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Logistics Specialist
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Description
Basic Function:
The Logistics Specialist is responsible for supporting international export shipments for secondary export markets, ocean freight bookings, container scheduling, inbound vendor freight and providing cross-functional logistics support across the department. The Logistics Specialist will communicate shipment information to customers, accounting department, and Operations.
Responsibilities And Duties
Qualifications and Required Skills:
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Logistics Specialist
Piqua, OH
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Description
Basic Function:
The Logistics Specialist is responsible for supporting international export shipments for secondary export markets, ocean freight bookings, container scheduling, inbound vendor freight and providing cross-functional logistics support across the department. The Logistics Specialist will communicate shipment information to customers, accounting department, and Operations.
Responsibilities And Duties
- Prepares information on manifest such as name of shipper, weight, destination, and charges from bills of lading and shipper’s declaration.
- Makes bookings for export orders to but not limited to – Japan, Europe, Middle East, India and miscellaneous export markets.
- Schedule containers and drayage and coordinates shipment priorities.
- Communicate with freight forwarders and Production Team for shipment timing.
- Assists in negotiating international freight rates to determine most efficient and economical routing and mode of transportation.
- Initiates investigations into causes of damage or shortages in consignments or overcharges and prevention of detention / demurrage.
- Responsible for coordinating inbound trucking with procurement department.
- Provide shipment tracking to customers.
- Prepares invoices by figuring footages from tallies and taking dollar amounts of sale from acknowledgement, ensuring the utmost accuracy of figures.
- Obtains documents / information for customers.
- Posts transactions to accounting records such as work sheets, ledger, or computer files.
- Cross train with Shipping Coordinator & Documentation Coordinator.
- Assist Shipping Coordinator during overflow periods.
Qualifications and Required Skills:
- 2 - 5 years related experience in shipping with minimum of 3 years shipping experience is desired
- Associates degree is a plus
- Excellent data entry skills with high accuracy and detail oriented
- Use of basic math is required
- Ability to multi-task
- International documentation experience a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong working knowledge in Excel, Word, and Outlook is desired
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