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Logistics Coordinator
Ready to join a successful and growing privately held company with an excellent reputation and great career opportunities? Eastern Quality Foods has an opportunity available for a full-time Logistics Coordinator in our Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida headquarters. Operating for over 60 years, we have earned an excellent reputation as a trusted wholesale distributor of proteins throughout the United States and internationally. We are looking for an outstanding team player who is ready to thrive and be passionate about their work.
We are seeking to fill this position immediately and offer a competitive salary, vacation pay, medical benefits, 401(k), profit sharing, and great career potential.
Position Overview
- Schedule appointments, dispatch trucks, solicit carriers and negotiate rates on behalf of the Eastern Quality Foods sales team
- Data input and analysis utilizing various software applications
- Provide for daily status checks on trucks, including communicating updates and maintaining spreadsheet information
- Utilize transportation management system to optimize receiving and delivery efficiencies
- Perform other related duties as required
Qualifications
- Assertive, driven, dependable, pragmatic thinker
- Outstanding communication and time management skills
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Organized, detail oriented, and able to effectively multi-task
- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel; any database software experience is a considerable plus
- Preference given to individuals with experience in the transportation / logistics industry
- Experience with transportation management platforms is a plus
About Eastern Quality Foods
Eastern Quality Foods (www.easternqualityfoods.com) is a privately held wholesale distributor of protein including poultry, beef, seafood, eggs and pork with fourteen sales offices throughout the United States and Mexico. The company, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, has operated since 1954.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $45,000 - $52,000