Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Transportation Coordinator for a direct hire opportunity in a fast-paced warehouse and logistics environment. This role supports high-volume shipping, transportation, warehouse coordination, supplier pickups, customer delivery inquiries, carrier follow-up, customs documentation, and inventory transfer activity across Canada, the United States, and international markets.
The Transportation Coordinator will work closely with customer service, supply chain, finance, freight carriers, local suppliers, and two warehouse locations to ensure shipments move accurately, efficiently, and on schedule. This is a strong opportunity for a logistics professional who enjoys a hands-on, system-intensive role with a mix of administrative coordination and warehouse floor interaction.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a collaborative team environment, values accuracy, and takes pride in solving transportation and warehouse issues before they impact customers. The successful candidate will join a stable operation with cross-functional visibility, supportive leadership, and the opportunity to contribute directly to service quality, inventory accuracy, and customer satisfaction.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments, supplier pickups, customer returns, collect shipments, warehouse transfers, and carrier pickups across multiple locations.
- Release orders for warehouse picking, manage rush and future-dated orders, support customer and sales staff pickups, and coordinate with warehouse teams on daily shipping priorities.
- Investigate and resolve transportation, warehouse, and delivery discrepancies, including overages, shortages, damages, late deliveries, missing documents, and customer shipment inquiries.
- Obtain freight quotes, transit time estimates, proof of delivery documentation, bills of lading, shipping labels, customs invoices, and bonded shipment documentation as required.
- Maintain transportation and supply chain records, update ETA information in ERP systems, create and maintain in-transit reports, and support receiving overage and shortage processes.
- Support finance and accounts payable with freight invoice review, supplier documentation, payment requests, inventory adjustment reports, credit memo requests, and shipping document management.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $50,000 to $55,000 per year.
- Job type: Direct hire.
