Transportation logistics coordinator
- Mississauga, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- 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, warehouse and production activities, and cost- and time-efficient production scheduling. Coordinate vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment, resolve operational problems, estimate resource needs, and prepare progress reports.
Requirements
Requires a secondary school graduation certificate and 7 months to less than 1 year of experience. The role calls for knowledge of cross-border dispatching and highway trucking regulations, along with strong communication, organization, reliability, judgment, and the ability to work under pressure in a physically demanding environment.
Skills
- Operational Logistics
- Logistics Planning
- Interdepartmental Coordination
- Inventory and Materials Movement
- Problem Solving
- Productivity Improvement
- Warehouse Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Materials and Labour Estimation
- Progress Reporting
- Work Coordination and Review
- Cross-Border Dispatching Regulations
- Highway Trucking Regulations
- Dispatching Equipment
- Oral and Written Communication
- Attention to Detail
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
Keywords
- Transportation Logistics
- Operational Logistics
- Dispatching
- Cross-Border Dispatching
- Highway Trucking
- Dispatching Regulations
- Vehicle Operators
- Dispatching Equipment
- Warehouse Coordination
- Production Coordination
- Production Scheduling
- Materials Estimation
- Labour Estimation
- Supply Movement
- Progress Reports
- Work Coordination
- Productivity Improvement
- Product Quality
- Cost Efficiency
- Time Efficiency
- Urgent Calls
- Heavy Loads
- Attention to Detail
- Teamwork
- Client Focus