Freight coordinator vs shipping coordinator

Differences between freight coordinator and shipping coordinator duties and responsibilities

Freight coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage coordination of LCL and FCL with global steamship lines and airlines.
• Manage, negotiate and track multimillion FTL freight for a consumer electronics company.
• Monitor and manage inventory levels after final assembly and inspection to ensure on time delivery in a warehouse setting using WMS.
• Accomplish procedures in the LCL department such as loading of cargo to foreign destinations and customer relations on a daily basis.
• Manage and coordinate the workload of the release team members and are responsible for organizing and hosting all production release windows.
• Create export documents for shipping using product HTS codes, weights/dimensions, and individual government standards.
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Shipping coordinator example responsibilities.

• Utilize ERP system to track, manage, and maintain raw bulk inventory, WIP inventory, and finish goods inventory.
• Develop and implement lean processes to manage the economical and efficient coordination of interdepartmental logistics.
• Manage all aspects of customer shipments including generation of shipping output documents, coordination of logistics or scheduling domestic/international freight forwarders.
• Improve all KPI reporting for the bottling operation and implement visual aids such as report cards and production floor daily displays5.
• Ensure freight forwarders are select based on company objectives for cost and delivery
• Used computers for fed-ex and ups deliveries.
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