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Transport Logistics Coordinator Employment Contract UK

Name: Transport Logistics Coordinator Employment Contract UK
Brand: HRHeaven
SKU: transport_and_storage_logistics_coordinator_generated_v1
Price: 19.99 GBP
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Set end-to-end shipment coordination around accurate orders, timely handoffs and visible delivery exceptions.

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Last updated: 19 June 2026
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Job description

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

Standard and flexible working arrangements.

Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

Client and company confidentiality.

Disciplinary process

Clear process and employee rights.

Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Coordinate coordinated logistics orders, deliver clear shipment status communication, and coordinate controlled exception and cost records.

Workplace context: Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch, loading and approved logistics work areas.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients orders sites and services. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouses carriers bookings and windows. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering documents tracking proof and returns. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering charges delays exceptions and communication. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouse procedures.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The coordinator cannot invent shipment status, release held goods, accept unauthorised charges, alter customer instructions informally or appoint unchecked carriers. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

the logistics services and customers
the order readiness and booking systems
the carrier and warehouse authority
the document return and cost controls
the planning customer and escalation routes

Day-to-day operating brief

What Logistics Coordinator work looks like in practice

A Logistics Coordinator connects customers, warehouses, carriers and suppliers so goods move as instructed. Terms should define order channels, booking authority, transport modes, collection and delivery windows, stock status interfaces, documents, tracking, charges, returns and escalations. The coordinator should not confirm collection or delivery before evidence and should distinguish requested dates from accepted capacity. A coordinator often manages dependencies they do not control, such as supplier readiness, warehouse release and carrier availability. Clear status language should distinguish requested, booked, collected and delivered milestones. Terms can cover purchase or sales order references, proof chasing, accessorial charges and communication across time zones. When an exception occurs, the employee should capture owner, next action and deadline so repeated emails do not replace a usable recovery plan. Customer updates should use agreed references and avoid exposing supplier prices, internal notes or another account data when several parties share a movement. Delivery proof discrepancies require a named investigation route rather than repeated untracked requests to several suppliers.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

Receive and validate logistics instructions.
Book carriers and warehouse activity.
Track collections deliveries and documents.
Coordinate returns and exceptions.
Record charges delays and outcomes.

A realistic working scenario

The warehouse has not released an urgent order, so the coordinator reports the dependency rather than booking a vehicle as if goods were ready.

Outputs to agree

coordinated logistics orders
clear shipment status communication
controlled exception and cost records

Records and evidence

Order requirement and readiness.
Booking carrier window and reference.
Collection delivery proof and status.
Exception charge return and resolution.
Stock records.
Picking records.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

The coordinator cannot invent shipment status, release held goods, accept unauthorised charges, alter customer instructions informally or appoint unchecked carriers.
Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Workplace context

Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch, loading and approved logistics work areas.

Training and certification

Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

clients orders sites and services
warehouses carriers bookings and windows
documents tracking proof and returns
charges delays exceptions and communication

Information the employer should prepare

the logistics services and customers
the order readiness and booking systems
the carrier and warehouse authority
the document return and cost controls
the planning customer and escalation routes

Individually written and reviewed against the maintained role record.

Maintained role evidence

The facts this Logistics Coordinator contract is built around

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Work setting

Warehouse, depot, goods-in, dispatch, loading and approved logistics work areas.

Primary duties

Receive and validate logistics instructions.
Book carriers and warehouse activity.
Track collections deliveries and documents.
Coordinate returns and exceptions.

Tools and training to confirm

Warehouse management systems.
Scanners.
Stock handling equipment.
Picking equipment.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients orders sites and services. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouses carriers bookings and windows. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering documents tracking proof and returns.

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Role wording

Logistics Coordinator duties

Coordinate coordinated logistics orders, deliver clear shipment status communication, and coordinate controlled exception and cost records.

Receive and validate logistics instructions. Book carriers and warehouse activity. Track collections deliveries and documents. Coordinate returns and exceptions. Record charges delays and outcomes.

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What is added to the finished contract

The coordinator cannot invent shipment status, release held goods, accept unauthorised charges, alter customer instructions informally or appoint unchecked carriers.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering clients orders sites and services.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering warehouses carriers bookings and windows.

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