analyzing, and interpreting data and figures, using a computer terminal, and/or extensive reading.

Environmental Conditions:

Work is performed in a both an office and warehouse environment with exposure to temperature changes and noise.

MacKenzie-Childs is an EEO Employer