Logistics Consultant CSC

Medline • Northfield, MN

15d

About The Position

Provide leadership and direction in coordination with local sales team and sales leadership to successfully achieve long- and short-term goals and targets and to gain efficiencies in logistical policies while working within established rules and guidelines. Oversee activities related to the offering of Service Centers and Service Center functions in collaboration with sales for strategic relationships.

Requirements

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field.
• At least 8 years of overall Sales experience to include Logistics consulting and/or Supply Chain experience in the healthcare industry.
• Experience negotiating contracts, prices, resolving service issues and/or reconciling differences.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and/or training staff.
• Demonstrated ability working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Ability to present and communicate at all levels of an organization.
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Ability communicating technical information to non-technical audiences (ex. research findings to customers).
• Position requires travel up to 50% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the customer relationships related to Consolidated Service Center (CSC) planning, operations, metrics, financials, challenges, etc.
• Develop and present 12+ month strategic and tactical operational plans and budgets for each CSC and/or related project/programs.
• Provide operational plan and cost analysis for CSC offerings and coordination with Sales, Operations, Transportation, Engineering, and Real Estate.
• Establish and implement realistic & attainable short- and long-range goals for each supported site, in conjunction with Medline Operations and Transportation teams along with the customer.
• Review financial performance for each service center program to ensure continuity of customers relationship and profitability of programs.
• Establish and enforce pricing strategies and contract negotiation parameters for the salesforce.
• Accountable for new CSC project execution through all phases (set-up, implementation, post-implementation).
• Ensure teams complete logistical due diligence for each project.
• Work collaboratively with Medline Operations and Transportation to successfully setup, train employees and successfully open the service center for operations.
• Oversee the technical sales support provided to the corporate sales team on development of SCO contracts, RFP development and sales presentation related to service center offerings.
• Lead efficiency and improvement initiatives of logistics support services like communication channels and project prioritization and management.
• Ensure the sharing of best-in-class policies, process and procedures are consistently implemented within all service centers.

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.

What This Job Offers

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