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Logistics Specialist
Logistics Specialist
Company Profile:
AJC is a world leader in frozen and refrigerated food products, marketing poultry, pork, meat, seafood, vegetables and fruits around the globe. Our products and customers are located across more than 140 countries on six continents. Our multicultural workforce represents over 34 nationalities speaking more than 23 languages. For more than 40 years, we have focused on one goal — making our clients more successful. To learn more about AJC, visit our website at www.ajcfood.com
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced professional to join our Operations team in our Atlanta office in the role of Logistics Specialist. The Logistics Specialist will initiate, manage, and control the movement of refrigerated loads while preparing, distributing, and maintaining all export documents for the Caribbean East region. The ideal candidate should have a working knowledge of export documentation and international freight forwarding and should be proactive, adaptable, and a creative problem solver. If you are interested in growing with a dynamic and energetic company- please apply!
Essential Responsibilities:
- Transportation bookings
- Update shipping rates and routes
- Cold storage tracking
- Ensure the on-time delivery of customer products
- Stay abreast of intermodal trends
- Update inventory, track product availability, and allocations
- Prepare and manage export documents
- Process proof of export
- Customer follow-up
- Provide data for claims when needed
Essential Skills:
- Result-oriented
- Excellent communicator
- Organized Ability to multi-task
- Attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize
- Sense of urgency
- Problem solver
- Personal ambition
- Customer-focused
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 2 - 4 years of export documentation and ocean transportation experience
- General knowledge of Incoterms and contract application
- Candidate must be familiar with various modes of transportation including rail, trucking, and ocean to ensure the timely arrival of the products in the most cost effective manner
- Previous refrigerated cargo experience is a plus
Language Requirements:
- Candidate is required to read, write, and, speak English fluently. Proficiency in another language is a plus.