Logistics Specialist

Triton Environmental Consultants, Ltd.; Farmington Hills (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Triton Environmental Consultants, Ltd. seeks an experienced logistics professional to plan and execute domestic and international shipments.

You will negotiate rates, manage freight forwarders, and ensure compliance with import/export protocols across multiple modes of transport. Responsibilities include coordinating weekly shipments, maintaining HTS classifications, handling POA and bonds, and interfacing with Finance, Marketing, and Sales to meet customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience handling domestic and international shipments.
• Experience with freight forwarders and banking docs is a plus.
• Solid Excel and Word skills required.
• Understanding of global customs, tariffs, and HTS classifications.

Responsibilities

• Determine the most effective shipping methods, negotiate rates, and prepare required shipment documentation.
• Plan weekly shipments in advance with the Materials Supervisor’s review.
• Notify forwarders of updates, piece counts, weights, and dimensions with urgency.
• Oversee import/export protocol and compliance across logistics.
• Manage logistics providers and monitor performance with mitigation plans.
• Lead quotation process and sourcing recommendations; coordinate with Sales on customer requirements.
• Maintain HTS classifications and manage Power of Attorney and bond contracts.
• Ensure daily customer invoicing and compliance with government regulations.

Skills

Logistics planning

Freight forwarding

Negotiation

Vendor management

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

SyteLine ERP

Job description

Role Purpose:

Provide expertise in the fields of domestic and international logistic planning and implementation.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Determine the most effective and efficient method of shipping/pick-ups, negotiate rates and provide documentation as required for each shipment.

• Plan weekly shipments in advance by reviewing the Probably to Ship list from the Materials Supervisor.

• Notify freight forwarders of tentative pick updates, estimates of pieces, weights, and dimensions with a sense of urgency.
• Work with freight forwarder POA and Bonds.
• Communicate and interact effectively with internal and external customers, suppliers, and carriers using all modes of communication (written, verbal, and at times, face-to-face).
• Meet with finance and marketing representatives to evaluate contracts and letters of credit, if required.
• Oversee import and export protocol and logistics.
• Manage logistic providers, ensuring compliance.
• Monitors logistics provider performance, develops and implements mitigation plans.
• Identify and solve logistic issues.
• Lead the quotation process and make new sourcing recommendations.
• Work with the Sales team to coordinate customer requirements.
• Maintains current list of HTS classifications.
• Manage Power of Attorney and custom bond contracts
• Meet requirements for daily customer invoicing.
• Management of import and export government regulations and apply that knowledge to our daily shipments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Other Significant Role Requirements:

• High degree of independence
• Need to have a flexible work schedule, to insure OTD of our products.

• Knowledge of Letter of Credit
• Familiar with banking documentation
• Full understanding of global customs and tariffs and the ability to identify trade compliance opportunities.
• Understand free trade agreements and special programs, foreign trade zones and duty drawback.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5 years’ experience working with domestic and international documents and shipments.
• Must be experienced with freight forwarding companies.
• Solid experience with Word and Excel required.
• SyteLine and/or ERP system experience preferred.