Logistics Engineer

Company: IDC Logistics
Location: Lynwood
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Position Summary
The Logistics Engineer is responsible for providing the management team with data reports, new business and renewal pricing, marketing principles, and ad hoc business support requests.

Job Responsibilities
--- Manage the response to customer inquiries in Request for Information (RFI) or Request for Quote or Pricing (RFQ/RFP) proposals
--- Develop and implement pricing strategies for the company's products or services.
--- Perform analysis of data obtained from customers to create pricing pro forma, floor plans and value stream maps
--- Develops pricing strategies, identify target markets and track market trends
--- Manage pro forma projects to meet customer deadlines and overall business development sales objectives
--- Establish pricing for new, and existing customer, and provide rate recommendations to top management
--- Coordinate and facilitate meetings with cross functional teams (Operations, IT, customer service and Safety) to review value stream map and pricing pro forma
--- Create rate proposals for customers and document pricing assumptions,
--- Review new accounts after 60 - 90 days, and suggest changes to contracted rates based on changes to original assumptions.
--- Coordinate with the credit department to facilitate credit checks on potential and existing customers; monitor the credit history of existing customers
--- Work with General Counsel on the drafting and delivery of final contracts to management and customers
--- Create floor plans
--- Create process flows
--- Communicate new customer acquisitions to various departments
--- Perform time studies, confirm, and document productivity assumptions used in the analysis of business models for internal and external customers
--- Perform other tasks and ad hoc requests that may be assigned
--- Customer facing tasks (present solutions and explain models)
--- Re-engineering of solutions to support operations and maximize company profit
--- Collaborate directly with various internal and external stakeholders to conduct end to end process assessments
--- Analyze processes to identify re-engineering opportunities which will create efficiencies and/or enhance controls
--- Identify opportunities to leverage intelligent automation solutions to increase process efficiency and reduce risk
--- Effectively plan and coordinate implementing process changes enabling teams to realize efficiencies or control enhancements
--- Create highly effective presentation materials to communicate status updates to executive management

Minimum Required Qualifications
--- Bachelor's degree in related field is required.
--- Three to five years warehouse/logistics pricing experience
--- Experience managing RFI/RFP responses
--- Experience engaging directly with customers on various project assignments
--- Strong verbal and written communication skills
--- Strong analytical and project management skills
--- Highly motivated and able to complete tasks with limited management supervision.

Essential Job Functions
--- To perform this job successfully, an individual must have proficient knowledge Microsoft Office products including Office, Outlook, and Excel.
--- Leadership and Mentoring Skills
--- Ability to supervise and direct the work of project teams
--- Strong problem-solving abilities
--- Ability to perform well with time-sensitive tasks
--- Capability to perform under pressure

Travel
--- Ability to drive long distances and/or travel overnight as required.

iDC Logistics Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, disability, sexual and gender orientation, genetic information or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of the company's employment practices including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.

This job description is intended to set forth the core functions required for this position and describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this position. -It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job. -Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as necessary. -The Company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of the Company's business, competitive considerations or the work environment changes.

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