What are the responsibilities and job description for the Overnight Logistics Specialist position at ROCS Grad Staffing?
Why You Want To Work Here:
We are the leading provider of transportation management and logistics solutions. This position offers you the opportunity for a stable long-term career with a growing organization. We provide global support and looking for someone who is a quick learner with strong mathematical skills!
Responsibilities:
- Dispatch shipments to ensure on-time delivery, while maintaining cost targets
- Communicate and update clients through phone email correspondence while developing lasting relationships
- Schedule pick-ups and deliveries, optimizing cost and time
- Adjust price quotes according to cost and location
- Order entry as needed for product transfers or customer orders
- Manage domestic and international freight shipments
- Prepare export documents
- Approve freight invoices
- Maintain a high standard of ethics and integrity
- Gain a sufficient understanding of the industry and customers
- Positively impact customer service
- Perform data entry
- Perform metric analysis
- Manage large amounts of incoming data / emails / information while staying organized and prioritizing tasks
Qualifications:
- Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Business, Mathematics, Engineering or related field
- Experience and interest in transportation/ logistics preferred
- Previous experience working with logistics or dispatch preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong organization Skills
- Tech-savvy, knowledge of Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Basic knowledge in Excel ability to filter, sort, basic math formulas
- Demonstrate a strong sense of teamwork
- High degree of attention to detail
- Experience in shipping, logistics, or interacting with international teams would be a bonus
- Understanding of what a vendor is, and what a client is, and how they relate to a business.
- Understanding of how to interact with clients and provide customs service
- Ability to work with vendors to obtain pricing and ensuring service levels are met
- Basic knowledge of how a sustainable business operates (understanding the difference between, and importance of, costs & revenues)
Schedule:
- 9:00 PM – 9:00 AM, 4 days on / 3 days off. Availability for some weekend shifts is required.
Training:
- Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM for the first 4 weeks.
Salary : $20 - $25