Description

Job Title: Traffic Coordinator

(Toronto, Canada – in-office at DC warehouse location)

Who we are:

As one of the largest for-profit thrift operators in the United States, Canada and Australia for value priced pre-owned clothing, accessories and household goods, our mission is to champion reuse and inspire a future where secondhand is second nature. We supply our stores with gently-used, one-of-a-kind items that have been donated by the community to local nonprofit organizations. We purchase these items directly from our nonprofit partners, redirecting billions of pounds of used items away from landfills and on to our store racks and shelves for reuse, and providing our partners with valuable funding for their community-based programs and services. You'll often hear us say that we are “Thrift Proud.” It's the millions of loyal customers who visit our 300+ stores and our more than 22,000 team members that make it possible. Learn more about the Savers® family of thrift stores, our impact, and the #ThriftProud movement at savers.com.

Our brands are Savers (in the U.S.), 2nd Ave (in the U.S.), Value Village (in the U.S. and Canada), Unique (in the U.S.), Village des Valeurs (in Quebec) and Savers Australia.

What you can expect:

• The opportunity to celebrate uniqueness. We are made up of people from many different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, all with something special to contribute.
• To work in a purpose-driven company, with a business model that people love for our impact on both the planet and local communities.
• An investment in the career path interests of our people. With our aggressive store expansion plans, we recognize the importance of the continued growth and development of our team members.

What you get:

Comprehensive onboarding and training from day one.

In-house expertise! Our training department / Savers University develops and delivers robust training to every team member across our organization — from new hires to senior executives. We develop around 90% of our training internally, and partner with a variety of renowned providers to supplement our offerings.

Comprehensive extended health care plans for full-time Team Members

• Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
• A Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with a generous company matching provision to assist you in saving for a secure financial future
• Paid time off from work for leisure or other hobbies
• A range of mental health services to assist you in managing daily life

Value Village is committed to fair and accessible employment practices. Value Village will accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and hiring process by informing applicants that we will make reasonable accommodations available, upon request and through consultation with them, throughout the process. Value Village will review current recruitment policies, procedures, processes and communications methods and amend as necessary to reflect required accessibility standards.

What you'll be working on:

Supports Savers vision by performing the day-to-day role related to export and import transportation support for Wholesale sales from the U.S., Canada, and Australia locations. This position reports to the Transportation Distribution Supervisor.

What you have:

• Ability to work with multiple transportation providers/vendors in support of the export process with the ability to understand and interpret export bookings.
• Schedules export license inspections, fumigations and other government regulated inspections as required.
• Ensures shipments meet established requirements by confirming shipment piece counts and weights, submitting ocean carrier bill of lading instructions, preparing customer shipment document package and ensuring delivery to customer.
• Maintains international transportation records on all shipments for customs and accounting validation purposes.
• Monitor and communicate shipment details, providing necessary documentation for tracking orders.
• Collaborates with the Accounting Department to resolve issues with invoices.
• Provide backup to support ocean import program for seasonal retail program.
• Support customs compliance, inputting pre-shipment details for both Canada and U.S. (ACE/CERS)
• Potential backup for export of domestic purchased new merchandise moving to Canada.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of export and import ocean shipments
• Experience in both domestic and international OTR and Intermodal transportation
• Fluid knowledge of export and import documentation and manifesting requirements
• Working knowledge of import and export multi country customs regulations with the ability to seek out industry resources as needed
• Must have strong skillset of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Demonstrated organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Ability to interpret international shipping tariffs.
• Must have the ability to communicate orally and in writing
• Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and multi-task with minimal supervision
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Ability to establish relationships with peers, internal and external customers and vendors

Minimum Required Education, Training and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2 - 3 years of experience in ocean export and transportation.

FLSA: Nonexempt

Travel: No travel required.

Work Type/Location: In-office 5x a week at our DC warehouse location in Toronto, Canada.

Savers is an E-Verify employer

Value Village is committed to fair and accessible employment practices. Value Village will accommodate people with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and hiring process by informing applicants that we will make reasonable accommodations available, upon request and through consultation with them, throughout the process. Value Village will review current recruitment policies, procedures, processes and communications methods and amend as necessary to reflect required accessibility standards.