Logistics Transportation Specialist Apply
Position: | Logistics Transportation Specialist |
Location: | Morton, IL 61550 (Hybrid: 3 Days onsite) |
Estimated Duration: | 12 Months Contract, likely to extend |
Client Industry: | Industrial Machinery Manufacturing |
Pay Rate: | $25.00/hour |
Job Description:
Position s Contributions to Work Group:
- Job responsibilities include but are not limited to: Processing of rate requests and spot quotes to support critical and ad-hoc moves within Client's Ground Transportation Network.
- Procurement data analyst support for Open Equipment, Container Drayage, Rail and Transloading.
- Investigating rate invoice disputes. Submitting approval requests for purchasing recommendations.
Typical task breakdown:
- Check email, check status of work in que. Award loads, review tasks as assigned.
- Helping with freight rate discrepancies
- Pulling reports from systems
- Helping develop the data to report out to work directors team and buyers.
Interaction with team:
- Both personal, email, teams and verbal interactions with internal and external teams throughout Client.
Work environment:
- Standard Client hybrid work environment in the office at least 3 days a week.
- 100% office
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business/Logistics required. Will accept a new grad.
- 2-4 years Logistics or buying experience.
Technical Skills:
(Required)
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience with Microsoft Excel (Basic, v-lookups and pivot table experience preferred), Word & PowerPoint
(Desired)
- Power BI, Tableau, Salesforce
Soft Skills:
(Required)
- Professional Phone & Email Communication with Internal Customers
- Suppliers and Leadership.
- Able to work with external and internal teams/Client suppliers.
(Desired)
- Multi-tasking
Why this Client?
- Whether it be ground-breaking products, best in class solutions or a lifelong career, you can build what matters to you at Client. With 150 locations in countries around the world, what you create at Client travels and helps people around the world. You can collaborate with the best minds in the industry, complete meaningful work and continuously grow and develop through our various opportunities. Here, you can do the work that matters.
Why this Role?
- Exposure to the day to day buying and network transportation and logistics of Client parts and machines. This role will be directly responsible for ensuring the right capacity at the right time is provided to our customers. There is a direct impact to our customers in this role. If a person wants to learn about logistics and how things work, this is the role for them.
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