Logistics Technician

Job Description

Who we are!

Schwan’s Company, a . affiliate of the global lifestyle company CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading . manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels.

Its many popular brands include Red Baron, Tony’s, Big Daddy’s, Villa Prima and Freschetta pizza; Mrs. Smith’s and Edwards desserts;

and Pagoda Asian-style snacks. To learn more about Schwan’s, visit .

What we are looking for :

As a Logistics Technician, working out of either Bloomington, MN or Marshall, MN, you will be responsible for developing and executing the centralized freight management plan for the delivery of finished goods and raw materials based on freight classifications, delivery schedules, deadlines, and other requirements for multiple plants and business units within The Schwan Food Company.

What you will get from us :

• Opportunities for career growth with a well-established food company
• A culture focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its employees
• Support and mentorship from team members who are authentic, good-natured and highly skilled
• Competitive wages and a comprehensive package of benefits

Responsibilities :

• Analyzes transportation and distribution methods and procedures to develop the most economically advantageous, efficient, and carrier plan for delivering products based on freight rates, carrier, lanes, and delivery schedules.
• In addition to daily financial decisions must analyze logistics patterns, rates, carrier resources, and other factors to discover or create cost reducing or service enhancing opportunities and performs routine and ad hoc analysis of carrier loads rates and service.
• Communicates the cost impacts of the plans to management and work with business units to create an understanding of cost drivers and opportunities for improvement.
• Operates in both an intra- and inter-team environment where communication, cooperation, and teamwork are critical to success.
• Responsible for ensuring freight is delivered in both peak and non-peak periods.
• Primary contact for the freight service provider : distributes loads to freight providers, makes appointments for pickup and delivery locations as needed.
• Primary contract for the internal receiving and shipping points (Plants, Depots, and Distribution Centers) as well as external receiving and shipping points (Vendors and Public Refrigerated Warehouses).
• Works with internal and external customers to solve problems and address service issues.
• Ensures appropriate system functionality by understanding the data and system processes to maintain system and data integrity.
• Works to maintain system data continuity, accuracy, and standardization and participates in functionality testing of Transportation Management software modules during upgrades.
• Manages information in an advanced Transportation Management System (TMS) application and may share in guiding team activities through rotating leadership roles.

Qualifications :

• High School diploma or equivalent
• One to three years of related experience, ideally within transportation logistics, carrier management, or account management within transportation
• Must demonstrate the ability to succeed within a team framework applying concepts of problem resolution cooperation negotiation and group consensus.
• Must demonstrate intermediate skills in the operation of a personal computer in a Windows operating environment to include Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel Access) and Outlook.
• Intermediate proficiency in Excel including but not limited to the ability to create spreadsheets graphs and tables understand and modify existing tools create logical models for evaluating alternate scenarios.
• Must demonstrate intermediate proficiency in gathering, utilizing and interpreting data from multiple applications.
• Experience with Transportation Management software or other load building software preferred.
• Demonstrated basic project management skills.

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan’s Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin or other protected class.