What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Specialist position at Intervision Foods?
We are seeking an experienced, creative and detail-oriented Logistics Specialist to join our team. The Logistics Specialist will manage from start to finish, the flow of product from suppliers, mainly in the US to customers worldwide and a growing portfolio of products being imported into the US. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of logistics systems and processes, excellent organizational and communication skills, and the ability to take the initiative, work independently and bring solutions to a variety of daily issues and requirements to ensure our company maintains a competitive advantage in the market.
Responsibilities
- Be an essential conduit between internal purchasers, sales, loading warehouses, trucking vendors, documentation, ocean lines and end customers to ensure order flow is accurate, constant within agreed shipment period.
- Ensure that suppliers are well-connected to logistics plans and team members are aware of evolving customer production and logistics constraints.
- Process customer orders and ensure timely delivery within agreed contract terms.
- Understand and adopt the internal order management system to accurately enter shipping information and check orders for accuracy.
- Understand rapidly changing origin rules and constraints supporting the shipment of frozen proteins and also destination customs and customer formalities to ensure product is able to flow without interruption.
- Work closely with documentation department to provide accurate information in an extremely time-sensitive manner.
- Embody and exhibit high level of communication and sense of urgency up and down the supply-chain to ensure that all parties are aware of plans, issues and remedial actions.
- Proactively develop, recommend and implement cost savings and / or service improvement programs in support of the transportation strategy.
- Nurture mutually beneficial relationships between outside partners such as warehouses and cold storages, transportation carriers and ocean lines.
Minimum qualifications
Preferred Skills and qualifications
Atlanta area residence preferred but not required for right candidate.)