Logistics Financial Specialist

Seaboard Corporation•Merriam, KS

19h•Onsite

About The Position

We have an exciting Logistics Financial Specialist opportunity in our Merriam, KS office. In this highly impactful role, the Logistics Financial Specialist role is to support the needs of Supply Chain Operations at Seaboard Foods, specifically around transportation and warehousing costs for domestic and export product. Areas of responsibility include the development of tools/reports for use by the business areas as well as to identify areas of opportunity to drive improved performance and efficiency while reducing costs. This role will create and implement solutions while coordinating with multiple departments throughout the organization to drive change. The Logistics Financial Specialist will develop and roll-out optimization tools and processes for the business to ensure that the overall goals & results are achieved.

Requirements

Experience in Finance/Accounting or a related field which includes Statistics, Supply Chain or Industrial Engineering.
1 to 2 years’ experience working within a supply chain support area (manufacturing, supply chain planning, procurement, or logistics).
At least a 1 year of working experience with reporting or data analytic software.

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of planning and scheduling systems, manufacturing & shipping processes, inventory management, transportation management systems and continuous improvement.
Experience in protein or food manufacturing.
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, or Engineering.

Responsibilities

Extract and evaluate transportation and warehousing spend data; build reporting that will be provided to senior management on the area of spend and amount.
Develop and implement optimization tools and processes to drive improvement throughout the entire supply chain.
Validate that absorbed freight rates within the AS400 for both domestic and export shipments accurately represent costs being incurred.
Provide support to upgrade/maintain our domestic transportation management system.
Audit contracted rates vs billed rates from carriers and 3rd party warehouses and identify variances.
Validate, review and update vendor documentation as necessary.
Review current invoicing processes, look for opportunities for improvement, and implement new processes as necessary.
Identify areas of excessive spending that could be reduced; partner with business areas (sales, transportation, plant operations, scheduling, etc.) to put plans in place to reach common goals that balance cost and service.
Identify and analyze spend data to highlight where we have an opportunity to reduce the price of non-conformance; partner with various functions to develop action plans around bringing visibility and context that should be shared with the area most impacted to drive improvement and reduced spend.