Title:  Traffic Coordinator

Summary:

Coordinates daily shipments with freight carriers and works with customer service to meet customer requirements. Also works with production to coordinate pickups to coincide with production completions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must have excellent communications skills when dealing with freight carriers, customers, etc. 
• Must be able to use Excel, Word, Great Plains and other associated computer programs.
• Required to take care of all necessary paperwork and associated data entry for daily shipments.
• Ability to work well with sales and accounting on shipping and traffic related issues.
• Provide rate quotes and other traffic related assistance to other departments.
• Must be able to maintain good relationships with freight carriers to acquire the best possible service at the best price.  

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• N/A

Language Skills:

• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to speak effectively with employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:

• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, fractions and decimals.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms; stoop, and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to walk.  The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to _50__ pounds.  Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an office environment in a manufacturing plant.