LOGISTICS SPECIALIST

Job Description

Are you inspired to contribute your expertise to a global leading Ingredients organization? We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of solutions for the food & beverage industry.

How You Will Contribute:

• Liaise between Procurement and logistics to make sure we have competitive rates and defined service levels available for all our needed shipping modes and destinations.
• Coordinate with Procurement and vendors to optimize transport. 
• Collaborate with all traffic people at the assigned shipping points in the region.
• Maintain transportation rates and fuel surcharge within SAP system.
• Maintain routes and route determinations in SAP.
• Auditing import process at RDC (Regional Distribution Center)
• Review/audit RDC invoices.
• Mitigate on freight forwarder – and warehousing invoices with accounts payable and trax.
• Interface with all functional groups of Global Supply Chain – Planning, Customer Relations, Transportation, Warehousing and Sales
• Participate on the logistics regional team, where needed.
• Assist with analysis and provide trend indications and recommendations of monthly performance reports: On time delivery, perfect order, inventory accuracy and orders shipped complete.
• Backup to functional group as required.
• Accountable for the inbound and outbound performance of the 3PL’S and has the oversight of the open order management process.
• Manage inventory which incudes ensuring internal SAP and 3PL warehouse WMS match and are reconciled by performing cycle counts and physical inventories.
• Responsible for investigation and timely resolutions of complaints
• Orchestrate monthly KPI process with the 3PL warehouse and internal logistis team.

What you will need to be successful:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or international trade. 
• Profound knowledge and experiences in Logistics related work, over 5 years in logistics with emphasis on Transportation, warehousing, inventory management systems, dangerous goods handling 
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools and automated systems
• Fluent English communication skills.
• Intermediate-Advanced Spanish proficiency required.
• Travel 20% 
• Hands on and good communication skills with proactive working attitude
• Good communication and negotiation skill
• High accountability and good team spirit
• Logical and systemic thinking
   

At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more…