Transportation Specialist

Mauser Packaging Solutions
Oak Brook, IL, United States
Full-time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

  • Proficient in operations planning with our Transportation Management Systems (TMS).
  • Correctly troubleshoot, investigate, resolve, and / or escalate issues with suggested resolution.
  • Monitor carriers (Private Fleet, Dedicated Fleet, and Common Carriers) to ensure daily transportation operations run safely, efficiently, and on time.
  • Assist in the development, planning, and modification of daily schedules as appropriate; make notifications to customer service and the operations manager as to the status of shipments.
  • Proactively communicate with customers, MPS employees (CS, Operations, Sourcing), and the management team to ensure necessary requirements are met.
  • Accurately enter data into the transportation management system; maintain and generate required reports.
  • Monitor and ensure proper coding application in a timely matter; escalate as needed.
  • Maintain statement of work audit schedule and distribute updates to all team members.
  • Point of contact for shipment status requests / tracking from stakeholders (Emptiers, CS, Facilities, Sourcing).
  • Track and trace activities to ensure optimal service.
  • Hold carriers accountable for service and service level agreements.

Requirements :

  • 2 years of transportation experience
  • TMS experience
  • High school diploma or higher
  • Experience with Windows applications and Microsoft Office, including creating complex formulas in Excel
  • Good organizational skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting clean, organized, and thorough information and data for the intended audience
  • Ability to manage a high-volume workload
  • 13 days ago
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