Logistics Planner
Posted on: 24 Oct 2021
Kingsport, TN
Job Description
Responsibilities
• Plan and execute shipment of raw materials and finished goods from shipping facilities to customer locations in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• Track and Trace shipments to ensure on-time error free delivery to customer locations effectively communicating exceptions to appropriate contacts.
• Support the operations by working closely with Carriers, Customer Service, and shipping facility personnel. This involves developing work procedures and streamlining work activities: identify, investigate and eliminate recurring problems.
• Handle operational issues that arise and escalates with Carriers and Supervision as necessary. Work with Materials handling to ensure efficient loading operations and carrier pick-up scheduling.
• Identify and execute cost savings opportunities.
• Provide expertise on functional and cross-functional teams, special projects, etc.; be knowledgeable of procedures and utilize knowledge to work directly with functional groups to obtain resolution.
• Identify, support or implement process design/modifications identified as result of audits, Lean, Six- Sigma or other initiatives.
• Improve transport planning effectiveness via development and/or enhancement of planning models, processes and tools. Share Best Practices with planning community.
• Lead or serve as Logistics Representative on cross functional teams or S&OP.
• Provide back-up for other Planning positions; actively participate in training and sharing knowledge with others.
• Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of key customers, suppliers, and products in area of responsibility.
• Proactively monitors carrier tender acceptance and routing guide usage identifying trends and service improvement opportunities. Provide feedback regarding carrier performance in meeting requested shipping dates.
• Provides in-depth analysis of delivery reliability data and monitors for on-going systemic issues.
• Identifies recurring service failures to key customers and escalates with Supply Chain Manager/Supervisor and Logistics Procurement Managers.
• Identify opportunities to improve cost and carriers service levels to meet customer demands.
• Develop delivery alternatives to meet customer delivery requirements (expedite, swap options).
• Drive resolution to urgent customer needs as well as responding to non-conformance /complaint resolution.
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in a related field required (Business, Supply Chain, International Business, Sales, Marketing, etc.)
• Strong Computer skills including Microsoft Office and familiarity with SAP R3.
• Excellent Communication & Interpersonal skills.
• Good organization skills.
• Proactive, creative and takes initiative.
Eastman Chemical
Kingsport, TN
Eastman Chemical Company operates as an advanced materials and specialty additives company worldwide. The company’s Additives & Functional Products segment offers specialty coalescent, specialty and commodity solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; hydrocarbon and rosin resins; insoluble sulfur and anti-degradant rubber additives; performance resins; amine derivative-based building blocks; heat transfer and aviation fluids; organic acid-based solutions; and metam-based soil fumigants, thiram and ziram based fungicides, and plant growth regulators. It serves the transportation, consumables, building and construction, animal nutrition, crop protection, energy, personal and home care, and other markets.
Its Advanced Materials segment provides co-polyesters, cellulose esters, polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheets, specialty PVB intermediates, and window and protective films, and aftermarket applied film products for value-added end uses in the transportation, consumables, building and construction, durable goods, and health and wellness markets. The company’s Chemical Intermediates segment offers Olefin and acetyl derivatives, ethylene, and commodity solvents; primary non-phthalate and phthalate plasticizers, and niche non- phthalate plasticizers; and methylamines and salts higher amines and solvents to the industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness, and agrochemicals.
Its Fibers segment provides cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, and acetic anhydride for use in filtration media primarily cigarette filters; natural and solution dyed acetate yarns for use in consumables, and health and wellness markets; and wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty and engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for transportation, industrial, agriculture and mining, aerospace, personal hygiene, and consumables markets. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.
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IndustryConsumers goods
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No. of Employees14, 500
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