Traffic Coordinator

Cambro Manufacturing•Huntington Beach, CA

3d•$22 - $24

About The Position

Responsible for providing communication with internal Cambro departments and carriers on issues of shipping requirements and routing. Ensures shipping documentation is consistent with established procedure or customer billing requirements. Supports documentation of warehouse and traffic measurements.

Requirements

Demonstrated expertise in both oral and written communication skills.
Ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to external and internal customs and management.
Demonstrated ability to work in a high volume distribution, shipping or transportation environment.
Ability to effectively utilize a personal computer to make inquires and create and maintain spreadsheets, charts, graphs, documents and routine business correspondence.
High school graduate or equivalent certification required.
One year certificate from college or technical school with a focus on customer service, transportation, logistics and traffic or equivalent background in a previous warehouse environment.
At least 1 year working within a warehouse or transportation environment.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals in English.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence in English.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Ability to compute rates, ratio and percentages as well as to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, mathematical or schedule form.

Nice To Haves

An additional 2 years experience in a high-volume transportation/warehouse/distribution business environment.
Familiarization with Cambro product is helpful.

Responsibilities

Communicate with internal and external Cambro customers to determine shipping-related requirements.
Communicates with domestic and international freight carriers to ensure timely scheduling of pickups and deliveries of both inbound and outbound shipments, and to monitor transit times, to request proof of delivery.
Coordinates with Warehouse Supervisors in scheduling outbound shipments.
Communicates inbound shipping information to internal Cambro departments.
Supports other Traffic/Warehouse office activities.
Prepares documentation for outbound and inbound shipments and ensures proper driver completion of appropriate documents.
Obtains freight quotes and routings for Alaska and Hawaii shipments.
Coordinates the delivery of containers for loading and unloading and the scheduling of the pickup of the containers after completion.
End of Day processing.
Maintain reliable and consistent attendance, including being punctual, and dependable in order to meet the needs of the department and the organization.
Execute each essential duty satisfactorily in order to perform job successfully.
Follows all safety procedures required in work area, wears PPE as needed, attends all safety meetings, and reports safety issues regarding equipment or unsafe/hazardous conditions.
Performs effectively as a team member, able to work well with others, open to receive and give feedback, and treats everyone with respect.
Takes ownership of own work and behavior, accepts accountability for own actions, encourages solutions, and communicates status of work/projects.
Follow all department quality standards/criteria.
Raise concerns and issues to immediate manager.
Able to understand and demonstrate Cambro company culture, display company core values (Safety, Quality, Respect, and Service).
Understands department’s key performance indicators and contributes to achieve these goals both individually and as a team.
Other duties as needed or required.