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St Cloud, Minnesota, United States

• Utilize various transportation provider software systems, to facilitate material movement planning and scheduling.• Prepare and update monthly logistics, schedule to assure deliveries to production locations. Coordinate product delivery schedules with customers.• Coordinate daily activity to track location and movement of inventory finished goods and raw materials via rail cars, barges, and trucks. Provide reports to internal and external customers as required.• Work closely with providers to assure efficient and effective execution of defined processes and goods transportation;• Re-route freight as needed to meet demands and minimize costs• Assist in the administration of supply agreements for rail, barge, and truck carriers.• Support the development, implementation, and execution of the Structured Management Process for Supply Chain critical process.• Provide project development support to multiple departments within the organization.• Ensure compliance with all state, federal, environmental, safety, and hazardous waste regulations.• Review inventory position daily and weekly against outstanding orders and sales forecasts and take action to expedite inbound shipments to meet customer demands;• Ensure that goods are shipped in the most timely and efficient manner according to documented processes, including planning the transportation route and payload, selecting the mode of transportation, tendering the order for transportation, and tracking the shipment from pick up through delivery all the while targeting cost reduction, freight savings, service and contractual requirements;• Assemble load fragments into consolidated loads thus balancing freight savings, service and contractual / legal requirements;• Communicate fulfillment status and / or issues within the Organization to points including Demand / Supply Planning, Logistics Management, Sales, and Customer Service.