LOGISTICS COORDINATOR at Kent Corporation in Muscatine, Iowa

Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:

Excited to join a FIVE-TIME US Best Managed Company? KENT® Corporation is looking for a Logistics Coordinator to join our team in Muscatine, IA. This hourly position comes with a full benefits package and is open due to an internal promotion! 

• This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Source one of several modes of transportation (air, barge, truck, LTL, rail, vessel, containers) to move Kent Corporations’ products from multiple locations to customer’s facilities.


• Coordinate the shipping activities and maintain open communication with Production, Sales, Customer Service, Procurement, Warehousing, and all off-site warehousing and carriers.


• Assign appropriate carriers and tender several modes of freight, foreign and domestic.


• Prepare and manage shipping documents, including invoices, bills of lading, and export/import documentation.


• Continually monitor scheduled loading/delivery schedules to ensure compliance.


• Communicate to Customer Service any deviation from those schedules to facilitate timely notification to the customer.


• Pursue all opportunities to improve the value service provided by interacting with the existing base of contract carriers and outside warehouse personal.


• Implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential disruptions in the supply chain.


• Maintain a level of training to ensure performance of tasks associated with other departmental responsibilities.

EDUCATION:

• Associate’s degree preferred in a relevant field plus 2-3 years’ experience; a Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business or AgBusiness, Economics, or related discipline is strongly desired.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Basic understanding of processes to support transportation logistics; familiar with variety of concepts, practices, and procedures within the transportation logistics realm.


• Strong communication and people management skills with ability to cultivate strong business relationships on multiple levels.


• Customer-service oriented, personable, and positive attitude; understands the value of cooperating with coworkers.


• Ability to prioritize responsibilities.


• Strongly proficient in a host of computer-based software applications, e.g., Microsoft Office.


• Ability to analyze schedules/data/costs, and make recommendations.


• Prior transportation dispatching preferred.


• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite.


• Process Improvement experience is a plus.


• Experience of Microsoft Dynamics AX is a plus.


• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.


• Knowledge of laws, regulations and ISO requirements is a plus.

TRAVEL:

• Average of 20% 

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