Logistics Specialist LATAM

Andes Global Trading LLC; Bogotá; Presencial; COP 36.000.000 - 60.000.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Andes Global Trading LLC, a leader in frozen and refrigerated food trading, seeks a Logistics Specialist - LATAM in Bogotá. You will manage shipments from entry to final delivery, coordinating inland transport, ocean freight, and regulatory compliance, while maintaining cost controls and proactive customer communication.

Responsibilities include export coordination with suppliers, USDA inspections, and ensuring accurate shipment data in SAP.

Responsabilidades

• Manage assigned export shipments from order entry through final delivery.
• Serve as the primary logistics contact for assigned customers and traders.
• Provide timely updates regarding order status, bookings, delays, estimated delivery dates, and shipment issues.
• Respond to customer inquiries and professionally manage delivery concerns or service issues.
• Coordinate product availability, production completion dates, pickup schedules, and shipping requirements with suppliers.
• Schedule plant and freezer pickups, inland transportation, drayage, port deliveries, and ocean shipments.
• Request, secure, and manage ocean bookings based on customer delivery requirements.
• Monitor carrier schedules, documentation and port cutoffs, sailing dates, transshipments, arrival dates, and final delivery.
• Coordinate export clearance activities with freezers and warehouses, including providing shipping instructions and arranging required USDA export inspections.
• Review health certificates and ensure shipment documentation complies with destination-country import and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate shipment information in SAP and all internal tracking systems.
• Manage each load within the approved logistics budget and identify potential cost overruns.
• Minimize avoidable expenses, including detention, demurrage, storage, layovers, and missed appointments.

Descripción del empleo

About Andes

Founded in 2011, Andes Global Trading is a leader in the frozen and refrigerated food trading industry across the Americas, specializing in pork, beef, poultry, and vegetables. Our customers, suppliers, and offices are located throughout the region and around the world.

Position Summary

The Logistics Specialist - LATAM is responsible for managing assigned shipments from the time the load is entered into the system through final delivery in the country of destination. This customer-facing role coordinates end-to-end export shipments, including inland transportation, plant and freezer pickups, drayage, port deliveries, ocean freight bookings, vessel schedules, and final delivery coordination. The role also manages freezer and warehouse instructions, USDA export inspection requirements, health certificate review, and compliance with destination-country import regulations. The position maintains accurate shipment information, manages each load within the approved logistics budget, and provides proactive communication to customers, traders, suppliers, carriers, and internal teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage assigned export shipments from order entry through final delivery.
• Serve as the primary logistics contact for assigned customers and traders.
• Provide timely updates regarding order status, bookings, delays, estimated delivery dates, and shipment issues.
• Respond to customer inquiries and professionally manage delivery concerns or service issues.
• Coordinate product availability, production completion dates, pickup schedules, and shipping requirements with suppliers.
• Schedule plant and freezer pickups, inland transportation, drayage, port deliveries, and ocean shipments.
• Request, secure, and manage ocean bookings based on customer delivery requirements.
• Monitor carrier schedules, documentation and port cutoffs, sailing dates, transshipments, arrival dates, and final delivery.
• Coordinate export clearance activities with freezers and warehouses, including providing shipping instructions and arranging required USDA export inspections.
• Review health certificates and ensure shipment documentation complies with destination-country import and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate shipment information in SAP and all internal tracking systems.
• Manage each load within the approved logistics budget and identify potential cost overruns.
• Minimize avoidable expenses, including detention, demurrage, storage, layovers, and missed appointments.
• Coordinate with the Documentation team to ensure export documentation requirements and deadlines are met.??? oh, hold on...