Transportation & Customs Operations Specialist

The Impact You'll Make

As our Transportaiton & Customs Operations Specialist, you’ll be the on-site logistics point of contact for our Tallahassee, Florida location, helping domestic and international shipments move efficiently, reliably, and in compliance with transportation and customs requirements. This is an on-site position where your ability to solve problems in real time will directly support our operations and customers. You’ll bring visibility to critical shipments, resolve transportation challenges, and build strong partnerships with carriers, customs brokers, and internal teams. Your insights will also help us improve logistics performance as the Tallahassee operation continues to grow. At Danfoss, you’ll have the opportunity to make a visible impact in a role that connects transportation, supply chain, manufacturing, customer service, and trade compliance. You’ll develop broad logistics expertise while working with colleagues and service providers across North America. You’ll join a team that values ownership, practical problem-solving, continuous improvement, and proactive communication. With an on-site presence in Tallahassee, you’ll be close to the operation and able to see how your decisions improve shipment execution, service, and business performance. You’ll also gain exposure to domestic and international transportation, customs and cross-border processes, logistics-provider management, and performance improvement, creating opportunities to continue growing your supply chain and logistics expertise.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Oversee inbound and outbound shipments across domestic and international transportation modes to support timely, efficient delivery.
• Track shipments and resolve exceptions, including delays, reroutes, returns, documentation issues, and customs-related challenges, to minimize disruption.
• Coordinate with carriers, freight forwarders, and customs brokers to escalate issues, obtain freight quotes, and execute time-sensitive and project shipments.
• Guide site teams on transportation and customs requirements, helping maintain routing, import/export, and broker-process compliance.
• Monitor logistics KPIs and service performance, partnering across functions to identify recurring issues and improve service, cost, and operational results.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience in transportation or logistics operations, including hands-on responsibility for shipment execution and issue resolution.
• Working knowledge of domestic and international transportation, including U.S. Customs and customs broker import/export processes.
• Experience resolving shipment exceptions, obtaining freight quotes, and managing escalations for time-sensitive or project-related shipments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with operations teams, carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and other partners.
• Effective organization, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to monitor KPIs, prioritize competing needs, and drive issues through resolution.

What You'll Get from Us

1. We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
2. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
3. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
4. You’ll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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