Equipment Control Coordinator

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in Virginia Beach is seeking a Regional Logistics Analyst to support the Equipment Manager. You will rely on strong Excel skills to update daily reports used by commercial and operational teams for strategic decisions.

You will regularly compile KPI reports, identify efficiency improvements, and analyze costs across US container movements. You will also update SAP depot rates and coordinate with vendors and local teams to optimize stock and routing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 1–2 years related experience or training.
• Intermediate Excel skills: reporting, formatting, sorting, filtering, charts, pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Regularly compile KPI’s and reports to support equipment team and district offices.
• Identify areas for improvement and develop reports to increase efficiency.
• Analyze costs for multiple evacuation routes and present findings.
• Produce daily, weekly, and monthly logistics reports (stock, idling equipment, client containers, trends, expenses).
• Coordinate yearly equipment reconciling to ensure accurate stock counts.
• Troubleshoot and research report solutions for reporting errors.
• Support marketing, customer service, and branches to solve problems and review new business.
• Research idle equipment with local logistics teams and find efficiency solutions.
• Negotiate and coordinate domestic repositioning with vendors.
• Analyze street turn activity and update depot rates in SAP for PO generation.

Skills

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Main Purpose of the Role:

The employee will work in the Regional Logistics department and report to the Equipment Manager. This position requires excel proficiency to assist in daily report updating to support commercial and operational teams. These reports are used by commercial and equipment teams to make business decisions.

Major Areas of Responsiblity:

Regularly compile company KPI’s and reports to support equipment team and district offices with day to day work processes. Identify areas in need of improvement and develop reports to increase efficiency. Look for creative ways to decrease costs by properly managing container movements within the US.

Main Tasks:

• Coordinate with local equipment teams to properly manage stock levels.
• Act as a liaison between local equipment teams and internal Norfolk departments as needed to resolve problems.
• Compare costs for multiple evacuations routes and present in a meaningful way.
• Produce daily, weekly, & monthly Logistics reports such as stock reports, idling equipment, out to client containers, movement trends, equipment forecasts, and logistics expenses.
• Coordinate yearly equipment reconciling within the area to ensure accurate stock counts in our electronic system.
• Ability to troubleshoot and research report solutions to for reporting errors.
• Support marketing, customer service, and branch offices as needed to problem solve and review new potential new business.
• Work with local logistics teams to research idle equipment within the US.
• Monitoring stock levels and looking for solutions to increase equipment efficiencies.
• Negotiate and coordinate domestic repositioning with vendors.
• Analyze street turn activity.
• Add and update depot rates in SAP system to ensure auto purchase orders can generate without discrepancies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree; one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Intermediate experience in Microsoft Excel—
Basics- reporting, formatting, sorting, filtering, creating charts, graphs, and pivot tables.
Intermediate to advanced experience with functions

Logistics teams serve nearly 500 locations for sufficient, timely, and cost-effective container availability.

Logistics interface with more than 100 suppliers to guarantee that containers are at the right place at the right time, while ensuring their safety, quality and technological advancement.