Bulk Truck Logistics Coordinator

Louisdreyfuscompany; Upper Sandusky (OH); On-site; USD 43,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Employee assistance program

401k

Job summary

LouisDreyfusCompany is seeking a Logistics Coordinator to schedule freight and service customers in North America, focusing on bulk truck shipments of liquid foods and feed ingredients manufactured in Upper Sandusky, OH.

You will develop key carrier relationships, negotiate freight contracts, manage documentation, and coordinate with quality, lab and sales teams to ensure timely deliveries and competitive transportation rates across multiple lanes.

Qualifications

• Basic qualifications: Associate Degree in supply chain, industrial management, business, finance, or economics

Responsibilities

• Generate load numbers for customer orders
• Schedule orders with carriers and maintain schedule changes
• Prepare and organize paperwork for shipments
• Ticket application for multiple products, freight matching, and filing
• Coordinate deliveries with customers to ensure timely arrivals
• Support inventory management of products and supplies
• Coordinate quality requirements with lab and operations
• Set up carriers and maintain documents and certificates
• Maintain carrier and freight information across systems for inbound/outbound shipments
• Develop relationships with carriers, forwarders and warehousing providers
• Communicate with Quality and Food Safety team for compliance
• Work with sales to ensure competitive transportation rates and quoted lanes
• Inform sales about pricing, freight risk, and customer performance
• Develop knowledge of markets, product qualities, and transportation needs
• Suggest process improvements through team discussions

Skills

Accounting skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Excel proficiency

Office suite

Verbal and written communication

Independent work

Deadline management

Task prioritization

Education

Associate Degree in supply chain / business / economics

Tools

Excel

Office software

Job description

Overall Purpose and Objective of Position

This position is responsible for scheduling freight and servicing customers of liquid food and feed ingredients in North America, with a focus on product manufactured in Upper Sandusky, OH. This role will concentrate on bulk truck freight methods to achieve the most efficient, cost effective, reliable and quality transportation while ensuring shipment timing meets the needed cadence for optimal inventory levels. This position would be responsible to develop key relationships with various carriers in order to maintain and/or improve our competitive position within our industries. This position would also have responsibility to help with negotiating and managing freight contracts with freight providers. This position would also perform various reporting tasks, communicating documents with customers, and any other customer service needs.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Generate load numbers for customer orders in a timely and accurate manner
• Schedule orders with carriers and maintain schedule changes
• Prepare and organize paperwork needed for shipments
• Ticket application for multiple products, freight matching, and filing
• Communicate professionally with customers to coordinate deliveries in a timely manner
• Contribute to inventory management of LDC products (warehouse/tanks/containers etc.)
• Coordinate quality requirements and issues from customers with LDC lab and operations team
• Assist with setting up carriers and maintaining documents and certificates
• Utilize multiple systems to maintain carrier and freight information to assist with the coordinating of logistics for multiple products for inbound and outbound shipments
• Develop and maintain relationships with carriers, forwarders and warehousing providers as needed
• Communicate with Quality and Food Safety team to ensure compliance with statutory and internal practices
• Work with sales staff to ensure they have competitive transportation rates to accurately quote business for customers and manage existing business lanes
• Communicate with sales team any info that is helpful to determine pricing, freight risk awareness, and customer performance concerns
• Develop competence in LDC products' markets, product qualities, and transportation needs
• Contribute to group discussions to improve processes and look for ways to elevate our business.

Education/Professional Certifications/Licenses

Basic qualifications:Associate Degree in supply chain, industrial management, business, finance, or economicsOr, 2 years' experience in oilseeds, or logistics or supply chain management

Preferred qualifications:Shipping liquid food grade products, or freight forwarding experienceUnderstanding of transport equipment as it relates to bulk shipments i.e., isotanks, flexibags, tank trailers, etc.Understanding of Incoterms

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (including any physical demands)

Basic qualifications:Strong practical accounting, analytical and organizational skills.Proficient on Excel and Office products.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Ability to work independently.Ability to set deadlines and adhere to them.Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

Equipment Used

Typical office equipment: PC, telephone.

Working Conditions

Primarily climate-controlled office environment. Periodic visits to industrial operations areas are necessary with exposure during such visits to variety of temperatures and prevailing weather conditions. Interacts closely with personnel in other departments and company locations. Extension of regular working hours or weekend work are occasionally needed to complete time-sensitive work or respond to emergencies.

Employee Supervision

No supervisory responsibilities

Decision Making/Accountability

Would be responsible for coordinating delivery of a sale with little supervision. Would communicate any concerns or risks they become aware of promptly to the appropriate audience. Would need to prioritize personal workload throughout the day to ensure meeting of deadlines.

Company Conformance Statements

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervisionInteract professionally with co-workers, Company business associates and the general publicWork together in a cooperative spirit to serve the best interests of the CompanyOperate in a fully responsible manner and comply with the law and Company policy

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

• Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental and vision care coverage, flexible spending account plans, employee assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
• 401k w