Freight Coordinator

Eggs Unlimited is one of the world’s largest suppliers of eggs, servicing the biggest retail and food manufacturing companies around the globe. Every day, we find homes for millions of eggs by tapping into our vast supply chain and customer networks. Bringing sellers and buyers together in fair market negotiations, we open up a world of possibilities for expanding their knowledge, reach, and access. With dedicated service teams and a mission to uphold transparency and trustworthiness, we create quick and creative solutions to help manage the ever-evolving demands of the global egg industry.Job Summary:Eggs Unlimited is a fast-growing, family-owned company headquartered in Irvine, California. As one of the largest egg companies in the U.S., we bring decades of experience across farming, procurement, logistics, and distribution. We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and detail-driven Freight Coordinator to join our fast-paced logistics team. This role plays a critical part in keeping freight moving, customers informed, shipments on schedule, and operational issues resolved quickly. The logistics environment at Eggs Unlimited moves extremely fast - often feeling like it is operating at "200 miles per hour" - with high volume, constant communication, shifting priorities, and time-sensitive customer, supplier, and carrier needs happening throughout the day. The more flexible, adaptable, responsive, and composed someone is in this environment, the more successful they will be. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, organized problem-solver, quick learner, and reliable executor who can manage competing priorities without losing accuracy or urgency. This person must be comfortable coordinating shipments, communicating with carriers and vendors, negotiating rates, tracking freight, maintaining accurate documentation, and jumping in quickly when delays or issues arise. This is a hands-on role for someone who has a strong work ethic, takes ownership, follows through, and knows how to stay calm and effective when timing, service levels, and customer commitments matter.This position is 100% based in our Irvine, CA office and may require occasional overtime and/or weekend support based on business needs.Responsibilities:Schedule and coordinate shipments, ensuring efficient routing, timely delivery, accurate system updates, and strong follow-through from pickup through deliveryCommunicate directly with carriers, vendors, customers, and internal teams to confirm availability, coordinate shipment details, provide updates, and resolve logistics-related concernsNegotiate freight rates with carriers when needed while balancing cost, service, timing, and reliabilityTrack active shipments and proactively identify delays, missed appointments, carrier issues, documentation gaps, or communication breakdownsProvide timely shipment updates to customers and internal stakeholders to ensure transparency, alignment, and confidence in executionMaintain accurate shipping documentation, including invoices, bills of lading, shipment records, carrier confirmations, and other logistics-related documentationUse logistics systems, tracking tools, Excel, Outlook, and other platforms to monitor shipments, update records, generate reports, and support freight visibilityCollaborate with logistics, procurement, sales, accounting, warehouse partners, vendors, and carriers to ensure shipments align with customer needs and company goalsAddress shipment delays and day-to-day logistics issues quickly, escalating major problems when necessary while staying engaged until resolutionHelp resolve logistics challenges such as miscommunications, missed deadlines, carrier no-shows, routing issues, documentation discrepancies, or customer delivery concernsSupport freight coordination across full truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, or other transportation modes as applicableEnsure compliance with company policies, documentation standards, transportation requirements…

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