The shipping floor supporter — coordinating daily logistics activities to ensure smooth operations.
As a Logistics Operations Coordinator, you coordinate day-to-day logistics operations. You're managing schedules, tracking shipments, coordinating carriers, handling exceptions, and ensuring logistics teams have the support they need to function effectively.
Your day supports operational flow. You might coordinate daily shipping schedules, then track shipment status, then handle carrier coordination, then resolve operational exceptions, then prepare operations reports. You're the coordination support that keeps logistics running.
The hardest part is managing the pace of logistics operations. Shipments don't wait; exceptions need quick resolution. You need to stay organized while handling real-time operational demands. The people who thrive here are responsive, organized, and enjoy the pace of logistics.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
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Median pay for a Logistics Operations Coordinator is about $102K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $61K to $181K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Monitoring, Coordination, and Negotiation.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 6.1% through 2034, with roughly 213,000 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Logistics Operations Manager, Operations Director, and Dispatch Manager.
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