Logistics Specialist I

Sazerac Company•Jeffersontown, KY

3d•$26 - $40•Hybrid

About The Position

The Logistics Specialist I helps improve domestic and global logistics services across the company. The role prepares optimized loads by weight and route; supports on-time pickups, scheduling, and deliveries; helps eliminate out-of-stocks; maximizes load factors; minimizes freight and storage costs; and facilitates claims. The position works with domestic and global customers, facilities, and partners to help ensure raw materials and finished products are transported safely and efficiently while balancing cost and service levels and maintaining compliance with government regulations. The role supports customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, cost-saving projects that preserve quality, and the measurement and reporting of key performance indicators through dashboards and reports. It also uses the MyDevelopment system to facilitate feedback and performance processes between team members and managers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
Experience in process design, implementation, and improvement.
Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization.
Ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
Strong customer service aptitude and ability to work with all organizational levels, from field level to executive management.
Ability to work both as part of a team and self-directed.
Ability to quickly learn new systems and processes.
Strong analytical and technical skills.
Detail-oriented.
Strong planning and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

1–2 years of experience in distribution, warehousing, and/or transportation.
1 year of global supply chain experience.
Experience in the alcohol beverage industry or consumer packaged goods overall.

Responsibilities

Help improve domestic and global logistics services across the company.
Prepare optimized loads by weight and route.
Help achieve on-time pickups, scheduling, and deliveries.
Help eliminate out-of-stocks and maximize load factors.
Minimize freight and storage costs and facilitate claims.
Work with domestic and global customers, facilities, and partners.
Help ensure raw materials and finished products are transported safely and efficiently while balancing cost and service levels and maintaining compliance with government regulations.
Address customer requests and complaints as much as possible to the satisfaction of internal and external customers.
Contribute to ongoing incremental or breakthrough improvement of products, services, and processes, considering efficiency, effectiveness, and flexibility.
Use the MyDevelopment system to facilitate regular feedback sessions, overall grid ratings, and 360-degree feedback.
Support cost-saving projects that reduce business costs without reducing quality.
Measure key performance indicators across company disciplines and create systems to automatically extract or collect data for dashboards and reports.