What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Administrator position at Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company?
Job Title: Logistics Administrator
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Pay range $50 - 60/hr
Work Type: Hybrid, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday onsite - 8 am - 5 pm
Location: Invergrove Heights, MN
Job Description
Essential Responsibilities:
Systems and Data:
Cross Team Alignment:
Basic (absolute) Requirements:
Competencies:
Note:
Benefits:
About the Company:
Global Agribusiness Cooperative
Contract Duration: 6 Months
Pay range $50 - 60/hr
Work Type: Hybrid, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday onsite - 8 am - 5 pm
Location: Invergrove Heights, MN
Job Description
- The Transportation Logistics Specialist will perform activities that ensure efficient truck transportation of materials and products from origin to destination for the client Ag and Energy Platforms.
- We seek a professional who will participate in identifying and selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective truck transportation.
- This position will also provide stakeholders in the product lines with accurate and market-based freight pricing and ensure that accurate freight rates are loaded in appropriate rating systems.
- Additionally, they will build a firm understanding of freight markets within the position's scope of responsibility and use this understanding to communicate market insights, context, and knowledge to stakeholders within the client.
- Likewise, the Transportation Logistics Specialist will work to improve organizational understanding of customer and plant-specific shipping requirements across multiple product lines and assist in effectively managing these requirements and communicating them to our third-party truck carriers.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Support client's enterprise transportation carrier management strategy through rate negotiations, relationship management, capacity management, truck carrier segmentation, and overall spend management.
- Negotiate rates with carriers, maximize load pairing (backhauls), and value creation across product lines in a collaborative manner with other client transportation team members.
- Independently analyze current transportation operations practices to resolve process and cost improvement opportunities.
- You will work under general supervision and independently solve issues.
- Negotiate rates and contract terms, ensuring rates paid for transportation services are competitive and executed in the best interest of the client (one client voice to truck carriers).
- Serve as subject matter expert on transportation markets and rates.
- Ensure that all third-party transportation relationships are profitable and accretive to business unit earnings.
- Other duties as assigned
Systems and Data:
- Monitor carrier performance/KPIs and take corrective action to reverse negative trends and maintain required service levels to meet both client and customer expectations.
- Update internal documents/spreadsheets, databases, and systems for contracts, freight rates, and volume estimates, customer information, and resolve any truck freight invoice issues to ensure accurate payments to third-party truck carriers.
- Monitor and communicate transportation market trends to our commercial sales and purchasing teams.
Cross Team Alignment:
- Partner with both internal (commercial and operations management, and finance) and external customers (Vendors and customers) to meet the changing demands of the business.
Basic (absolute) Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Ag Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management
- Minimum 1-2 years experience in the supply chain, transportation, logistics execution, or operational roles
- Strong organizational and collaboration skills
- Knowledge of commodity markets, contractual terms, truck transportation/logistics
- Negotiation skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Sense of urgency in dealing with time-sensitive issues
Competencies:
- Building Relationships internally with coworkers and externally with transportation partners
- Drive the seamless execution of freight with transportation partners
- Communication with and Influencing others
- Networking Skills
- Behave Ethically
- Ability to recognize meaningful information in conversations and pass it along throughout the organization
Note:
- Potential overtime during harvest season so must be open to working some OT hours
Benefits:
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About the Company:
Global Agribusiness Cooperative
- We are a farmer-owned cooperative focused on energy, agronomy, grains, and foods. We connect farmers and customers to empower agriculture. Join our team and cultivate a fulfilling career.
Salary : $50 - $60
