Trucking Coordinator
| Salary: N/A | | | Date Posted: 21-Jun-08 | | | Location: La Ronge,Saskatchewan,Canada | | Company: Cargill |
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Job Description: Cargill Incorporated is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. With 158,000 employees in 66 countries, the company is committed to using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with customers to help them succeed.
Cargill Limited, a subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, is one of Canada's largest agricultural merchandisers and processors with interests in meat, egg, malt and oilseed processing, livestock feed, salt manufacturing, as well as crop input products, grain handling and merchandizing.
Cargill AgHorizons, with a network of 74 farm service centers across Canada, is a part of Canadian agriculture, providing quality products, agronomic expertise and knowledgeable marketing advice.
Position Overview:
The Trucking Coordinator is accountable to the Trucking Supervisor to ensure truck shipments to and from multiple locations are initiated, planned and scheduled in a timely and cost efficient manner to meet internal and external customer needs. Ensures that carriers comply with delivery service standards. Negotiates freight rates within department guidelines.
Principal Accountabilities:
33% - Schedules and dispatches truck shipments for bulk products. Coordinates backhauls to minimize shipping expenses. Contacts carriers to advise of truck movements and coordinate delivery times and provide necessary information
5% - Communicates between the locations/carriers/customers resolving daily issues and recommending solutions to the everyday challenges.
12% - Negotiates bulk truck rates with carriers within the established guidelines to obtain competitive freight rates. Assists in freight rate negotiations.
10% - Monitors and reports the performances of the carriers.
11% - Prepares and maintains necessary freight documentation to send to carriers and locations.
12% - Produces month end reports for statistical analysis to track performance, identifies PONCs and takes corrective action on problems.
8% - Review and process all month end accounting reports.
6% - Backup for all accounts payable.
3% - Other items as assigned
Skills:
Required: - Knowledge of the truck transportation industry in terms of industry regulations and industry standards.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skill in negotiating competitive rates and coordinating scheduling needs with external/internal customers.
- Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- Various computer systems, including Word, Excel, Access and electronic mail.
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