Logistics Specialist

HCLTech; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

HCLTech in Houston, TX is seeking a Logistics Scheduler to independently own day-to-day scheduling for assigned products, assets, corridors, or transportation modes with limited supervision. You will develop, validate, communicate, and adjust movement schedules using forecasts, refinery demand, inventory targets, customer commitments, and contractual obligations.

You will manage transportation nominations across pipeline, marine, rail, and truck carriers and coordinate with planning and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in scheduling and logistics coordination.
• Ability to forecast and translate demand into actionable movement plans.
• Experience coordinating multiple carriers and modes of transport.
• Strong collaboration with planning, operations, and trading teams.

Responsibilities

• Independently own day-to-day scheduling for assigned products, assets, corridors, or transportation modes.
• Develop, validate, communicate, and adjust movement schedules using forecasts, refinery demand, inventory targets, customer commitments, and contractual obligations.
• Manage transportation nominations across pipeline, marine, rail, and truck carriers, including confirmations, changes, routine exceptions, and follow-ups.
• Own inventory reliability for assigned scope by assessing inventory gaps, recommending corrective actions, and coordinating with planning / operations.
• Coordinate day-to-day issue resolution with traders, optimizers, refineries, terminals, carriers, sales, accounting, third parties, and internal functions.
• Apply working commercial judgment to balance schedule feasibility, carrier constraints, contract commitments, quality requirements, and supply continuity.
• Support accurate and timely payments / collections by validating operational information and resolving routine movement / schedule mismatches.
• Identify and support continuous improvement, logistics optimization, cost‑saving, and value‑capture opportunities.
• Provide informal guidance to schedulers and support onboarding / knowledge transfer for standard activities.

Skills

Scheduling

Forecasting

Carrier management

Inventory management

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

• Independently own day-to-day scheduling for assigned products, assets, corridors, or transportation modes with limited supervision.
• Develop, validate, communicate, and adjust movement schedules using forecasts, refinery demand, inventory targets, customer commitments, and contractual obligations.
• Manage transportation nominations across pipeline, marine, rail, and truck carriers, including confirmations, changes, routine exceptions, and follow-ups.
• Own inventory reliability for assigned scope by assessing inventory gaps, recommending corrective actions, and coordinating with planning / operations stakeholders.
• Coordinate day-to-day issue resolution with traders, optimizers, refineries, terminals, carriers, sales, accounting, third parties, and internal functions.
• Apply working commercial judgment to balance schedule feasibility, carrier constraints, contract commitments, quality requirements, and supply continuity.
• Support accurate and timely payments / collections by validating operational information and resolving routine movement / schedule mismatches.
• Identify and support continuous improvement, logistics optimization, cost‑saving, and value‑capture opportunities.
• Provide informal guidance to schedulers and support onboarding / knowledge transfer for standard activities.

HCL is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law. Should any applicant have concerns about discrimination in the hiring process, they should provide a detailed report of those concerns to [e-mail] for investigation.

A candidate’s pay within the range will depend on their skills, experience, education, and other factors permitted by law. This role may also be eligible for performance-based bonuses subject to company policies. In addition, this role is eligible for the following benefits subject to company policies:

• medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life, accidental death & dismemberment, and disability insurance
• employee assistance program
• 401(k) retirement plan
• 10 days of paid time off per year (some positions are eligible for need-based leave with no designated number of leave days per year)
• and 10 paid holidays per year.