Job description

LOGISTICS MANAGER
JOB SUMMARY: Provide assistance to all JSI facilities by managing the logistics of incoming and outgoing freight by finding the best values in service and costs while maintaining minimal freight damage.

DUTIES:

• Provide accurate and on-time delivery of customer orders by collaborating with the Plant Manager and customer service teams
• Maximize customer freight dollars by coordinating and consolidating incoming and outgoing orders using preferred carriers
• Provide supervision and technical support for each shipping / receiving department
• Determines appropriate packaging to achieve zero freight damage
• Establish written shipping and logistic procedures
• Establish a relationship with freight carriers to maximize efficiency, and profits while minimizing cost
• Ensures that employees observe and comply with OSHA and JSI safety regulations and with state and federal transportation regulations
• Assists in training and/or interacting with team members to help meet established goals and standards
• Reports directly to the VP of Operations
• Attend, as requested, meetings to keep abreast of corporate needs and policies
• Review and approve or deny all incoming and intercompany freight bills.
• Assist and educate purchasing managers to help reduce incoming freight cost
• Other duties that may be assigned on an as-required basis

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assures that employees follow procedures detailed in the Company Handbook and in other policy documents, and follows all Safety Rules and Regulations, including federal and state transportation rules and regulations
• Maintains a safe work environment, making certain that anyone around the workstations will not be in jeopardy to injury
• Demonstrates a professional attitude when approaching work assignments and when working with outside vendors (freight carriers, etc.)
• Displays an awareness to maximize the utilization of materials and to minimize waste of materials
• Analyze and maintain close control of manufacturing labor and material costs
• Displays a sense of urgency towards completing assigned tasks
• Assists in developing solutions to problems
• Assures the quality of work produced is acceptable to company standards and specifications
• Performs job tasks with Worker Safety Being The Priority
• Maintains good attendance

DELIVERABLES:

• Implement a live tracking system that is accessible 24 hours a day by customer, customer service and sales to make freight in-transit visible at all times.
• Create a process that provides freight quotes to customer service within four hours of requests and/or develop a generic freight quote spreadsheet that covers 90% of typical requests from sales and customer service.
• Develop relationships with brokers and 3rdparty carriers to ensure on-time and accurate delivery at minimal costs.
• Develop a freight claims process with each facility that ties to the freight carriers.
• Review existing freight contracts and agreements
• Provide a strategy for negotiating new agreements
• Ensure that freight margins are reviewed monthly with Finance and continue to improve our margin.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Possess a four-year degree in Business Administration, or have commensurate work experience
• Ability to understand and interpret bills of lading, freight bills, other shipping related documents and state and federal transportation rules and regulations
• Possess good verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
• Possess proven Human Relations skills
• Ability to manage multi tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of learning new skills as needed
• Must be detail oriented

JOB RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports directly to the VP of Operations

Note: the duties listed above reflect the majority of the essential duties of this job and does not, nor is it intended to, reflect all essential duties that may be required for an incumbent in this job to perform

An Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Bangor, ME 04401: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Microsoft Office: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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