Transportation Coordinator - Trucking (Corporate - Coeur d'Alene) - Idaho Forest Group

Description:

This role is responsible for enabling an efficient day-to-day trucking transportation operation as part of the sales team.

Essential Functions:

• Communicate effectively and support sales team's logistic needs
• Provide superior customer service to cross functional teams and maintain effective and strategic alignments
• Put in truck patterns when a new delivery destination is required
• Put in truck invoices
• Effectively negotiate rates with carriers
• Help dispatch trucks and contact trucking companies to move our lumber to customer
• Coordinate with carriers to ensure all loads are acknowledged to maximize efficiency and on-time service
• Work independently with minimal oversight
• Other duties as needed

Qualifications:

• 1+ of experience in the transportation industry
• Proven proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office applications
• Experience with collecting, analyzing, presenting and reporting transportation data
• Experience with shipping standards, laws and requirements, including international shipping
• Knowledge of DOT, FRA and AAR rules and regulations
• Customer service background is preferred
• Prior experience with lumber products a plus
• Valid driver's license

As a condition of employment, Idaho Forest Group requires employees to complete a variety of pre-employment
screening processes which may include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug and substance test,
reference check, prior work verification, driving history (MVR), education verification, aptitude/skills testing, and credit
checks. The depth of screening will vary based on the position.

Physical Requirements:

Move safely, quickly, and perform duties with repetitious movement. Sit and/or stand for shift, reach with hands and
arms, stoop, squat, twist, push and pull, maintain balance, bend at the waist, kneel, walk varying distances, and climb
stairs. Must be able to tolerate all weather elements, loud conditions, vibrations, and airborne particles (sawdust).

Idaho Forest Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, family medical history, or any other status protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at 208-762-6630 and/or hr@idfg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Sales