Logistics Specialist

About the role

The Logistics Specialist will assist with supply chain activities required to bring products and ingredients into contracted warehouses, vendors, to plants, or direct to customers. In this role, you will complete documentation and systems entry to enable timely and cost-effective flow of products and ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Conduct activities to support the development of relationships to assist with order and shipment changes in making the best buy or sell decisions to minimize costs and maximize profits and services.
• Execute specialized transportation and logistics activities around material resource planning for the facilities, claims and incidents, customer service, and customer orders contracts.
• Facilitate shipments against purchase and sales contracts, execute internal and external purchase orders and invoices, and perform data entry updates using enterprise resource planning systems, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Resolve basic issues and provide recommendations to support improved and cost-beneficial freight movements.
• Assist with routine scheduling, transportation arrangement, stock inventory management, and reporting of shipments according to purchase and sales contracts.
• Perform activities that support transportation and logistics solutions on inbound movement of raw commodity ingredients and finished goods from origin to destination.
• Execute logistics activities that support the execution of the supply chain, including transportation capacity planning, management of third-party warehouses and vendors, container administration, and import shipments.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

Schedule

8 AM - 5 PM CST

Benefits

• Healthcare Insurance: Eligible employees and their dependents receive healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full-time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.
• Dental Insurance: Eligible employees and their dependents receive a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full-time employment with Synectics.
• Vision Insurance: Eligible employees receive vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full-time employment with Synectics.
• 401(k) Plan: Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins.