What are the responsibilities and job description for the International Logistics Coordinator I position at SanMar?
What's the Short Version?
The International Logistics Coordinator I is responsible for overseeing and managing the flow of ocean and air shipments around the world. They coordinate and monitor company products as they move through the global logistics life cycle, utilizing various business tools to optimize shipping and transport processes.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Utilize logistics management system/platform to manage and monitor product flow and inbound and outbound shipment lifecycle on a global basis.
- Assist in creating monthly vendor forecasts and carrier allocation plans in order to optimize transportation flows while managing cost.
- Manage and monitor shipment planning and route optimization with end to end solutions for all shipments; ensure shipments are delivered at the right location at the right time to meet customer needs.
- Check carrier performance data to ensure compliance with service level agreements.
- Serve as a point of contact in developing and maintaining effective positive relationships with external customers (ocean carriers, air freight forwarders, factory vendors, etc.) as well as internal customers (Sourcing, Supply Chain, IT, Legal, Custom Compliance, Accounting, etc.).
- Ensure weekly billing is validated against contracts, corrected of any discrepancies, and then made ready for payment processing.
What Are We Looking For?
- Less than 1 year of global logistics industry experience including multi-modal planning, import/export, and ocean and air forwarding.
- Maintains a clear understanding of logistics terminology and processes, incoterms, and shipping documentation.
- Must be a team-player with strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work with and keep a positive, supportive attitude towards the company, customers and co-workers.
- Ability to plan, organize and self-manage work assignments to prioritize and optimize productivity.
- Must be detail-oriented, a multi tasker and be able to work under pressure.
- Ability to interpret and utilize data to identify issues for process improvement, and to make sound suggestions.
- Ability to follow through on a project to completion and identify risks, contributing to mitigation plans, and troubleshooting when any problems occur.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills and a second language (such as Vietnamese, Hindi or Chinese) preferred but not required.
What's Our Offer?
Salary Range: You`ll earn between $21.39 - $27.90 on an hourly basis, depending on experience.
Bonus: You`ll be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus up to $2,000.
Paid Time Off: You`ll accrue paid time off on a weekly basis based on hours worked up to 112 hours per year to start. Employees also receive 8 paid holidays and 1 paid family day off.
Additional Benefits:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 401k plan and matches $1 for $1 up to 4% of earnings, matched & vested at every pay cycle
- Life insurance
- Short/long-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Pet insurance
What Should You Expect?
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Work environment is moderately quiet. Ability to work on computer for multiple hours with frequent interruptions.
SanMar's Eastpointe office is located near Seattle, WA and our standard working hours are 8:00-5:00 PST. Quarterly travel may be required.
Salary : $21 - $28
