Logistics and Trade Compliance Coordinator

Raise - find a more meaningful working experience; Calgary; On-site; CAD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

The Logistics and Trade Compliance Coordinator role in Calgary, AB is a 12-month contract, onsite, with a pay rate of C$50 - C$60 per hour. You will manage cross-border shipments, paperwork, and ERP-based processes to ensure on-time, compliant deliveries.

Responsibilities include coordinating outbound/inbound logistics, preparing shipping documents, and working with freight forwarders and carriers. Strong Excel skills and meticulous attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in logistics, import/export, or international trade coordination.
• Hands-on experience with import and export paperwork and customs processes.
• 3+ years with any ERP system.
• Experience working with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and carriers.
• 3+ years using Microsoft Excel to track shipments and follow-ups.
• Sharp attention to detail, plus the confidence to ask tough questions and push back when something looks off.
• Clear, steady communication with outside partners.
• Comfort building a process where none exists yet.

Responsibilities

• Schedule outbound trucks, confirm pickups, and follow up when a truck doesn’t show.
• Combine freight to maximize payload, so shipments don’t go out one pallet at a time.
• Coordinate inbound raw material deliveries with supply vendors and the warehouse team, and plan where materials go on arrival.
• Prepare and review shipping paperwork, including commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and export declarations.
• Manage imports from China and exports to the US, so classifications, duties, and tariffs are right on every shipment.
• Ask client’s Supply Chain International Trade team for classification codes and requirements, then apply them to each shipment.
• Work with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and carriers to clear customs and resolve delays.
• Keep shipment records and follow-up trackers current in Excel and the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
• Track on-time delivery, freight cost, and customs clearance performance.
• Help build import and export procedures from the ground up.

Skills

Logistics coordination

Cross-border shipments

Attention to detail

Communication with partners

Process improvement

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Freight forwarding coordination

Job description

Logistics and Trade Compliance Coordinator

• Pay Rate: C$50 - C$60/hour, depending on experience
• Contract Length: 12 months
• Location: Calgary, AB T3G 5K2 | Onsite

Raise is currently hiring a contract team member on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader.

Overview

You keep materials moving into and out of the Calgary assembly operation, and you make sure every cross-border shipment clears customs cleanly. You work with vendors, carriers, freight forwarders, and client’s International Trade team. Your paperwork is accurate, so shipments arrive on time and compliant. This is a new kind of role at the company, so you help shape how the work gets done.

Responsibilities

• Schedule outbound trucks, confirm pickups, and follow up when a truck doesn’t show.
• Combine freight to maximize payload, so shipments don’t go out one pallet at a time.
• Coordinate inbound raw material deliveries with supply vendors and the warehouse team, and plan where materials go on arrival.
• Prepare and review shipping paperwork, including commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, and export declarations.
• Manage imports from China and exports to the US, so classifications, duties, and tariffs are right on every shipment.
• Ask client’s Supply Chain International Trade team for classification codes and requirements, then apply them to each shipment.
• Work with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and carriers to clear customs and resolve delays.
• Keep shipment records and follow-up trackers current in Excel and the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
• Track on-time delivery, freight cost, and customs clearance performance.
• Help build import and export procedures from the ground up.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years in logistics, import/export, or international trade coordination.
• Hands-on experience with import and export paperwork and customs processes.
• 3+ years with any ERP system.
• Experience working with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and carriers.
• 3+ years using Microsoft Excel to track shipments and follow-ups.
• Sharp attention to detail, plus the confidence to ask tough questions and push back when something looks off.
• Clear, steady communication with outside partners.
• Comfort building a process where none exists yet.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in oil and gas or drilling, so you know the parts you’re shipping.
• Experience with cross-border shipments between Canada, the US, and China.

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Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in.

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