logistics coordinator

Overview

Languages

English or French

Education

• College/CEGEP

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Co-ordinate activities with other work units or departments
• Prepare and submit reports
• Maintain work records and logs
• Advise vehicle operators of traffic and other problems
• Dispatch personnel according to schedules and work orders
• Dispatch personnel as required by emergency situations
• Keep track of shipments
• Knowledge of cross border dispatching regulations and practices
• Knowledge of highway trucking and associated rules and regulations
• Maintain vehicle operator work records
• Process and transmit information and instructions to co-ordinate the activities of vehicle operators and crews using dispatching equipment
• Record mileage, fuel use, repairs and other expenses
• Respond to urgent calls from individual who find themselves in life threatening situation and who require assistance
• Schedule assignments and co-ordinate activities of vehicle operators, crews and equipment
• Plan, organize and oversee operational logistics of the organization