Transportation Coordinator
Summary
Coordinates freight scheduling, tendering, and issue resolution for a food & beverage manufacturer, liaising with operations and warehouse teams using tools like SAP and Excel.
Title: Transportation Coordinator
Location: Remote (candidates must be located in the United States) Heavy preference on candidates in the Midwest.
Company: Fortune 100 Food & Beverage Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)
Initial term: 6 months (position expected to run longer)
Schedule: Mon-Friday; 8-5, with willingness to support occasional overtime and holiday rotation
About This Role:
The Transportation Coordinator will complete day to day transportation planning activities including scheduling, tendering, product issue resolution, and email communication, while working cross functionally with Operations Planning and Warehouse/Plant teams. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong attention to detail, clear communication skills, and the ability to prioritize and manage competing requests in a fast-paced environment. They should take ownership of issues, proactively problem solve, and follow items through to resolution.
What You'll Do:
- Support a small team of 3.
- Complete Transportation Planning.
- Scheduling.
- Tendering.
- Product Issue resolution.
- Email communication.
- Work cross functionally with: Operations Planning and Warehouse / Plant teams.
What You Bring:
- Transportation or inventory experience is helpful but not required.
- The role requires reliable availability during core business hours, with willingness to support occasional overtime and holiday rotation.
- Clear, professional written and verbal communication.
- Comfortable working with multiple stakeholders at once.
- Ability to prioritize and manage competing requests.
- Strong task management in a fast-moving environment.
- Ability to balance routine execution work with unexpected issues.
- Comfortable working in a role where priorities may shift daily.
- Systems & Data Comfort:
- SAP experience helpful (not required)
- Excel skills helpful:
o Filters, sorting, basic formulas
o Reviewing data for accuracy - Comfortable working across multiple systems and tools.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Up to $27.00 per hour + Overtime
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Disability insurance
About FuseGlobal:
FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies, working together to make things run better. For 25 years we have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains, resulting in enterprises that run smarter and more sustainably. Interested in digital manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain management, all-things tech, and energy & the environment? This is where we live. Engage with us!
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