What are the responsibilities and job description for the Logistics Coordinator position at Givaudan?
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Your future position?
Even though Givaudan is the world leader in Flavors and Fragrance, we continually look for ways to improve and
evolve as an organization. Our international logistics team is itself on a journey: to provide the very best service to
our customers, reducing costs where possible, and increasingly, to build in factors that will make it a much more
sustainable event, whenever we use a truck, ship or plane.
“Logistics is not ajobthat you can own from the back office, it’s about people on the ground taking ownership and
responsibility to think and act more sustainably. This takes good communication and planning within the business and
with our customers.”
In this role you will learn to process day to day responsibilities of the Logistics Coordinator in order to effectively
meetinternal& external customer needs. Improve individual process consistency, accuracy, and timeliness based on
increasing experience.
- Support and Coordinate:Provide coverage and support accounts for other team members as necessary.
Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure orders are dispatched /delivered on time and manage
customer expectations. Confirm pricing, inventory availability and provide ship date information.
- Identify and Resolve:Properly identify the right communication method based on the sense of urgency
and issue. Knows how to diffuse a difficult situation and get resolution with the customers. Able to work
independently and prioritize workload.
- Manage and Communicate:Manage shipping process from planning completion through shipment
delivery for assigned customers and/or sites. Day to day communication and collaboration with customers,
operations and 3rd parties. Arrange transportation with forwarders or shipping/freight team, manage process
for dealing with International orders including inspection and shipping documentation requirements where
relevant.
You?
Are you someone who wants to grow and shape your own world? Who thrives being in a culture where you can
express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and work in a team as passionate as you?
Then come join us - and impact your world.
Your professional profile includes (or will include after your time with us):
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management or related degree
preferred.
- Previous experience in Shipping, Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain or the like highly preferred
- Ability to make decisions as well as influence others
- Proficiency in a commonly used ERP system, Google and Microsoft Suite
- Ability to be proactive when dealing with customer complaints or requests
- Lead or participate in department improvement activities
- Team player who is self-motivated, and has ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a bias for action
Givaudan is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
Salary : $51,100 - $64,700