Logistics Coordinator

all O'Neal Industries' Affiliates•Portage, IN

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves collaborating with transportation providers to ensure prompt shipments and pick-ups meet customer due dates accurately and cost-effectively. The position requires coordinating and negotiating freight rates, monitoring outbound shipments, communicating issues and delays, reviewing shipping documents for accuracy, preparing Bill of Ladings, and developing efficient supply chain processes. The role also includes entering receivers/manifests of material, managing a shipping schedule, understanding material certifications, and ensuring smooth warehouse traffic flow.

Requirements

Experience in a Logistics related field
Knowledge using computers and common office equipment
High School diploma or GED
Ability to read, write, and comprehend in English
Ability to multitask and stay calm under pressure in a fast-paced environment
Regularly required to stand for prolonged periods; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Required to talk or hear.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with transportation providers to ensure prompt shipments and pick-ups meet customer due dates accurately and cost-effectively.
Coordinate and negotiate freight rates with transportation providers.
Monitor all outbound shipments to ensure orders are in transit as scheduled.
Communicate any issues, delays, or budget restraints with the sales team.
Review purchase orders and shipping documents to ensure accuracy.
Prepare Bill of Ladings and send finalized shipping documents to billing.
Develop processes that make the supply chain more efficient and organized.
Enter receivers/manifests of material from steel mills via Rail or Truck.
Manage a shipping schedule to accurately show sales/billing daily shipments.
Read and understand material certifications.
Manage and ensure traffic flow through the warehouse is working.
Arrange and coordinate the shipping of product to customers in accordance with planned shipping schedules and in a cost-effective manner.