Spherion Mid Ohio, in partnership with The JM Smucker Company, is seeking a Logistics Support Specialist to manage transportation plans and monitor performance metrics. This is a contract position that could offer potential permanent hire for the right candidate. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience within a Fortune 500 organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure carrier coverage of all shipments from assigned sites
- Communicate with shippers, carriers, and internal stakeholders to execute transportation plans
- Manage and coordinate transportation action plans and performance metrics
- Identify potential exceptions to on time shipments
- Create action plan to resolve complex exceptions
- When shipping is disrupted, pro-actively communicate resolution plans to impacted parties
- Utilize transportation management to provide optimal load solutions base on total cost-to-serve
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Problem solving skills
- Attention to detail and follow up
- A minimum of 1 year of relevant business/office related experience
- Strong Microsoft Office skills with particular emphasis on Excel (knowledge of using filters, sorting functions, V-look Ups)
- Ability to learn and navigate within several computer systems/platforms
- Strong collaborator and communicator; ability and desire to be a team contributor
- Comfortable with professional face to face, phone, and email communication to both internal and external parties
Education:
Bachelor's degree required
Pay: $20/hour (approximately $41,600 annually)
Schedule/Location: This position offers full time hours, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, office hours. This position offers a hybrid work schedule. You will have the opportunity to work a combination of days remotely and in the office at the Smucker Orrville campus (most likely 75% remote, 25% in the office).