LOGISTICS COORDINATOR & ORDER PROCESSOR

Valley View Industries

13834 S. Kostner Avenue

Crestwood, IL 60418

Phone: 708-396-7570

Website: https://www.valleyviewind.com

SUMMARY:

Load Planner responsibility:

- Coordinate and optimize the transportation of goods by creating efficient load plans and schedules.

- Working with logistics teams, carriers, and warehouse personnel to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of products while maximizing load efficiency and minimizing transportation costs.

- Processing orders with required paperwork to be ready for shipment.

FUNCTIONAL DUTIES:

• Analyze customer orders, shipment requirements, and available transportation resources to create optimal load plans.
• Determine the most efficient routes, modes of transportation, and load configurations to maximize capacity utilization and minimize transportation costs.
• Shipment Coordination: Collaborate with internal teams, including sales, customer service, and warehouse personnel, to coordinate shipment schedules and ensure timely order fulfillment.
• Communicate with carriers and logistics service providers to arrange pickups, deliveries, and transit times.
• Carrier Management: Evaluate carrier capabilities, rates, and performance to select the most suitable carriers for specific loads.
• Negotiate rates and service agreements with carriers to optimize costs and service levels.
• Maintain strong relationships with carriers and monitor their performance to ensure compliance with service expectations.
• Load Documentation: Prepare accurate and complete load documentation, including sales order, packing slips, pack list, bills of lading, shipping manifests, and customs documentation.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, shipping regulations, and customer-specific instructions.
• Shipment Tracking and Communication: Track shipments throughout the transportation process, monitoring progress, and addressing any issues or delays. –
• Communicate updates to internal teams, customers, and carriers to ensure transparency and timely resolution of transportation-related concerns.
• Compliance and Regulatory Requirements: Ensure compliance with transportation regulations, safety standards, and applicable laws.
• Stay updated on industry-specific regulations and requirements to ensure adherence and mitigate any potential compliance risks.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve load planning processes, transportation efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process enhancements, automation, and best practices in load planning and transportation management.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High school diploma or equivalent. Associate or bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, logistics, or a related field is a plus.
• Proven experience in load planning, transportation, or logistics operations.
• Strong knowledge of load planning techniques, transportation modes, and routing optimization.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in load documentation and order processing.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to address shipment-related challenges and optimize load efficiency.
• Knowledge of transportation regulations, safety standards, and compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with customs and import/export procedures is beneficial.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong computer skills, and willing to learn new software that is used when processing paperwork for orders to ship.

Benefits:

· After 90 days employees are eligible for Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance

· After 1 year, employees are eligible for a Simple IRA plan, which the Company will match 3% of the employee’s gross pay

· Paid time off and personal sick days

· Paid non-worked set of holidays

Company Information:
For over 50 years, the Valley View Industrie’s name has established itself as the “brand name” in the edging category. Whether it be professional grade edgings used by contractors or decorative edgings used by consumers.

In the past 10 years, our innovation has continued with offering the most diverse selection of decorative interlocking edgings to the next generation of no dig edgings.

Valley View Industries provides a variety of lawn edging to meet every consumer’s needs.

Valley View Industries manufactures the edgings, while the Company accepts orders from Landscaping and Mass Merchant Accounts, processes the paperwork, and gets the product loaded on site.

Pay: $22.00 - $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person