Truckload Transportation Coordinator
About The Position
We are seeking a Truckload Transportation Coordinator to join our growing team. The Truckload Transportation Coordinator is responsible for planning, booking, and managing daily truckload movements across the network. This role operates in a dynamic, fast-moving environment where truck size, routing, co-loading opportunities, and carrier selection are adjusted daily to optimize cost while prioritizing on-time performance. This role owns execution from load planning through delivery and is accountable for securing capacity, negotiating rates, tracking in-transit freight, and resolving exceptions in real time.
Requirements
- Highly self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership
- Strong critical thinker who can evaluate tradeoffs and make sound decisions with incomplete information
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments with changing daily plans
- Clear, concise communicator who can escalate issues with context and proposed solutions
Nice To Haves
- Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or operations
- Exposure to truckload transportation (FTL, LTL. dry van, box truck)
- Experience working with TMS, carrier portals, or operational tracking tools
- Familiarity with freight terminology, equipment types, or rate structures
- Background in operations-heavy roles (dispatch, warehouse ops, field ops, customer ops)
Responsibilities
- Plan and book daily truckload movements
- Dynamically adjust truck size, routing, and consolidation decisions based on volume, cut times, and service requirements
- Ensure loads are tendered, accepted, dispatched, and delivered on time
- Negotiate contracted and spot rates with carriers
- Secure spot capacity when contracted options are unavailable or suboptimal
- Maintain rate cards and spot rate benchmarks by lane and equipment type
- Track all assigned loads from pickup through delivery
- Proactively identify risks (late pickups, missed appointments, breakdowns, capacity failures)
- Coordinate recovery plans with carriers, FCs, and downstream partners
- Escalate high-impact risks with clear mitigation options and tradeoffs
- Provide weekend or after-hours support when needed
- Balance service-level commitments with cost efficiency on a daily basis
- Identify recurring cost drivers and performance issues by lane or carrier
- Support continuous improvement efforts related to lane design, carrier mix, and tender strategy
- Ensure accurate load status updates in TMS and internal systems
- Validate carrier confirmations, PODs, and delivery timestamps
- Support reporting on on-time performance and cost
Benefits
- Bonus and equity may also be provided for eligible roles
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
