Traffic Clerk

Title:                     Traffic Clerk

Status:                 Full-time, Non-exempt

Company:           Host Terminals, LLC

Reports To:         Customer Support Manager

Supervises:        N/A

Location: Host Terminals – Baltimore, MD

Host stevedoring services started in 1925 and have continued to grow ever since. Our teams handle nearly 22M tons of dry bulk annually, along with more than 1,000 vessels, 1,100 yachts, 150 breakbulk vessels, 14,600 rail cars and 8M barrels of liquid bulk and containers. Our terminal operations leverage employee teams that take on unique challenges in diverse environments, while adding value and providing REAL solutions for our customers. As stevedores, Host handles the heavy lifting for our worldwide customer base.

Position Summary: The Traffic Clerk will be working with a myriad of personalities in a fast-paced environment where daily activities will vary widely at our Host at Tradepoint location. The Clerk will be responsible for verifying and maintaining accurate records for incoming and outgoing shipments supporting the Traffic department. The Clerk will also work closely with the operations and customer service departments to ensure customer satisfaction and validate physical cargoes via different modes of transport.

The Person: The successful candidate will have the following behaviors and demonstrate the competencies below.

Core Principles: All team members must demonstrate an ability to adhere and understand the core principles of the company. This team member must be able to provide value and depth to the Core Principles of Host.

• Our people are our greatest assets.
• Their safety is our top priority.
• We provide exceptional service.
• We believe every relationship is important.
• We are detectives, understanding all activities within our markets.
• We know today's opportunities are tomorrow's growth.
• We conduct all business with integrity.
• We build on our legacy.

Position Specific Behaviors:

• Team player
• Executes quickly and accurately
• Honesty and integrity
• Adaptable and flexible
• Collaborative- works well with others
• Excels in high growth, entrepreneurial and meritocratic environment
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Strong intellectual curiosity
• Thrives in a pressurized work environment
• Outside work element
• Blue collar environment
• Diligent and timely with any eye for detail

Demonstrated Competencies to be Successful at Host

• Self- starter
• Problem solving
• Communication
• Customer Focus
• Accountability

Essential Responsibilities and Duties:

• Examine cargo and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipments.
• Physically inspect the goods, verify, validate
• Prepare or execute documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials.
• Understand shipping methods for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping purposes.
• Work with the customer service team to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.
• Assist GM in stock check processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education, Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Possess strong skills and proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; as well as inventory system software.
• Candidate must be proactive, flexible, and a self-starter with the ability, prioritize, and execute multiple activities in a fast-paced outside and inside work environment.
• Must be able to manage the varied tasks associated with multiple projects and the ability to manage conflicting deadlines.
• Superb organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to multi-task and prioritize, work independently, be extremely detailed oriented, and forward thinking.

Physical Requirements:

• Must meet “fit for duty” requirements upon job offer (pre-employment physical and drug test)
• The employee must meet physical requirements including but not limited to, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing up/down ladders and stairs, negotiating uneven and moving surfaces.
• Must be able to work in difficult conditions with exposure to all weather conditions (rain, ice, snow, wind, heat, etc.)
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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