Traffic administrator vs shipping associate

Differences between traffic administrator and shipping 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 associate example responsibilities.

• Pick up mail and packages from USPS facilities.
• Pick up & deliver mail to & from USPS processing center.
• Create bill of ladings for LTL shipments for both international and domestic.
• Develop a working knowledge of WMS systems to research inventory or print bills of lading.
• Prepare paperwork & make pick-up arrangements for shipments to be transport by way of LTL trucks.
• Gain basic understating of logistics and large-scale management.
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