The Senior Associate, Logistics position is responsible for coordinating the successful shipment of large assembled systems. This person will assign put away locations for inbound materials, help organize shipments into handling units, work with material handlers to move the materials as needed for proper staging, schedule trucks for shipment, and execute transactions in the ERP system to represent these activities. They will need to work closely with the planning, assembly, operations, and engineering teams to ensure orders flow without interruption.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate all system shipments by communicating with customers, transportation companies, and sales agents
- Assign put away locations for inbound materials,
- Organize shipments into handling units trackable with pallet IDs.
- Direct material handlers to move the materials as needed for proper staging
- Execute SAP transactions to confirm receiving, picking, and shipping.
- Prepare packing lists, bills of lading, and shipping documents
- Decide on transportation methods and companies
- Solve shipping/staging problems
- Prepare upcoming shipments for readiness with assembly
- Quote freight costs and shipping options for customers and sales agents
- Discuss and follow up on import options with customers and sales agents
- Send general shipping information updates to sales agents
- Work with suppliers and purchasing on deliveries
- Any other duties that may reasonably be assigned
Education and Experience Requirements
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) with 1-year related experience and/or training (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Knowledge of Word, Excel, SAP and Adobe
Preferred Skills and Abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
- Ability to write simple correspondence
- Ability to organize and maintain spreadsheets in Excel
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- Ability to work in SAP ERP system
Working Conditions and Physical Demands
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Travel Required
Minimal
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Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers.
Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met.
At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow.
We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics.
Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
