Logistics Financial Specialist
About The Position
The Logistics Financial Specialist supports Seaboard Foods’ Supply Chain Operations, focusing on transportation and warehousing costs for domestic and export products. The role develops reporting and optimization tools, identifies opportunities to improve performance and efficiency while reducing costs, and coordinates solutions and change across departments. It also develops and rolls out processes to help the business achieve its overall goals and results. The role is based in an office environment with some field work. Work hours and days are determined by departmental needs and management discretion; after-hours work, weekends, and overnight travel may be requested.
Requirements
- Experience in Finance, Accounting, or a related field, including Statistics, Supply Chain, or Industrial Engineering.
- 1 to 2 years of experience working in a supply chain support area such as manufacturing, supply chain planning, procurement, or logistics.
- At least 1 year of work experience with reporting or data analytics software.
Nice To Haves
- Working knowledge of planning and scheduling systems, manufacturing and 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 spending data, and build reports for senior management on spending areas and amounts.
- Develop and implement optimization tools and processes to improve performance throughout the supply chain.
- Validate that absorbed freight rates in the AS400 for domestic and export shipments accurately reflect costs incurred.
- Support upgrades and maintenance of the domestic transportation management system.
- Audit contracted rates against billed rates from carriers and third-party warehouses, and identify variances.
- Validate, review, and update vendor documentation as necessary.
- Review invoicing processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement new processes as needed.
- Identify excessive spending that could be reduced and partner with business areas—including sales, transportation, plant operations, and scheduling—to develop plans balancing cost and service.
- Analyze spending data to identify opportunities to reduce the price of non-conformance, and partner with other functions to develop action plans that provide visibility and context to affected areas and drive improvement and reduced spending.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits upon hire.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid time off and company holidays.
- Wellness program.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee pork purchase program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
