Transport Coordinator
Curitiba, BR, 81260-900
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your experience to propose sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with cutting-edge technologies and collaborative teams, then we could be the perfect match.
What you will do
As an Inbound Transport Coordinator, you will be responsible for monitoring and supporting inbound transportation operations across Brazil and the United States, ensuring material availability and maintaining reliable and cost-efficient transportation flows.
This role requires strong analytical skills, operational discipline, and the ability to collaborate effectively across different regions and time zones. Working in a schedule designed to provide extended weekend coverage, you will play a key role in maintaining continuity of operations and proactively addressing transportation disruptions.
Your future team
You will join the Inbound Transport Material team in Brazil but work in close collaboration with Volvo in North America. The team works closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics providers, and transportation partners to ensure material availability and operational excellence.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Monitor inbound transportation activities and shipment performance across Brazil and North America.
- Manage and follow up express transports and critical deliveries.
- Execute transportation bidding activities through our TMS (Transport Management System)
- Monitor and support ShipIT operations.
- Track deliveries, identify transportation risks, and proactively manage operational deviations.
- Perform road and ocean Track & Trace activities and vessel follow-up.
- Monitor Air Freight shipments and coordinate airport pick-up activities.
- Support Container Yard management and inbound transportation flows.
- Investigate transportation issues and support the implementation of corrective actions.
- Ensure compliance with service, lead time, quality, and cost requirements.
- Support escalation management for critical transportation events affecting material availability.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on transportation reliability and operational efficiency.
Who are you?
You are a proactive and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a dynamic operational environment. You possess strong analytical capabilities, communicate effectively with stakeholders from different cultures, and are comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
You are motivated by solving problems, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring transportation operations perform at their best.
Required qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain, or related fields.
Fluent English, both written and spoken, with the ability to interact daily with international stakeholders.
Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or related operational areas.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders across different regions and cultures.
Knowledge of transportation management systems and logistics processes is considered a plus.
Important information
This position supports inbound transportation operations for both Volvo Brazil and Volvo North America.
The role follows a Wednesday-to-Sunday schedule, with fixed days off on Monday and Tuesday, ensuring enhanced weekend operational coverage.
Weekend activities are performed remotely and are focused on maintaining continuity of critical inbound transportation processes.
Periodic Sunday off rotations will be maintained in accordance with applicable labor regulations.
Flexibility to collaborate with stakeholders across different countries and time zones is essential.
What's in it for you?
Exposure to a global transportation and supply chain environment.
Opportunity to work closely with both Brazilian and North American logistics operations.
Development within one of the world's leading transportation and industrial companies.
A collaborative culture focused on teamwork, learning, and continuous improvement.
This selection process will be conducted with the support of the consulting firm A Priori
At Volvo do Brasil, we value the candidate experience and collaborate with approved partners to ensure a professional selection process aligned with our values.
We reaffirm our commitment to protecting the personal data of all participants, in full compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful experience at every stage of the process.
We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail.
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need.
Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.