High school or equivalent.
- Can lift up to 25kg, stand/walk during shifts lasting up to 12 hours, and be able to frequently push, pull, squat, bend, and reach.
Are you ready to solve transportation mysteries, and help Amazon deliver world class service to our customers? As a Transportation Specialist, you will be a vital member of Amazon Transportation Services.
This position within the Jandakot Fulfilment Centre (FC), reporting to the Transportation Area Manager.
As a Transportation Specialist you will perform trailer moves, coordinate yard activities (such as check in, traffic flow, internal communications with dock teams, etc.), own metrics for the site, conduct yard audits in accordance with business need to support Amazon's transportation network wherever applicable.
Key job responsibilities
- Sending an End of Shift report on a daily basis with all the load details that arrived and departed from the site which will also include the delay arrival reasons when carrier arrives late including any action items for the delays.
- Communicating with OB (OutBound) and IB (Inbound) dock team and NOC (Network Operations Center) to give reasons for delays when the drivers arrive late.
- Coordinating with multiple carriers and their contacts for any site related escalations on carrier pickups and delivery issues including informing them of any weather related disruptions to yard activities.
- Establishing and communicating daily load plan development/ changes (load requirements on daily basis) to NOC and carrier.
- Daily monitoring with FC (Fulfillment Centre) operations departments, transportation peers and carriers to ensure all trailers arrive and depart on time.
- Consolidating data from multiple data sources to generate daily, weekly, monthly reports to support business needs (uncover data integrity issues) and identify any patterns which could be proactively mitigated.
- Engaging carrier drivers and delivery drivers in the yard as needed to maintain yard organization, yard safety, and minimize delays.
- Using internal systems to gather data from multiple sources to support reporting on a daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly basis such as SSP (Sortation Platform), FMC (Freight Management Console), YMS (Yard Management System), etc.
Jandakot, AUS
- Transportation or related field work experience in logistics/transportation industry
- Familiar with various types / sizes of transportation equipment (tractors, trailers)
- Experience in manufacturing, transportation, customer service, and/or distribution environments
- Data management & data quality control with experience pulling and analysing large sets of data
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**IDE statement**:
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