Logistics Specialist

Optimum Foods is growing! Join Us!

Optimum Foods is a social-entrepreneurial organization dedicated to helping solve America's child hunger crisis. We provide schools, food banks and other organizations with ready-to-eat shelf-stable meals for those they serve. Every day, tens of thousands of kids across the United States enjoy the meals that we provide. In other words, we help keep kids healthy and happy!

Job Overview

As a Logistics Specialist, you’ll be responsible for being a critical link in a robust supply chain to support excellent customer service while supporting key order-to-cash and procure-to-pay functions in our growing Operations Team. This is a full-time role based in our Plano, TX facility.

How you contribute to our success

• Support our sales team by managing end-to-end sales order execution for selected customer accounts
• Manage sales order dates, issuance of pick tickets, confirmation & tracking of shipments and invoice creation
• Help source cost effective delivery options for both inbound and outbound shipments
• Coordinate all inbound and outbound shipping with our 3rd party logistics providers
• Manage the scheduling of inbound and outbound delivery appointments
• Provide accurate and timely statuses for shipments ensuring our ERP system is updated with the latest dates and BOL/POD documents
• Process vendor bills for freight and collaborate with the Accounts Payable team to resolve discrepancies
• Collaborate with the Operations Team to identify/implement process improvements and cost savings in the transportation function
• Analyze historical demand & sales forecast data to generate a supply plan for specified products
• Manage continuous improvement initiatives related to the supply chain operations function
• Obtain purchase order confirmations and maintain accurate dates and statuses in our ERP system
• Maintain related master data in our ERP system

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Supply Chain or Logistics required
• Experience working in order management/ERP systems (Oracle-NetSuite) preferred
• Intermediate-level MS Excel proficiency (v-lookups, pivot tables, etc.)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with a continuous improvement, entrepreneurial, and customer-centric mindset
• Detail oriented and self-motivated