Logistics Administrator
About the role
The Transportation Logistics Specialist will perform activities that ensure efficient truck transportation of materials and products from origin to destination for the CHS Ag and Energy Platforms. We seek a professional who will participate in identifying and selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective truck transportation.
Responsibilities
- Participate in identifying and selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective truck transportation.
- Provide stakeholders in the product lines with accurate and market-based freight pricing and ensure that accurate freight rates are loaded in appropriate rating systems.
- Build a firm understanding of freight markets within the position's scope of responsibility and use this understanding to communicate market insights, context, and knowledge to stakeholders within CHS.
- Work to improve organizational understanding of customer and plant specific shipping requirements across multiple product lines and assist in effectively managing to these requirements and communicating them to our third-party truck carriers.
- Support CHS’s enterprise transportation carrier management strategy through rate negotiations, relationship management, capacity management, shipment execution, truck carrier segmentation and overall spend management.
- Negotiate rates with carriers, maximize load pairing (backhauls) and value creation across product lines in a collaborative manner with other CHS transportation team members.
- Independently analyze current transportation operations practices to resolve process and cost improvement opportunities.
- Negotiate rates and contract terms, ensuring rates paid for transportation services are competitive and executed in the best interest of CHS (one CHS voice to truck carriers).
- Serve as subject matter expert on transportation markets and rates.
- Ensure that all third-party transportation relationships are profitable and accretive to business unit earnings.
Requirements
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $42.00/hr.
About Aston Carter
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.
Contact Information
If interested please apply below!