Traffic and Customs Coordinator-French # 26-27222

Us Tech Solutions; Laval; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

US Tech Solutions is seeking a Traffic & Customs Coordinator for our Laval office. The role requires French and English proficiency and onsite work at least three days per week.

The position focuses on coordinating international shipments, liaising with customs brokers, and ensuring timely deliveries while maintaining quality standards across transport and customs activities.

Qualifications

• DES or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of experience in transport and customs environment.
• CCS (Certified Customs Coordinator) certification is an asset.
• SAP knowledge is an asset.
• Bilingual French/English.
• Experience with Canadian customs process, including HS code classification and tariff determination is an asset.
• Excel knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Organize non-standard transport activities, weekly shipments to remote areas, quotes and urgent deliveries.
• Respond to transport company queries and manage in-transit delays to prevent loss.
• Coordinate with customs brokers and handle customs-related questions for audits.
• Liaise with brokers, forwarders, hubs, and internal teams for inbound/outbound shipments.
• Maintain SAP transportation zones and TMS data as needed.
• Monitor in-transit temperature issues and support related investigations.
• Archive TC department records and support transport invoice audits.

Skills

Bilingual French/English

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

DES or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Duration: 12 months (possible extension)

Description:

This is an onsite role and candidate will work at the Laval office minimum three (3) times every week.

The role requires a candidate who is proficient in French and English language.

Traffic and Customs Coordinator

The Traffic & Customs Coordinator is responsible for ensuring conformity to all transportation related activities required to make our product available to our customers. These tasks include, among others, planning, handling and follow up of incoming international shipments, serving clients in remote regions, special requests, in-transit delays, and resolving and responding to diverse queries by email.

What you’ll do

• The incumbent organizes all ‘non-standard’ transport activities including weekly shipments to remote areas, quotes and logistics for urgent same day deliveries. Responds to queries from transport companies, follows up documents in- transit delays in TIR (Transport Issue Report) and initiates corrective actions to avoid loss of product while in transit.
• The coordinator also ensures that critical timelines related to seasonal Winter shipments are not exceeded through use of appropriate carriers and risk mitigation strategies. Maintain Client Quality standards and serve as liaison between transport firms and

Customer Service.

• Investigates transport issues following a customer complaint and documents root cause/corrective actions in Rexis database.
• The T&C Coordinator will also address and resolve customs related problems concerning product import/export, liaising closely with customs brokers, responding to customs-related questions from Global, and supplying any T & C related documentation requested by auditors. Handle logistics for the export of materials, specimens, returns for investigation or instruments to other countries and affiliates.
• Acts as a liaison between external stakeholder, such as brokers, forwarders, transport companies and internal stakeholders such as hubs, Receiving, Supply Chain Planning, IL Team, etc. for the inbound as well as outbound shipments.
• Monitors T&C generic email and responds to any inquiries from external and internal parties.
• Maintains transportation zones in SAP for the customer creation process. Creates customer specifics in ‘TMS’ tables when required.
• Handles in-transit temperature abnormalities for inbound shipments resulting in Global Quality investigations ex: generating reports, opening cases, disposition reports.
• Maintains any out of SAP, non-inventoried shipment activities, such as; OE address book creation, mailroom codes, carrier user ID creations etc.
• Maintains archives for the T&C department in accordance with the Coremap retention requirements.
• Supports T&C Specialists with transport invoice audits.

What you’ll need to be successful

• DES or equivalent
• 2-3 years of experience in transport and customs environment
• CCS (Certified Customs Coordinator) certification is an asset
• SAP knowledge is an asset
• Bilingual French/English
• Experience with Canadian customs process, including Harmonized System (HS) code classification and tariff determination is an asset
• Excel knowledge

Other Competencies

• Demonstrated problem-solving ability, combined with effective business judgment and ability to communicate clearly.
• While working on multiple tasks at a time, they are focused on the details while finding creative ways to solve big picture challenges.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to deal with ambiguity in a constantly evolving environment.
• Accurately anticipates future consequences to current action
• Seeks out and harnesses available data sources to make informed decisions to optimize customer interactions and experiences.
• Focuses in quickly on the key issues
• Integrates multiple streams of information into a coherent strategy

About US Tech Solutions:

US Tech Solutions is a global staff augmentation firm providing a wide range of talent on-demand and total workforce solutions. To know more about US Tech Solutions, please visit www.ustechsolutions.com. US Tech Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.