Logistics Specialist

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! We hire right, train smart, empower our employees to make decisions, and provide ample opportunities for growth and ultimate success. Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. (ZHI) was founded in 1995 to establish a link between the United States and the Japanese livestock farmers who require top quality forage products for their livestock. The combination of our assets provides a growing organization that is celebrating over 25 years of strength and stability! Step into a high-energy logistics role, coordinating trucking, streamlining loading operations, and ensuring every container, booking, and document is precise and on time from start to finish. This job is primarily responsible for communicating and coordination with outside trucking operations from the facility to ports for accurate and on-time deliveries. In this job, you will: Actual responsibilities will vary depending on daily needs location(s) supported. Coordinate with trucking companies for on-time delivery to ports. Generate loading schedule and communicate with loading crews. Verifying booking information is accurate and bookings are valid at ports. Tracing containers to make sure they are received at port on correct booking number and vessel. Entering empty container numbers from truckers into applicable system, e.g. Business Central. Verification and printing BOL’s and distribution to the loading crews. Enter loading information and verifying stack information into applicable system, e.g. Business Central. Other duties as assigned. Here’s what you’ll need to be considered: Education Required –High school diploma or equivalent; or equivalent combination of education, training and working experience. Preferred – Associate’s Degree or equivalent. Experience Required – None Preferred – Truck dispatching with transportation and logistics background. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Working knowledge and understanding of transportation, preferably within trucking industry. Proficiency in computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization. Good phone etiquette skills. High attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paces work environment. Here’s additional information you need to know: Physical Demands & Requirements Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. The employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. The employee is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment. Environmental Conditions The work environment described here are meant to be representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. The physical environment requires the employee to work inside where there are limited extremes to heat and/or cold; moderate noise; a normal office environment. Travel, required within assigned region. The expected base pay range for this role is: $20.00 - $22.00 Actual pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including work location, job-related knowledge, skills and relevant experience for the job. Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time. Are you ready to make a meaningful career move & an impact at ZHI? Apply today! Known in our industry for stability and high ethics, Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. offers a stellar benefits package including: an outstanding 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions, medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life, & disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid leave (holidays, vacation, sick), wellness programs, recognition programs, community involvement opportunities, and much more! Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO is the Law links in English or Spanish. We are unable to legally hire anyone who is not eligible to work in the United States nor are we able to sponsor visas. The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this position. It should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job. All Third Party Agencies, Headhunters, and Recruiters Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. and its Subsidiaries only forms contracts with recruiters with whom we have an established relationship and with whom we have in place a signed contract. All contact from third parties must go through our Human Resources Department. Any contact made outside of our Human Resources Department by a third party will cancel any future business relationships between the third party and Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. and its Subsidiaries. PLEASE NOTE: For Health Plan Price Transparency Click Here. Click Here for the CCPA Notice. The HR staff at CGB Enterprises, Inc. delivers HR solutions to CGB Enterprises, Inc. and its Subsidiaries in addition to Zen-Noh Grain Corporation, Zen-Noh Hay, Inc. and Cooper Consolidated, LLC. 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