Logistics Specialist

Siemens Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Company paid health benefits

Paid time off

401K with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy is seeking a logistic specialist to support the Grid Technology Substation team in Houston. You’ll help with logistics budgetary pricing, contracting, and coordinating deliveries to project sites or warehouses, while keeping project managers and stakeholders updated on status.

Ideal candidates have at least 5 years in logistics, understanding INCOTERMS and international shipping. A Bachelor’s degree is preferred, French language skills are a plus, and US work authorization is

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics, contracting freight forwarders and trucking companies.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; high school diploma required.

Responsibilities

• Provide pricing requests and log information.
• Interface with sales on logistics budgetary pricing.
• Contract and coordinate delivery of awarded orders.
• Coordinate vessel bookings, documentation control, Customs processes (ISF, Clearances).
• Provide status reports to project manager and close orders.
• Develop supplier relationships and onboarding processes.

Skills

Logistics management

Contracting

Budget pricing

Coordination

Supplier relationships

International shipping

Incoterms

Education

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Position will be primarily responsible for providing logistic support to the Grid Technology Substation team. This will involve supporting the sales process with logistics budgetary pricing, the execution process with contracting and coordinating deliveries of various Grid Technology components to project sites or warehouses and updating the project manager, customer and other stakeholders with the status.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Responsible for receiving requests for pricing, following an established process to log the information and retrieve pricing from logistics partners in a timely manner.
• Serve as primary interface with sales channels on all aspects of logistics budgetary pricing and concepts. Person will evaluate the concepts proposed by logistics partners to identify risks and work to mitigate them in the budgetary phase.
• Work with project management team to contract and coordinate the delivery of awarded orders.
• Work with the shippers to coordinate vessel bookings, documentation control, Customs processes (ISF, Clearances), etc.
• Provide organized reporting project manager as to the status of deliveries and follow up with documentation to close out the order as needed.
• Will develop supplier relationships and help develop supplier onboarding processes

What You Bring

• Experience in logistics, including contracting freight forwarders and trucking companies as well as experience in international transportation and documentation requirements.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, High school diploma required.
• Ability to work well in teams interacting routinely with finance, marketing, and external customers
• Must understand INCOTERMS and how they may impact the pricing and risks.
• Min 5 years of experience in logistics forwarding.
• Knowledge of Canada freight forwarding processes, and ability to speak French a strong plus.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About The Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world’s electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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