Logistics Coordinator

Logistics CoordinatorThe Logistics Coordinator is responsible for coordinating daily inbound and outbound transportation activities to ensure the efficient movement of raw materials, packaging, and finished goods. This position prepares shipping documentation, schedules shipments, coordinates with carriers and drivers, and supports warehouse operations to ensure timely and accurate order fulfillment. The Logistics Coordinator serves as a key liaison between warehouse operations, customer service, production, quality, and transportation providers while maintaining transportation performance metrics, carrier relationships, and KPI reporting to support operational execution, continuous improvement, and overall supply chain performance.
Bowman Andros is committed to maintaining a strong safety culture focused on preventing injuries and providing all employees with a safe, healthy, and productive work environment.
Every employee at Bowman Andros is expected to demonstrate a personal commitment to safety by following established procedures, identifying and reporting hazards, and actively participating in safety initiatives. Safety is a shared responsibility, and we believe that all incidents are preventable through awareness, accountability, and continuous improvement.
We strive to empower our teammates to take ownership of safety, look out for one another, and contribute to a workplace where safety is always the top priority.
Essential Functions and

Responsibilities:
Completes all Bills of Lading to customer specifications; Responsible for the appropriate maintenance and storage of the warehouse.
Reviews Customs paperwork, ensuring accurate input to Company database.
Communicates information regarding incoming and outgoing loads, deliveries and pickups to the drivers and appropriate BAP personnel, ensuring accurate and efficient flow of goods.
Creates, maintains and appropriately distributes multiple records, reports, forms, files and logs in a timely manner as needed for regulatory and auditing purposesResponsible for checking in and logging driver’s arrivals and pickups, and reviewing all driver paperwork for receiving accuracy as required by the BAP Auditing Standards.
Reviews inventory against daily orders and communicates with Customer Service for efficient and accurate processing.
Communicates with Customer Service regarding Quality holds, Inventory discrepancies, and other issues as they arise.
Assists with inbound / outbound loads and schedules.
Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external customers, providing professional customer service support to vendors, carriers, freight holders, BAP associates and other departments to facilitate smooth receipt and delivery of goods and materials while handling issues in the best interest of both the customer and BAP.
Check items to be shipped against work orders to ascertain that quantities, destination, and routing are correct in advance of the date of processing.
Review system orders daily for any needing urgent and/or prompt attention.
Records and tracks all Warehouse Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) including but not limited to: efficiency and timeliness of picked and loaded orders, inbound and outbound trucking movement and processing, and other metrics as required.
Verify all loads and equipment match Purchase Orders; follows company procedures and specifications to issue corrections when necessary prior to trucks leaving the Scale House both loaded and empty.
Ensures all shipments conform to legal weight requirements.
Establishes and maintains communication with apple driversCommunicate with and escalate issues to Management, Quality and/or Customer Service in the event of a missing or denied truck load, or as needed.
Serve as back-up to the Outbound Supervisor as needed.
Ensure all paperwork is consistent with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) standards.
Continually observe for cross contamination or foreign objects.
Provides guidance and assistance in training for other logistics employees.
Serve as the bridge between Customer Service team and carriers for all outbound transportationCarrier relationship management — manage carrier performance, challenge incorrect invoices, maintain rate structuresLoad consolidation and outbound routing optimizationOther related duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:High school diploma or GED required.
Regular and reliable attendance required.2-4 years of logistics, transportation, dispatch, warehouse, or supply chain experience preferred.
Knowledge of DOT, OSHA, food safety regulations, and transportation requirements.
Experience coordinating transportation schedules and working directly with carriers and freight providers preferred.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other business systems.
Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills with high attention to detail.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, and sup