TRADE LOGISTICS SPECIALIST

Purpose and Scope/General Summary

We are seeking a Logistics Specialist to join the Swift & Company Trade Group team. This role is responsible for coordinating domestic and international logistics activities, including collaboration with production facilities, steamship lines, customs authorities, USDA, inspection and warehouse locations, trade teams, and trucking/drayage providers. The Logistics Specialist will maintain extensive communication with suppliers, customers, and internal teams to ensure timely shipment execution and the accurate preparation of all required export and transportation documentation.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and book Truck deliveries from multiple production plants to customer/transload locations
• Communicate pick up/delivery times and dates with Truck carriers and Production/Transload locations
• Track shipments, contact drivers and update ETA’s
• Continuously work on improving the Product delivery process and reducing truck wait times
• Effectively negotiate rates with different truckers for each trucking lane
• Aid in checking payments and inputting data into SAP system for accounting
• Generate reports related to product shipped, shipping costs, truck wait times and delivery process
• Responsible for daily crisis-management and rescheduling shipments if needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 0-1 years of related work experience
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems logically and effectively
• Strong organizational skills and acute attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel preferred
• Ability to work independently and to know when to ask questions
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong time management skills required

Benefits

• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays;
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base salary of $58,000;
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program;
• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

About Us

JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality products to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. Our team members and facilities in the United States allow us to offer a diverse portfolio of fresh, value added and branded beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods products. JBS USA is also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in the world. JBS USA employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 United States and Canada. Our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year. Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members. Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity EOE, including disability/vets Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.