Index
Intro
Production logistics coordinators coordinate and expedite the flow of work within an establishment, prepare work and production schedules and monitor the progress of production and construction projects. Transportation logistics coordinators coordinate and monitor the movement of products and ensure that products are shipped and received on schedule. They are employed by manufacturing and construction companies and other industrial establishments.
Progression to supervisory positions is possible with experience.
Main Duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Production logistics coordinators
- Plan and oversee operational logistics of supply-chain work units or departments
- Consult with production supervisor to schedule production runs in a cost and time-efficient manner
- Communicate regularly with other production coordinators, warehouse, production and construction supervisors and purchasing and inventory clerks to coordinate activities between warehouses, production floors, construction sites or other supply chain work units or departments
- Maintains inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production
- Prepare and maintain various reports on the progress of work, materials used, rates of production and other production information, using manual or computerized systems.
Transportation logistics coordinators
- Coordinate and monitor logistics of the movement of parts, supplies and materials within an establishment and ensure that supplies, materials and products are shipped and received on schedule
- Prepare and process all customs documents for International & U.S. shipments.
Employment Requirements
- Completion of a post-secondary education program of less than two years in Business or Supply Chain Management or extensive experience as a dispatcher, production clerk or scheduling clerk is usually required.
All Titles
- Construction schedule coordinator
- Dispatch logistician
- Distribution and transport logistics technician
- Freight forwarding logistician
- Freight forwarding technician
- Freight traffic coordinator
- Logistician
- Logistics analyst
- Logistics coordinator
- Logistics inbound/outbound coordinator – production
- Logistics lead
- Logistics planner
- Logistics specialist
- Material control coordinator
- Material coordinator
- Motor vehicle repair shop coordinator
- Ocean freight coordinator
- Ocean freight technician
- Production controller
- Production coordinator
- Production expediter
- Production scheduler
- Purchasing and inventory management coordinator
- Shipping coordinator
- Supply chain coordinator – production
- Supply control coordinator
- Transport logistician
- Transport logistics technician
- Transportation coordinator
- Transportation logistics coordinator
- Transportation planning coordinator
Exclusions
- Storekeepers and partspersons (14401)
- Production logistics workers (14402)
- Shippers and receivers (14400)
- Purchasing and inventory control workers (14403)
- Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling coordination occupations (12013)