Transportation Coordinator

Overview

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The Transportation Coordinator is responsible for supporting daily transportation operations by monitoring orders, responding to driver calls, and ensuring shipments are delivered safely and on schedule. This role serves as a key point of contact for drivers and internal teams, providing timely communication, issue resolution, and operational support to maintain efficient transportation activities.

 

Responsibilities

• Provide drivers with all necessary administrative requirements for trips, directions, tolls
• Serve as driver contact for "on the road" problems
• Sales contact of off hours load status 
• Interface with drivers, mechanics, hostlers, helping coordinators, and other internal and external customers and consumers
• Manage tractor assignments
• Contact drivers to perform work as needed
• Accurately record yard activity using yard sheet inventory system
• Bobtail tracking and management
• Trailer Retrieval from customers
• Track trailers movements in yard and drops
• Schedule deliveries and backhaul pickups as required
• First step accident reporting process
• Other assignments as needed
• Third shift schedule: 12AM to 8AM Monday-Friday

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected compensation range for this position is between $39,500 - $63,100.
• Location confirmed job-related skills, experience, and education will be considered in setting actual starting salary. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
• Paid time off subject to eligibility, including paid parental leave, vacation, sick, and bereavement.
• In addition to salary, PepsiCo offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees and their families, subject to elections and eligibility: Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Health, and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Insurance (Accident, Group Legal, Life), Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Qualifications

Required:

• High school degree or GED
• 1-3 years of customer service / dispatching experience 
• 1- 3 years' experience inMS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) 
• Basic Math Skills, troubleshooting, and problem solving
• Individual performance subject to 90-day performance evaluation

Preferred:

• Ability to work with constraints and deadlines with good customer service skills. 
• Independent decision making, ability to work without supervision
• Excellent organizational and communication skills 
• Must be flexible with other departments and schedules and backfill as needed
• Balance competing priorities 
• Highly motivated individual with a proven track record of working successfully in a team environment
• Detail oriented Self-directed Self-motivated
• Engagement within Admin Team and other teams 

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