Traffic Coordinator
About the role
Traffic Coordinator
What you will do
The focus of this position is to ensure that the materials and resources flow through the company in a timely manner, while anticipating problems and developing plans of action, to minimize delays in our organization’s workflow. You will utilize intermediate to advanced knowledge of inbound and outbound logistics and customs documentation for the Company, while simultaneously building and maintaining strategic relationships with key suppliers, clients, and other departments within the company.
How you will do it
Provide a variety of inbound and outbound logistics and customs documenting to individuals at different levels of the organization and to any client by:
- Generating shipping paperwork for submitting to appropriate parties (drivers, carrier dispatch, US and/or Canada Customs)
- Monitoring the flow of materials or resources to ensure on time delivery
- Entering freight invoices to accounting department
- Troubleshooting any problems to ensure projects or process remain on schedule
- Logistics Coordinator must also work with Internal and External customers to develop a schedule for the delivery of products or resources
- Confirming that work process is continuing on schedule by monitoring communication and work between Production/Shipping/Logistics departments
- Managing deliveries with contracted carriers and ensure timely and accurate delivery of products to customers; manages timing of deliveries and packing schedules
- Develop and recommending improvements in current delivery practices to promote more efficient and accurate services with low costs
- Certifying that contracted couriers follow company policies and procedures when delivering products to customers
- Establishing positive working relationships with Internal and External customers
- Perform other duties as assigned
What we look for
Required:
- High school education and at least 5 years work experience, or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and 2+ years’ work experience
- 2 years’ experience shipping product internationally, specifically the US. Must have familiarity with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
- Courses in project management and/or training in scheduling, leadership, and time management
- Good knowledge of transport industry and traffic
- Good communication skills, oral and written
- Proficient knowledge in MS Office
- Ability to solve business challenges and develop good reasoning solutions
- Understanding of guidelines, direct response, and customer experience
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate and mange materials
- Detail-orientated project management and communication skills
- Must have the ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Strong team player, proactive, and enthusiastic about obtaining great business results through creative project execution
- Occasional travel to field worksite locations, will require Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
#LI-Onsite
About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology, software as well as service solutions with some of the most trusted names in the industry. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com.
Traffic Coordinator
About the role
Traffic Coordinator
What you will do
The focus of this position is to ensure that the materials and resources flow through the company in a timely manner, while anticipating problems and developing plans of action, to minimize delays in our organization’s workflow. You will utilize intermediate to advanced knowledge of inbound and outbound logistics and customs documentation for the Company, while simultaneously building and maintaining strategic relationships with key suppliers, clients, and other departments within the company.
How you will do it
Provide a variety of inbound and outbound logistics and customs documenting to individuals at different levels of the organization and to any client by:
- Generating shipping paperwork for submitting to appropriate parties (drivers, carrier dispatch, US and/or Canada Customs)
- Monitoring the flow of materials or resources to ensure on time delivery
- Entering freight invoices to accounting department
- Troubleshooting any problems to ensure projects or process remain on schedule
- Logistics Coordinator must also work with Internal and External customers to develop a schedule for the delivery of products or resources
- Confirming that work process is continuing on schedule by monitoring communication and work between Production/Shipping/Logistics departments
- Managing deliveries with contracted carriers and ensure timely and accurate delivery of products to customers; manages timing of deliveries and packing schedules
- Develop and recommending improvements in current delivery practices to promote more efficient and accurate services with low costs
- Certifying that contracted couriers follow company policies and procedures when delivering products to customers
- Establishing positive working relationships with Internal and External customers
- Perform other duties as assigned
What we look for
Required:
- High school education and at least 5 years work experience, or a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and 2+ years’ work experience
- 2 years’ experience shipping product internationally, specifically the US. Must have familiarity with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
- Courses in project management and/or training in scheduling, leadership, and time management
- Good knowledge of transport industry and traffic
- Good communication skills, oral and written
- Proficient knowledge in MS Office
- Ability to solve business challenges and develop good reasoning solutions
- Understanding of guidelines, direct response, and customer experience
- Strong organizational skills to coordinate and mange materials
- Detail-orientated project management and communication skills
- Must have the ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Strong team player, proactive, and enthusiastic about obtaining great business results through creative project execution
- Occasional travel to field worksite locations, will require Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
#LI-Onsite
About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI) we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.
With a history of more than 135 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through its comprehensive digital offering OpenBlue. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology, software as well as service solutions with some of the most trusted names in the industry. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com.