Logistics Specialist Jobs

Job purpose

- Support the Director of Purchasing & Logistics with their daily responsibilities.
- Development, implementation, and management of purchasing and logistics strategies and procedures.
- Coordinate the purchase of products and materials for the organization.
- Assist sales department with product knowledge and status of orders in production.
- Maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers.

Duties and responsibilities

- Communicate daily with factories overseas.
- Create purchase orders and submit to factories overseas.
- Track production status of orders with factories overseas.
- Create, plan and coordinate container consolidations.
- Communicate daily with freight forwarders and carriers.
- Request and compare freight quotes from freight forwarders and carriers.
- Create customs documents for all imports & exports.
- Coordinate with customs broker on all imports & exports.
- Scheduling deliveries and transport.
- Monitor shipments to ensure goods are delivered on time and without delay.
- Coordinate claims on defective product and submit claim to factories.
- Responsible for moving stock between different warehouses and dealing with all the history of what is purchased.
- Inventory management and control (finished goods and raw material).
- Assist accounting with costing preparations for LDP and tier pricing.

Skills & Knowledge

- Highly organized, with an emphasis on time management and problem-solving.
- Meticulous to detail and accuracy.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong work ethic & self-motivated
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Experienced to multitask and prioritize effectively, while working in a fast-paced environment under tight deadlines.
- Great data entry skills.
- Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Office, ERP, etc).
- Ability to work efficiently as part of a team and individually with minimal supervision, as needed.
- Capable to manage priorities, set/meet deadlines and manage multiple projects at a time.
- HS codes for Canada and USA