Dry Van Logistics Coordinator

Louis Dreyfus Company • Upper Sandusky, OH

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About The Position

The Dry Van Logistics Coordinator schedules freight and services customers of liquid food and feed ingredients in North America, with a focus on products manufactured in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. The role coordinates dry-van transportation to achieve efficient, cost-effective, reliable, and high-quality service while meeting shipment schedules that support optimal inventory levels. It develops relationships with carriers and helps negotiate and manage freight contracts. The position also handles reporting, customer documents, and other customer-service needs.

The coordinator works with customers, carriers, sales, quality, food safety, laboratory, and operations teams. The role coordinates deliveries with little supervision, flags risks and concerns promptly, and prioritizes work to meet deadlines. It has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Associate degree in supply chain, industrial management, business, finance, or economics, or two years of experience in oilseeds, logistics, or supply chain management.
• Strong practical accounting, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and Office products.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to set and meet deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• The posting lists 5–8 years of work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience shipping liquid food-grade products or freight forwarding.
• Understanding of transport equipment for bulk shipments, such as isotanks, flexibags, and tank trailers.
• Understanding of Incoterms.

Responsibilities

• Generate load numbers for customer orders accurately and promptly.
• Schedule orders with carriers and maintain shipment schedules, including changes.
• Prepare and organize shipment paperwork.
• Handle ticket applications for multiple products, freight matching, and filing.
• Communicate professionally with customers to coordinate timely deliveries.
• Contribute to inventory management of company products held in warehouses, tanks, rail cars, containers, and other locations.
• Coordinate customer quality requirements and issues with the laboratory and operations teams.
• Assist with carrier setup and maintenance of carrier documents and certificates.
• Use multiple systems to maintain carrier and freight information and coordinate inbound and outbound logistics for multiple products.
• Develop and maintain relationships with carriers, forwarders, and warehousing providers as needed.
• Coordinate with the Quality and Food Safety team to support compliance with statutory and internal practices.
• Work with sales staff to provide competitive transportation rates for customer quotes and manage existing business lanes.
• Share information with the sales team to support pricing, freight-risk awareness, and assessment of customer performance concerns.
• Develop knowledge of company products, markets, product qualities, and transportation needs.
• Participate in group discussions to improve processes and business performance.
• Help negotiate and manage freight contracts with freight providers.
• Complete reporting tasks and communicate documents to customers.
• Coordinate delivery of sales with little supervision, promptly communicate concerns or risks, and prioritize workload to meet deadlines.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible spending account plans.
• Employee assistance program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Childbirth and parental leave.
• Fertility and family-building benefits.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Flexible work available, but not applicable to all roles.
• Career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree