Transportation Coordinator - GROWMARK, Inc. - Bloomington, IL
GROWMARK is a regional cooperative with annual sales of $8.
5 billion providing agronomy, energy, facility planning, and logistics products and services, as well as grain marketing and risk management services in more than 40 states and Ontario, Canada.
GROWMARK is ranked fourth on the NCB Co-op 100 listing of the nation s 100 highest revenue-earning cooperative businesses.
GROWMARK owns the FS trademark, which is used by affiliated member cooperatives.
GROWMARK is large enough to offer solid career opportunities, but small enough to provide a family-oriented, welcoming environment and great benefits.
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The hours for this position will be M-F, 10am - 6:
15pm
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT
Provides customer service, order processing, billing and dispatching services for the GROWMARK System.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Responsible for assisting Transportation Analyst with daily duties.
Enter orders, tenders loads to carriers, and monitors progress using GROWMARKS dispatching and load tracking tools.
Responsible for generating and optimizing savings for member cooperatives and GROWMARK by analyzing all possible price, freight, and FSC combinations.
Utilizes Member Advantage Pricing (MAP).
Monitors Energy product prices, costs, and availability.
Identifies orders affected, re-prices, and re-sources them to reduce overall member cooperative/GROWMARK cost.
Responsible for accurately updating the GROWMARK billing system, including VIM invoice scanning.
Completes carrier freight bill payment, audits carrier invoices to verify correct charges, handles electronic disputes, and pays Carrier freight invoices.
Assures correct member cooperative billing, helps resolve any discrepancies, and ensures that SAP is updated with the appropriate changes.
Dispatches night fill and early morning NH3 loads to appropriate carriers.
Maintain excellent analytical skills and knowledge of GROWMARK procedures, freight rate structures, fuel surcharge calculations, and an ability to read and understand GROWMARK carrier contracts and insurance certificates.
Receives and logs all after hour calls to the dispatch office and responds with appropriate action.
Performs bill of lading match and audit function, including NH3 Bill of Lading scanning.
Coordinates carrier insurance certificates with Insurance Services.
Maintains various daily reports and distributes to appropriate area.
Conducts nightly audit particularly looking for loads that need to be freight blocked for extra charges.
Request charges to be sent to respective carriers w/appropriate Dispatch Teams included.
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS
Advises Transportation Analysts of actions taken effecting routing or morning activities.
Communicates weekly load information to appropriate groups.
Assists other GROWMARK departments with inquiries and requests.
Follows GROWMARK s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Normally requires a two year degree or related work experience to demonstrate the ability to learn transportation and dispatching skills.
Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making, and skill development.
Ability to learn Transportation Analyst responsibilities utilizing dispatch tools.
Proven professional communication and customer service skills.
Demonstrated analytic problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Capable of multi-tasking in a high stress environment.
Ability to interpret a road map legend and its content and provide driving directions to others.
Ability to work extended hours and weekends, as business requires.
Must have and maintain a valid driver s license and satisfactory driving record.
Ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.
We are an equal opportunity employer, including protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities.
Employment may be contingent upon receipt of an acceptable and job-related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.
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Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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