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!

Are you detail-oriented and passionate about logistics? As a Logistics Specialist, you'll collaborate with trucking partners and loading teams to ensure containers are accurately loaded, properly documented, and delivered to ports on schedule. Your expertise in shipment verification, system updates, and tracking container movements will be essential to keeping our supply chain running smoothly.

This job is primarily responsible for coordinating transportation and export logistics activities supporting agricultural commodities and hay export operations. Responsibilities include coordinating with trucking providers, scheduling shipments, verifying export documentation and bookings, and ensuring products are delivered accurately and on time from facilities to ports.

In this job, you will:

• Coordinate with trucking companies for on-time delivery to ports.
• Works closely with Loading Supervisor(s) to ensure shipments are loaded accurately, completed according to specifications, and dispatched on schedule.
• Verifying shipment information is accurate and bookings are valid at ports.
• Monitor container movements and verify receipt at the port under the appropriate booking and vessel assignment
• Input container information from truckers into applicable system, e.g. Business Central.
• Verify and print BOL’s and distribution to the loading crews.
• Confirm and verify stack information in 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 – One year experience in logistics, transportation, shipping, agricultural operations or related field.

Preferred – Experience in supporting agricultural commodity, hay or export logistics operations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Working knowledge and understanding of commodity 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.

The expected base pay range for this role is:

$23.00 - $27.00

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. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal links in English or Spanish are listed here. Also, 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.