Logistics Coordinator I

Who Are We

We're a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.

We're a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!

Learn more here: https://www.thewengergroup.com

What Your Day Looks Like

The Logistics Coordinator will be part of the Nutrify team. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure ingredient availability for the Wenger Feeds division, as well as external customers, by providing effective logistical support while minimizing costs. This position also supports mill operations and manages storage and transload needs as required.

May be responsible for all or part of the following duties and responsibilities to be determined by the Logistics Supervisor:

• Reviewing mill inventories and adjusting delivery schedule as necessary to keep receiving running smoothly for both Wenger Feeds and our suppliers.
• Support logistics coordination of Nutrify drivers and outside carriers.
• Complete accurate and timely scheduling and dispatching of grain, ingredient trucks and railcars to ensure that the flow of product both inbound and outbound meets customer demands.
• Tracking shipments from pickup through delivery so that accurate, up to date information can be provided regarding any shipment.
• Negotiating with transportation providers to obtain best rates and service.
• Supporting all aspects of transload operations from inventory management, railcar movement, truck movement, receiving and dispatching.
• Creating and managing system to monitor transportation provider service levels.
• Receiving and processing transportation requirement requests from customers.
• Troubleshooting and problem-solving logistical and operational issues as needed.
• Coordinating ingredient logistical demand/issues for all Wenger Feeds facilities 24/7 as needed.
• Managing all quality concerns and ensuring quality policies and procedures are enforced.
• Supporting and enforcing safety and environmental policies and processes to ensure an injury-free workplace.
• Supporting Nutrify by working together with entire team to ensure success in all the shared expectations of the team.
• Leveraging skills, abilities, and industry contacts to ensure a financial benefit to Nutrify as a top priority.
• Ensuring WFM mills or Nutrify customers have product available.
• Maximizing freight and budget through backhaul and storage opportunities
• Promoting adherence to Wenger Group policies, methods, and disciplines
  
  

Who You Are

• Ability to constructively work through conflicting situations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure and successfully manage continuous deadlines.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
• Strong computer skills with advanced Excel knowledge.
• Professional aptitude, presentation, and demeanor at all times.
• The ability to create specific results while maintaining a people first culture.
• High degree of organizational strength and ability to multi-task while maintaining accuracy.
• Proactive and independent sense of accountability.
• Ability to creatively find solutions to problems and needs.
• High school diploma required
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred
• Minimum of 3 (three) years of industry experience preferred
• Experience or familiarity with manufacturing, distribution, and operations preferred
  
  

Benefits

In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:

• Promotional opportunities
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Robust onboarding and training program
• Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
• Employee referral program
• Encouraging and collaborative culture
  
  

What Our Benefits Are

• Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
• Carebridge Employee Assistance Program
  
  

For All Full-time Members

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance
  
  

Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.

The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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