Job description

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 155,000 employees who are committed to safe, responsible and sustainable ways to nourish the world. This position is in Cargill’s food ingredients and bio-industrial business, where we anticipate trends around taste, nutrition and safety to innovate and provide solutions to manufacturers, retailers and foodservice companies.
Job Purpose and Impact

The Junior Commodity Logistics Specialist will assist with supply chain activities required to bring commodity ingredients into contracted warehouses, vendors, plants, or directly to customers. In this role, you will execute the commodity merchant supply strategy and will complete documentation and systems entry to enable the timely and cost-effective flow of commodities. Key Accountabilities

Perform activities that support transportation and logistics solutions on inbound movement of raw commodity ingredients and finished goods from origin to destination.
Execute logistics activities that support the execution of the supply chain, such as transportation capacity plans, management of third party warehouses and vendors, container administration and import shipments.
Assist with routine schedule preparation, transportation arrangement, stock inventory management and reporting of shipments in accordance with purchase and sales contracts.
Execute against the logistics and supply chain strategy, resolve basic issues and provide recommendations to support improved and cost beneficial freight movements.
Facilitate shipments against purchase and sales contracts, execute internal and external purchase orders and invoices and perform data entry updates using enterprise resource planning systems, spreadsheets and databases.
Execute specialized transportation and logistics activities around material resource plans for the facilities, claims and incidents, customer service and customer orders contracts.
Conduct activities to support the development of relationships to assist with order and shipment changes in order to make the best buy or sell decisions to minimize costs and maximize profits and services.
Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned Position Information

The position is based in Wayzata, MN or Milwaukee, WI
Relocation assistance is not provided for this role Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Experience in Excel and other Microsoft applications
Experience in SAP, working with PO’s, STO’s and Inventories
Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems
Commodity logistics knowledge
Understating of ground freight transportation

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Cargill highly encourages vaccinations but does not mandate at this time. Upon hire, you will be asked to provide your vaccination status, and if unvaccinated or if you choose not to disclose, you would be expected to follow Cargill’s safety protocols for unvaccinated employees (i.e., mask mandates, and social distancing).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet

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