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Customer Logistics Coordinator

The delivery experience coordinator — ensuring customer shipments are tracked, communicated, and delivered successfully.

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What it's like

What it's like to be a Customer Logistics Coordinator

As a Customer Logistics Coordinator, you coordinate logistics with a customer-facing focus. You're tracking shipments for customers, communicating delivery information, resolving delivery issues, and ensuring customers have positive logistics experiences. It's logistics coordination with a customer service emphasis.

Your day involves customer interaction and coordination. You might update customers on shipment status, then investigate a delivery delay, then coordinate with carriers on a special delivery requirement, then resolve a delivery exception, then document customer interactions. You're ensuring customers are informed and satisfied.

The hardest part is managing customer expectations when things go wrong. Delays happen; packages get damaged; addresses are incorrect. You need to communicate effectively and solve problems while maintaining customer relationships. The people who thrive here combine logistics knowledge with customer service skills.

RelationshipsAbove avg
IndependenceAbove avg
Working ConditionsAbove avg
SupportModerate
AchievementModerate
RecognitionModerate
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ManagingContributing
CollaborativeIndependent
Customer typeService levelContact volumeComplexity levelSystem sophistication
Customer logistics coordination varies by customer type and complexity. B2B customers have different needs than consumers. Service levels range from standard to white glove. Contact volume varies significantly. Shipment complexity ranges from simple parcel to complex project logistics. System sophistication affects visibility and tools available.
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Customer Logistics Coordinators (SOC 11-3071.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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Logistics expertise
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Account management
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Problem resolution
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$61K–$181K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
213K
U.S. Employment
+6.1%
10yr Growth
19K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

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BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCoordinationMonitoringActive LearningSystems AnalysisTime ManagementWritingSpeakingComplex Problem Solving
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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