Logistics / Track and Trace Officer
Your Team, Your Way
Tracking & visibilityDedicated, not shared

Track and Trace Officer

Monitor shipment status and respond to track-and-trace queries, giving customers real-time visibility.

This role · right now Screenshot Monitor
On shift · investigating delay enquiry #TRK-889
Active today6h 55m of 8h
TMS
40%
Carrier portals
28%
CRM
22%
Microsoft 365
10%
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Illustrative sample — actual report via screenshotmonitor.com
Stage 01 · Booking

Booking & Coordination

Process freight bookings across carriers and modes.

Stage 02 · Customs

Import & Export

Process customs documentation and compliance paperwork.

Stage 03 · Operations

Transport & Warehouse Admin

Maintain schedules, records and warehouse documentation.

Stage 04 · Visibility

Tracking & Visibility

Monitor shipments and respond to status queries.

Stage 05 · Billing

Billing & Customer Service

Reconcile invoices and handle customer queries.

Shipment lifecycle shown left to right — this role's stage is highlighted above.
Why Virtual Team

Five reasons clients stay past the first hire

Dedicated

One resource, only yours

No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.

Leadership

25 years of Australian market experience

Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.

Transparent

You always know what your team is doing

Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.

Flexible

No more "That's not my job."

Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.

Built for now

Capacity without the hiring squeeze

Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.

The outcome this role is built for

Faster, more accurate shipment updates — because status is actively monitored and communicated, not discovered when a customer asks.

Role scope

What this role owns day to day

Core responsibilities

  • Monitor shipment status across carriers and modes
  • Respond to track-and-trace queries from customers and internal teams
  • Escalate delayed or at-risk shipments
  • Maintain shipment visibility records

Works inside

TMSCarrier portalsCRM

Reported on weekly

Track-and-trace response timeSpeed of query response
Visibility accuracyStatus data matching carrier records
Escalation qualityCompleteness of escalation notes
Task completionTracking tasks closed on schedule
Flexibility

Works your hours. Picks up the work.

Australian business hours

Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.

9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster

Extended coverage

Stretch shift start/end times around carrier cut-offs and international time zones.

Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement

Round-the-clock rotation

Rotating dedicated resources for genuine 24-hour shipment coverage.

Multiple dedicated seats, handover documented

What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a shipment goes quiet across a carrier's tracking system — it still gets chased directly instead of leaving the customer without an update.

What stays with your authorised staff

Carrier claims and compensation decisions remain with authorised personnel. This role monitors and communicates — it doesn't settle claims.

Why this role is hard to scale locally

The market backdrop for track-and-trace hires

3.3% wage growth

Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.

Source: ABS Wage Price Index, March quarter 2026
329,500 vacancies

job vacancies were recorded across Australia in May 2026 — 293,800 of them in the private sector.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, May 2026
46% rising costs

of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2026

Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.

Not exclusive to logistics

The same skillset, wherever shipments or cases need tracking

Strip away the freight-specific platforms and this role is a recognisable shape: book, document, track and reconcile against a deadline.

Common today

Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party

  • Tracking competes with other operational priorities
  • Query response times slip during busy periods
  • At-risk shipments get flagged late
The alternative

A dedicated track and trace officer, outsourced to us

  • One resource whose only job is shipment visibility
  • Reports to your own operations manager, not a third party
  • Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Where this shape of role also fits

Telecommunications

Fault and order status monitoring mirrors track-and-trace closely.

Ticketing · monitoring

MSPs & IT Resellers

Infrastructure monitoring and status escalation follows the same discipline.

Monitoring platforms

Retail & E-commerce

Order status monitoring and customer updates mirror this role closely.

Order systems

Financial Services & Insurance

Case status monitoring and escalation follows a similar visibility discipline.

Claims systems
Transparent reporting, on this role too
Screenshot Monitor active
Daily
Activity & app-usage log
Weekly
Reviewed with your team lead

No guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Logistics page →

How it works

Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.

You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.

See the full onboarding model
Common questions

Questions about hiring a dedicated Track and Trace Officer

Cost depends on experience level, working hours and specific responsibilities. Tell us your requirements and we'll put together a proposal for a dedicated Track and Trace Officer.
Yes — working hours are agreed during setup to align with your operational needs, whether that's standard Australian business hours or extended coverage.
A dedicated Track and Trace Officer works exclusively for your business, inside your own systems, reporting to your nominated manager — not a shared resource split across an agency's other clients.
We shortlist candidates against your actual role requirements, you interview and approve before anyone starts, and your dedicated resource is trained on your specific systems and processes from day one.
Your Team, Your Way

Ready to add this role to your team?

Tell us your shipment volumes and current TMS — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.

Start team design Back to Logistics or call 0405 550 999

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