- Location: Etobicoke, Ontario
- Job type: Permanent
- Salary: $55,000 to $70,000
Advantages
Working with a Randstad client as a Shipping Coordinator offers many advantages:
-Opportunity to work full-time and join a company who has been experiencing exponential growth! Be apart of this growth and become an anchor on the Shipping and Logistics team.
-Competitive annual salary in the range of $55,000 to $70,000. Based on skills and prior experience.
-Full comprehensive medical, health and dental benefits
-Vacation and personal days assigned annually
-Family culture and environment for long-term career growth
-The chance to take ownership, be accountable for your actions, your job, and your team.
-A role where you can directly impact operational efficiency and cost reduction through freight consolidation and trailer utilization.
-Access to training and the potential for certification for the regular use of plant machinery and moving equipment.
Responsibilities:
The Shipping Coordinator will perform the following essential duties to ensure smooth Manufacturing & Logistics operations:
-Plan and schedule all inbound and outbound freight in alignment with production and warehouse capacity.
-Book trucks with approved carriers and coordinate specific pickup and delivery appointments.
-Prepare all necessary outbound shipping documents, including Bills of Lading (BOLs), packing slips, labels, and ASN data when required.
-Coordinate the daily dock loading schedule based on logistics bookings and optimize trailer utilization and freight consolidation to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
-Verify finished goods availability, product codes, quantities, pallet counts, and labeling before loading a shipment.
-Arrange outbound freight and inter-warehouse transfers.
-Coordinate inbound deliveries of raw materials (packaging materials) to proactively prevent storage or dock congestion.
-Complete receiving documents and validate material against the BOL, actively identifying and reporting any discrepancies.
-Control inventory, including performing regular cycle counts.
-Ensure all shipments consistently follow company load and safety procedures.
-Record outbound shipment details meticulously in the ERP/WMS, including weights, times, pallet counts, and carrier confirmation.
-Maintain accurate shipping files, archives, and documentation that is audit-ready.
-Conduct outbound quality checks and flag any discrepancies to the Warehouse and Quality teams.
-Support monthly inventory accuracy by reporting outbound variances or material issues.
-Perform shipment tracking when required, confirming dispatches, validating tracking information, and communicating updates to customers in support of the Customer Service Representative (CSR) workload.
Qualifications
Minimum Required Qualifications:
To be successful in this Shipping Coordinator role in Manufacturing & Logistics, candidates should meet the following requirements:
– Min. 3 years of experience working as a shipping or logistics coordinator in a manufacturing/production environment
-Experienced with generating and processing all types of shipping and receiving documentation including BOL’s, packing slips, labels, ASN data, customs documentation
-Experienced with booking and scheduling pickup and deliveries with approved carriers communicating via phone and/or email.
-Able to use an ERP/CRM system to record all shipment details, client interactions and daily activity.
-Experienced with performing inventory and cycle counts including the reporting and documentation.
-Physical capacity to regularly stand, walk, use hands/fingers, and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
-Comfortable working in a manufacturing or warehouse environment where safety shoes, hearing protection, vision protection, and other necessary PPE are required.
-Commitment to good and reliable attendance, a positive attitude, and meeting or exceeding job-specific metrics and/or goals.