Capital Installation Specialist

Medline • Chicago, IL

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About The Position

Provide logistical support to customers and sales team for capital expenditure deals including vendor management, quote preparation and implementation support. Job Responsibilities: Assess customer’s logistical requirements and match those to operational capacity. Anticipate changing needs and pitfalls of implementation. Analyze process and recommend changes to increase efficiency and drive process improvement. Manage vendor contracts and relationships including researching and interviewing new vendors, negotiating rates, and planning and monitoring installation from delivery to haul-away. Implement required logistics and vendor coordination for deals to meet customer needs, ensure timeliness of delivery and quality of product. Develop requested freight quotes including freight analysis of current and new business, analysis of processing costs for carrier selection, carrier rate increase analysis, negotiations etc. Plan, organize and execute logistics support activities such as onsite customer support for installation, maintenance planning, and issue management. Escalate complex issues as needed.

Requirements

• Education & Relevant Work Experience Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of logistics and operations experience OR high school diploma or equivalent and at least 3 years of logistics and operations experience.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Required travel up to 20% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, operations or business administration.
• Understanding and experience with SAP.
• Experience in logistics or vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Assess customer’s logistical requirements and match those to operational capacity.
• Anticipate changing needs and pitfalls of implementation.
• Analyze process and recommend changes to increase efficiency and drive process improvement.
• Manage vendor contracts and relationships including researching and interviewing new vendors, negotiating rates, and planning and monitoring installation from delivery to haul-away.
• Implement required logistics and vendor coordination for deals to meet customer needs, ensure timeliness of delivery and quality of product.
• Develop requested freight quotes including freight analysis of current and new business, analysis of processing costs for carrier selection, carrier rate increase analysis, negotiations etc.
• Plan, organize and execute logistics support activities such as onsite customer support for installation, maintenance planning, and issue management.
• Escalate complex issues as needed.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.
• We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees