Logistics Specialist

Job Title: Freight Broker

Department: Logistics

Location: Mohali

Shift: Night Shift

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary:

As a Freight Broker, you will be responsible for facilitating the transportation of goods between shippers and carriers. Your role will involve managing logistics, building relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely deliveries. This is an entry-level position ideal for individuals looking to start their careers in logistics and supply chain management.

Key Responsibilities:

Build Relationships:

Develop and maintain relationships with shippers and carriers to understand their needs and preferences.

Load Matching:

Identify and match available loads with appropriate carriers, considering factors such as capacity, routes, and pricing.

Negotiation:

Negotiate rates and terms with carriers to ensure competitive pricing while maintaining profit margins.

Documentation:

Prepare and manage necessary shipping documents, including bills of lading and contracts.

Track Shipments:

Monitor shipments throughout the transportation process to ensure timely delivery and address any issues that arise.

Customer Service:

Provide excellent customer service by communicating with shippers and carriers, addressing inquiries, and resolving disputes.

Market Research:

Stay informed about market trends, competitor activity, and industry regulations to enhance operational effectiveness.

Database Management:

Maintain accurate records in freight brokerage software and databases.

Requirements:

 Bachelor’s degree preferred.

 Proven Experience with OTR, Drayage.

 Proven experience (6+ months) as a Freight Broker, in logistics, or a similar role.

 Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

 Self-motivated, results-driven, and able to work independently.

 Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Enterprise Minds, with core focus on engineering products, automation and intelligence, partners customers on the trajectory towards increasing outcomes, relevance, and growth.

Harnessing the power of Data and the forces that define AI, Machine Learning and Data Science, we believe in institutionalizing go-to-market models and not just explore possibilities.

We believe in a customer-centric ethic without and people-centric paradigm within. With a strong sense of community, ownership, and collaboration our people work in a spirit of co-creation, co-innovation, and co-development to engineer next-generation software products with the help of accelerators.

Through Communities we connect and attract talent that shares skills and expertise. Through Innovation Labs and global design studios we deliver creative solutions.
We create vertical isolated pods which has narrow but deep focus. We also create horizontal pods to collaborate and deliver sustainable outcomes.

We follow Agile methodologies to fail fast and deliver scalable and modular solutions. We constantly self-asses and realign to work with each customer in the most impactful manner.

Pre-requisites for the Role

1. Job ID                        -EMSM0120
2. Primary skill            : Sourcing Manager & Procurement
3. Secondary skill        : ERP System (ideally Oracle and/or SAP S/4HANA)

                                      Focus in Operations, Supply Chain, or related experience

1. Years of Experience : 1-8 Years
2. Location                    : Hyderabad (WFO)
3. Position                   1

NP- Immediate-15 days

Job Description:

Senior Sourcing Manager:

• 8+ years directly applicable Supply Chain experience
• Possess a working knowledge of manufacturing principles, particularly in the technology industry
• Working knowledge of Quality Principles, Continuous Improvement and Process Implementation (DMAIC, Lean Mfg, Kaizen)
• Experience with contract management, project management, and supplier relationship management
• Proven experience with detailed data analysis leading to strategic sourcing recommendations and decisions.
• Strategic Sourcing skills: SOW Development, Request for Quote/Proposal/Information, Total Cost of Ownership analysis and Supplier Relationship Management
• Experience with negotiating supplier agreements and knowledge of Terms & Conditions
• Self-starter with the ability to adapt, improve processes, and find solutions.
• Must have excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills including the ability to influence all levels of internal stakeholders.
• Experience in an R&D setting with highly technical products and and ability to engage /manage a complex engineering-centric effort from concept to delivery
• Required: M/S Office and Major ERP System (ideally Oracle and/or SAP S/4HANA), including Web-Based Supplier Interface
• Preferred: Experience with cloud P2P applications such as Coupa and/or SAP Ariba and/or Icertis Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• Bachelor’s Degree with focus in Operations, Supply Chain, or related experience
• Ability to travel up to 40%

Systems Access Needed

• Tableau
• Oracle/SAP (required)
• Ariba/Coupa (preferred)
• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform experience (preferred)
• Agile PLM

Time Zone

• TBD; likely IST w/ partial EST crossover

Reporting To

• TBD; likely Duluth Procurement

Current Open Req Number

• N/A

• Developing and communicating shipment schedules.
• Liaising with vendors and carrier services to coordinate logistics and timelines.
• Assisting customers and resolving shipment issues and complaints.
• Preparing and maintaining shipment paperwork, records, and digital databases.
• Collect shipping data from various websites/documents and enter in the database system.
• Create spreadsheets with extracted data without mistakes.
• Verify / Analyze data by comparing it to source documents, update existing data
• Performing additional duties as needed.
• Prepare daily reports/summaries and send it to Managers / TLs / Clients etc.
• Good typing/communication skills.

Position: Supervisor - Logistics

Location: Bangalore (Jakkanahalli Cross, T Begur, Nh-4, Nelamangala)

Payroll: Randstad

Candidate Profile

• 2 to 5 years of Experience.

• Excellent communication skills with good Knowledge of Kannada & English. Knowledge of Tamil, Telugu and Hindi will be added advantage.

• Candidate should be from Logistics background with sound understanding of local and interstate Transportation.

• Open to Travel to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, AP, Telanga and Kerala for collection of material.

• Well versed with documentation involved in domestic transportation.

• Understanding of Warehouse operations (Collection, Unloading, Packing, Loading, Dispatch).

• Skills required – problem solving, negotiation

• Computer Knowledge is must

Job description

• Manage contract vehicles and hire vehicles from market for day to day operations.

• Co-ordinate with corporate Logistics team, Customer and collection team for timely execution of orders.

• Responsible for timely packaging and movement of material.

• Meeting with clients/site visit to understand the requirements.

• Prepare route plan as per business requirement.

• Resolve day to day operational challenges.

• SOP Implementation and adherence.

• Maintain and share reports.

About the Role:

Order & Inventory Management Lead (OML) supports and enables the delivery and execution of the Sales order for ConvaTec India along with financial credit / debit note and product evaluation sample management for our distributors.

This is an incredibly diverse and challenging role that will require a diverse and practiced knowledge of an ERP system along with very good skills in excel.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Order Management

• Capturing sales order entry in SAP, check for special pricing & approval validity, save documents in drive, create output, share with customer

• Check for payment receipt via bank statement/ mails, messages

• Order release from finance and tracking of pending orders

• Create delivery order and share with the warehouse team

• Review dispatch details, follow up with customers for logistics partner

• Backorder management and apt stock allocation

• Samples for product evaluation order entry in SAP

• Tracking sample shipment to sales team

• Expiry stock management data MIS

Inventory Management

• Support stock queries from sales team

• Communicate pending order status to sales team/ customers

Credit & Debit Note Management

• Coordinate with the external claims processing vendor and internal stakeholders

Others

• MIS - pending orders in system region wise

• Product evaluation sample processed monthly reports

Language Skills Required

• Speaking: English

• Writing/Reading: English

Education/Experience/Qualifications:

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required with preferred focus in supply chain order management or a related discipline

• Minimum of 5 years of experience related to supply chain or similar functions

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills

• Willing to work to tight deadlines

• Demonstrated track record of taking the initiative

• Executive presence and ability to influence stakeholders

• Excellent analytical skills

Desired and required:

• Working knowledge banking operations

• Strong and wide understanding of Excel & Report writing

• Computer literate including good understanding of any ERP system, preferably SAP

• Bachelor’s degree in technology related field

• Minimum of 1 + years Major ERP system experience

• Functional / technical proficiency in designing, configuring and implementing in ERP System

• Strong understanding of order management, billing, and ERP master data

• Strong verbal and written communication ·

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, critical thinking and innovation

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

• Must be detailed-oriented.

• Ability to develop repeatable development processes with supporting documentation.

• Corrugated Industry Experience