Truck/Dry Van Logistics Coordinator

About the role

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, leveraging our global reach and extensive asset network to serve customers and consumers worldwide. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally. This position is responsible for scheduling freight and servicing customers of liquid food and feed ingredients in North America, with a focus on product manufactured in Upper Sandusky, OH. Freight methods span rail, bulk trucks, and dry vans to achieve the most efficient, cost‑effective, reliable, and quality transportation while ensuring shipment timing meets the needed cadence for optimal inventory levels. The role develops key carrier relationships, helps negotiate and manage freight contracts, performs reporting tasks, communicates documents with customers, and addresses other customer service needs.

Responsibilities

• Generate load numbers for customer orders in a timely and accurate manner
• Schedule orders with carriers and maintain schedule changes
• Prepare and organize paperwork needed for shipments
• Ticket application for multiple products, freight matching, and filing
• Communicate professionally with customers to coordinate deliveries in a timely manner
• Contribute to inventory management of LDC products (warehouse/tanks/rail cars/containers etc.)
• Coordinate quality requirements and issues from customers with LDC lab and operations team
• Assist with setting up carriers and maintaining documents and certificates
• Utilize multiple systems to maintain carrier and freight information to assist with coordinating logistics for multiple products for inbound and outbound shipments
• Develop and maintain relationships with carriers, forwarders and warehousing providers as needed
• Communicate with Quality and Food Safety team to ensure compliance with statutory and internal practices
• Work with sales staff to ensure they have competitive transportation rates to accurately quote business for customers and manage existing business lanes
• Communicate with sales team any information helpful to determine pricing, freight risk awareness, and customer performance concerns
• Develop competence in LDC products’ markets, product qualities, and transportation needs
• Contribute to group discussions to improve processes and look for ways to elevate our business
• Have no supervisory responsibilities
• Coordinate delivery of a sale with little supervision, communicate concerns or risks promptly, and prioritize personal workload to meet deadlines
• Work primarily in a climate‑controlled office environment with periodic visits to industrial operations areas (exposure to varying temperatures and weather conditions)
• Interact closely with personnel in other departments and company locations
• Occasionally extend regular working hours or work weekends to complete time‑sensitive work or respond to emergencies

Requirements

• Associate Degree in supply chain, industrial management, business, finance, or economics
• Or, 2 years’ experience in oilseeds, logistics, or supply chain management
• Preferred: Shipping liquid food grade products or freight forwarding experience
• Preferred: Understanding of transport equipment for bulk shipments (isotanks, flexibags, tank trailers, etc.)
• Preferred: Understanding of Incoterms

Qualifications

• Strong practical accounting, analytical, and organizational skills
• Proficient in Excel and Office products
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work