Capital Installation Specialist

Medline•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide logistical support to customers and sales team for capital expenditure deals including vendor management, quote preparation and implementation support.

Requirements

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.