Transportation logistics coordinator
- Mississauga, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
- Working hours
- 30 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year
- Oversee operational logistics of the organization
- Plan and organize operational logistics of the organization
- Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments
- Monitor movement of supplies and materials between departments
- Resolve work problems, provide technical advice and recommend measures to improve productivity and product quality
- Co-ordinate activities with warehouse and production units
- Consult with production supervisor to schedule production runs in a cost and time-efficient manner
- Estimate type and quantity of materials and labour required for production, construction and other projects
- Prepare and maintain progress and other reports
- Co-ordinate, assign and review work
- Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
- Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
- Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
- Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
- Ability to work independently
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Accurate
- Values and ethics
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Analytical
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 hours per week
More about this job
Responsibilities
Oversee and coordinate operational logistics, including the movement of supplies between departments and coordination with warehouse, production, and vehicle crews. Schedule production runs, estimate required materials and labour, resolve operational problems, and prepare progress reports.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 7 months to less than 1 year of experience. Candidates should understand cross-border dispatching and highway trucking regulations and be able to work independently under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and communicate effectively.
Skills
- Operational Logistics
- Dispatch Coordination
- Cross-Border Dispatching Regulations
- Highway Trucking Regulations
- Production Scheduling
- Materials and Labour Estimation
- Warehouse Coordination
- Work Coordination
- Progress Reporting
- Problem Solving
- Productivity Improvement
- Attention to Detail
- Communication
- Organization
- Teamwork
- Analytical Judgment
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Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Transportation Logistics
- Operational Logistics
- Dispatching
- Cross-Border Dispatching
- Highway Trucking
- Dispatching Equipment
- Vehicle Operators
- Crew Coordination
- Warehouse Coordination
- Production Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Materials Estimation
- Labour Estimation
- Supply Movement
- Operational Reports
- Work Assignment
- Productivity Improvement
- Product Quality
- Urgent Calls
- Truck Transportation