Logistics Specialist

• Coordinate and ensure efficient execution of traffic, transportation, and logistics operations
• Ensure timely flow of materials and finished goods to and from the plant
• Support customer delivery requirements and optimize transportation costs
• Coordinate logistics service providers and ensure compliance with internal procedures, legal requirements, and domestic and international transportation and trade regulations
• Coordinate domestic and international shipments of raw materials, components, supplies, and finished goods
• Plan and assign transportation services according to production, customer, and supplier requirements
• Monitor pickups, shipments, and deliveries through final destination
• Coordinate operations with carriers, logistics providers, customs brokers, and other service providers
• Ensure timely transportation capacity according to shipping schedules
• Manage transportation disruptions, delays, rejections, claims, accidents, and other logistics incidents
• Communicate deviations that could impact supply continuity or customer deliveries
• Coordinate shipping priorities with Production, Warehouse, Planning, Customer Service, and other Supply Chain functions
• Monitor compliance with committed delivery dates and schedules
• Identify logistics risks and implement preventive and corrective actions
• Support urgent or extraordinary shipments while minimizing financial impact
• Evaluate carrier and logistics provider performance in cost, quality, safety, and service level
• Participate in transportation quotations and evaluate and select transportation alternatives
• Monitor transportation costs and identify optimization opportunities
• Review extraordinary charges, detention, demurrage, premium freight, and other cost deviations
• Validate transportation and logistics services before payment according to internal procedures
• Propose initiatives to reduce logistics costs without compromising customer service
• Prepare and monitor key performance indicators for traffic and logistics operations
• Analyze performance deviations and develop action plans
• Participate in continuous improvement projects related to transportation, material flow, and supply chain processes
• Identify opportunities for load consolidation, route optimization, and transportation utilization
• Maintain accurate information for performance reviews and management reports

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