# Traffic Specialist

**Company**: Thomson Reuters
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $43,400 USD - $80,600 USD
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain

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## Description

The Traffic Specialist is responsible for directing and coordinating traffic activities for Thomson Reuters, ensuring efficient and economical transportation of finished goods to customers, warehouses, and storage facilities.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Collaborate with transportation consultants to continuously enhance Thomson Reuters' transportation methods and procedures.

- Determine the most efficient and economical routing and mode of transportation for various shipment types, providing clarification as needed.

- Stay informed about changes in the transportation industry, including updates from USPS, UPS, FedEx, and the freight industry.

- Schedule shipments and notify relevant departments or customers of arrival dates, as necessary.

- Investigate causes of damage, shortages, or overcharges in consignments or freight.

- Support investigations into late deliveries and identify overcharges associated with service failures.

- Coordinate contract, ITP, and Creative Services bulk shipments, serving as the primary Distribution point of contact.

- Conduct studies on packaging, warehousing, and loading commodities to evaluate existing procedures and standards.

- Support changes to improve control and efficiency in Thomson Reuters traffic management.

- Gather data to assist in preparing the department budget.

- Represent Thomson Reuters in organizations such as the Postal Customer Council (PCC).

- Provide training on tracking availability to departments as requested.

**Required Qualifications**

- A High School diploma or equivalent is required.

- One to two years of related experience and/or training is preferred.

- Keyboarding skills

- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

**Preferred Qualifications**

- A Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university is preferred.

- Previous knowledge of Thomson Reuters' current systems, such as Product System, Order Processing, Lawyer's Product, Warehouse, and Transportation systems (preferred)

**What's in it For You?**

- Compensation: 2nd shift differential of $4.00 per hour, 3rd shift differential of $5.00 per hour, and a bonus plan.

- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset.

- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions.

- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include 3 weeks vacation, 10 sick days, 9 company holidays, 3 floating days, uniform and laundry service, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute.

- Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- keyboard skills

### Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree
- Product System
- Order Processing
- Lawyer's Product
- Warehouse
- Transportation systems

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