Transportation Coordinator - Supply Chain (DFW)

Harbor Freight Tools; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Harbor Freight Tools is seeking a Transportation Coordinator to support the DC Transportation Team, coordinating drayage, store deliveries, and inbound vendor loads. You will enter trip information, maintain records of miles, and communicate with drivers and yard staff to meet changing demands.

This onsite role requires planning, scheduling, and timely dispatch, monitoring driver hours and logs, and ensuring compliance with federal and state laws.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate drayage of shipping containers from rail yard to distribution center
• Plan and coordinate inbound/outbound vendor loads to the distribution center
• Plan and coordinate store deliveries from the distribution center
• Assist with monitoring drivers arrival and departure times
• Update computer systems with estimated times of arrival to the distribution centers
• Plan and prepare driver's daily dispatch to ensure on-time deliveries
• Monitor drivers logs to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations
• Monitor drivers available hours, duty status and pre-plan work assignments
• Perform data entry of payroll and accessorial payroll items
• Assist with daily reporting including end of shift, trailer schedules, driver mileage
• Properly allocate store charges into billing system
• Maintain and Invoice local pick-ups, drayage and traffic shipments
• Communicate and coordinate with vendors, internal customers, and shippers regarding traffic/vendor pick-ups
• Monitor fuel inventory levels and process orders to maintain proper inventory

Job description

The Transportation Coordinator will support managers in the overall operation of the DC Transportation Team, local pickup and delivery, store delivery and inbound vendor loads. Coordinators will ensure all operations are performing with optimum efficiency, organization and safety. The Transportation Coordinator's role includes: accepting load tenders, scheduling, and coordinating with outside vendors for freight pickups, planning store deliveries, entering trip information into systems for charges, maintaining records of daily and weekly miles for planning and reporting, invoicing drayage and traffic loads. Daily communication with drivers and yard associates is required to ensure that the rapidly changing demands of the organization are met.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and coordinate drayage of shipping containers from rail yard to distribution center
• Plan and coordinate inbound/outbound vendor loads to the distribution center
• Plan and coordinate store deliveries from the distribution center
• Assist with monitoring drivers arrival and departure times
• Update computer systems with estimated times of arrival to the distribution centers (Duty duplicated on clerk job description)
• Plan and prepare driver's daily dispatch to ensure on-time deliveries
• Monitor drivers logs to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations
• Monitor drivers available hours, duty status and pre-plan work assignments
• Perform data entry of payroll and accessorial payroll items (Duty duplicated on clerk job description)
• Assist with daily reporting including end of shift, trailer schedules, driver mileage, etc. (Duty duplicated on clerk job description)
• Properly allocate store charges into billing system (Duty duplicated on clerk job description)
• Maintain and Invoice local pick-ups, drayage and traffic shipments
• Communicate and coordinate with vendors, internal customers, and shippers regarding traffic/vendor pick-ups
• Monitor fuel inventory levels and process orders to maintain proper inventory (Duty duplicated on clerk job description)

Scope (Required):

• Staff supervision and development — no
• Decision making-
• Travel – >5%
• Location— onsite DC based

The anticipated rate for this position is $28.00 per hour depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. In addition, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as early access to pay, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability. Eligible Associates are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Associates will accrue paid time off up to 152 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays). Paid sick time up to 64 hours per year unless otherwise required by law.