Senior Logistics Coordinator

Our client is seeking a Senior Logistics Coordinator to join their team. The purpose of the role is to optimize the use of cold storage, shipping lines, and transport to ensure that the company’s budgetary requirements are met and continuously improved. This includes managing key relationships with packhouses, freight forwarders, shipping lines, and all other stakeholders outside of the company. This role will involve working very closely with the commercial department to understand their requirements.

Responsibilities

• Engage with cold store management (including delivering at the optimal cold store).
• Manage any ad hoc requests for cold storage.
• Maintain a good working relationship with cold stores.
• Recognize trends and stay ahead of the curve.
• Attend to free time queries.
• Forecast vessel and container requirements (short term).
• Have an overview of shipping delays in transit and in port (identify delays and raise with shipping line to resolve).
• Ensure best trans-shipment options are selected.
• Manage shipping line allocations per week, ensuring allocations are optimized.
• Track containers using clearing agent updates and shipping line tools to flag routing changes and delays.
• Maintain a good working relationship with shipping lines (be informed of any shortages of containers, services, etc.).
• Assist stock and logistics coordinators with any air freight or sea freight arrangements if needed.
• Maintain a good working relationship with all freight forwarders.
• Advise forwarders of planning (forecast).
• Arrange any long-distance haulage including rate negotiation.
• Assist stock and logistics coordinator with ad hoc transport.
• Compile weekly shipping summary for Monday’s operations meetings.
• Compile YTD volume per pallet comparison.
• Compile container tracking report and share with the commercial team.
• Measurement reports of key logistical KPIs - stock age, stock accuracy, ETAs, delays in port, etc.
• General reporting of industry figures.
• Assist Logistics Manager with cold storage, shipping & transport planning and solutions.
• Be on call and resolve any loading issues on a weekend duty basis.
• Send bookings to forwarders and loading instructions if the stock and logistics coordinator is unavailable.
• Assist with any ad hoc reporting as required.
• Report open items to the team at the end of each day.
• Stock reporting weekly and monthly.

• Relevant degree, preferably in supply chain or logistics management.
• At least five years work experience in logistics.