Transportation Invoice Coordinator - Military Veterans

A Place Where People Matter – Growing our People to Grow Our Business

We’re thrilled that you are exploring career opportunities where you can continue to make a positive difference every day to keep our communities healthy, fed, clean and safe. 

Primary Purpose:

This position has a significant amount of data entry with the primary responsibility being a key contributor to the freight payment and audit process, processing exception common carrier invoices and supporting carriers to promote on time payments in accordance with Univar freight payment policy & procedures.

What you will do:

• Manually audit and process exception common carrier invoices that cannot be systematically processed through Cass, (third-party freight payment and audit system).
• Handle repeatable analysis and tasks while driving continuous cost and service improvements.
• Collaborate with transportation planners and other departments to validate carrier charges on a timely and accurate basis.
• Collaborate with carriers as a freight payment advisor, prioritizing customer well-being and aiming to develop lasting and trustworthy relationships through timely payments.
• Identifies and communicates unresolved discrepancies to supervisor.
• Processes rush invoices from Carriers according to procedure to eliminate credit holds.
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed to support organizational and freight payment requirements.
• Perform other related duties as required or requested.
• Perform quarterly analysis reviews with the freight accounting team to be sure invoices are accrued correctly and posted to valid Univar general ledger, cost/profit center and freight order numbers.
• Use both Univar and Cass systems to research and resolve invoice rejections and reprocess for payment.

What you will need:

• High School Diploma or higher
• 1 – 3 years transportation/logistics, accounts payable and/or accounting experience preferred.
• Previous experience in distribution environment preferred.
• Specific experience in SAP and SAP TM is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience working with MS Office Suite, with strong Excel skills
• Ability to handle workload to a deadline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - English
• High volume data entry
• Attention to detail
• Cross functional team collaboration
• Ability to prioritize workload
• Excellent customer service (internal & external)
• Ability to analyze information with strong attention to detail and integrity
• Excellent customer service focus, results oriented
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and dedication to working in team environment

It takes people like you and a global network of more than 10,000 employees to build a company where the best people want to work. 

As a valued Univar Solutions employee, you understand that we are more than a distribution company. From delivering vital ingredients for food and nutrition, to helping keep drinking water safe, our company is dedicated to improving quality of life with our customers, suppliers and partners as we serve the world’s most essential industries.

We are committed to a diverse workforce and a culture of inclusion. Together, we are building a culture that acknowledges the unique experiences, perspectives and expertise of individuals and provides the development and growth opportunities to empower us to redefine our industry. 

Univar Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on their race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.