Traffic administrator vs shipping and receiving associate

Differences between traffic administrator and shipping and receiving associate duties and responsibilities

Traffic administrator example responsibilities.

• Develop and manage SharePoint site for streamlining internal team communications.
• Arrange domestic outbound shipments with small package carriers, LTL and FTL truck carriers, air carriers, and railroads.
• Communicate extensively with freight forwarders, export carriers, and local carriers to coordinate export shipments.
• Establish and maintain key supplier relationships (carriers and freight forwarders), resulting in minimize cost and transit time.
• Expedite inbound/outbound freight shipments by completing domestic and Canadian LTL and parcel shipment documentation.
• Direct inbound or outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management.
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Shipping and receiving associate example responsibilities.

• Transport goods from racks, shelves, and vehicles using carts, dollies, hand trucks or other moving equipment.
• Keep strict batch records according to FDA, USDA and DEA mandates for QA purposes.
• Exceed daily pickups for endoscopes from FedEx utilizing company van.
• Coordinate inbound/outbound cargo with commercial carriers such as FedEx and DHL shipments as necessary.
• Coordinate early drop off times and late pick up times with FedEx in order to fully optimize production time.
• End of day confirm BOL's with freight/pallets on containers, place BOL's in containers for drivers for delivery.
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