Shipping Coordinator

Job description

Position Overview The Shipping Coordinator will be responsible for providing planning, administration, and technical direction for outgoing product. This position must ensure that planning/shipping is making efficient use of resources and meeting the needs of the customer. Must be able to communicate and coordinate with customers, sales team and third parties. Key Responsibilities: The above is intended to describe the general content of the performance of this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties or responsibilities. - Ensure the shipping process is being consistently followed. - Participate in weekly scheduling meeting and daily production meeting - Create, maintain, and update locked shipping schedule that meets customer requirements and production capacity - Liaise with customers, sales department, plant/production managers, third party contractors, freight carrier and production planning staff to ensure customer deadlines are met - Create and process shipments in ERP system - Reference engineer drawings to build loads and relay information to carriers - Obtain freight quotes for shipping needs and customer requests - Maintain and update exis...