Logistics Coordinator

About the role

Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world.

At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business.

Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

About the role

Supports and assists the Department Manager in administering and coordinating the activities of the plant’s warehouse and logistics operation to ensure we are managing the operation in a cost-effective manner. Main responsibility is to review and route all releases from Customer Service to carriers for delivery to our customers.

What You Get to Do

• Review and route all releases from Customer Service.
• Determine if shipment is a truckload or less than truckload (LTL) quantity.
• Analyze releases to determine if orders of LTL can be combined into truckload shipments.
• Determine if material is produced and ready for shipment.
• Communicate with Customer Service, Logistics Manager, Production Supervisors, Planning Team daily.
• Communicates with customer service on transit issues or delays on shipments.
• Communicates with customer service on release issues, items not ready in time to ship, on quality hold or releases that are entered too heavy to make one shipment. Working out revisions to shipments with customer service reps based on issues associated with a particular shipment.
• Main point of contact for shipment entries into customer carrier portals/systems for customer paid (CPU) shipments.
• Communicates with customers brokers on shipments when issues arise within the customer portals or issues associated to material not ready, too heavy or on quality hold.
• Create outbound shipping documents
• Receive packaging and raw materials from vendors and intercompany shipments
• Review and route all releases for intercompany shipments.
• Maintain dock appointment schedule, recycling logs, seal logs, and driver check in
• Serve as a safety leader and uphold all company safety standards and procedures. (this is especially relevant given how many contractors and vendors come through the Logistics entrance)

What We Value

• High degree of accuracy and attention to details
• Ability to meet critical deadlines and frequently changing priorities.
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Computer literate (MS Excel and Word) Ability to type & enter data
• Must possess Problem solving, organizational and analytical skills
• Must possess written and verbal communication skills

What We Want from You

• Associates Degree or equivalent experience, preferred
• 2-5 years of experience in logistics/freight in a manufacturing environment.

Our Expectations

We expect our people to be guided by The Amcor Way and demonstrate our Values every day to enable the business to win. We are winning when:

• Our people are engaged and developing as part of a high-performing Amcor team
• Our customers grow and prosper from Amcor’s quality, service, and innovation
• Our investors benefit from Amcor’s consistent growth and superior returns
• The environment is better off because of Amcor’s leadership and products

Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity:

Benefits

When you join Amcor, you will have access to a comprehensive benefits and compensation package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time per year for full-time salaried employees
• Company-paid holidays starting at 8 days per year and may vary by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary benefits
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)