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Position summary: The Logistics Operations Specialist is responsible for managing and optimizing the company’s transportation and logistics processes. This role is accountable for coordinating daily transportation operations, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of goods, managing vendor relationships, and innovative solutions. 

Essential functions:

• Quote and Route Optimization for timely delivery for domestic and international shipments.
• Ensure compliance with all transportation regulations and safety standards for both domestic and export.
• Shipment coordination for inbound material shipments, expedited shipments, call tags for returns, CTS for shipment, refusals, and no address labels.
• Critical audit functions on invoices, freight costs, duties and VAT fees for our international warehouses and our carriers (LTL and parcel).
• Accountability for additional administrative functions such as but not limited to research shortage and freight claims, provide proof of deliveries, correct bill of ladings, route customer letters, and track carrier shipments.
• Recommend process improvements, present, and implement for greater efficiency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and experience:

• Two to five years proven experience in logistics coordination or traffic management  
• Thorough understanding of transportation and logistics regulations
• Innovative Problem-solving and concise decision-making abilities
• Positive attitude and highly motivated self-starter 
• Strong analytical, organizational, logical, and time management abilities. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 Suite, ACE, logistics software, etc. 

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or experience required

Location: Canton, Ohio

Reports to: Customer Success Manager

Supervises: None

Works with: Suppliers, department supervisors and group leaders, engineering, shipping department, factory floor employees, purchasing department, human resource department and management.

Physical demands and work environment:  The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Physical demands:  While performing duties of job, employee is required to stand, walk, sit, drive, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.  Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work environment:  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.