Sr. Logisticsanalyst

Location

Remote, Monterrey, Nuevo León

BASIC FUNCTIONS

Lead and manage all aspects of inbound and outbound multimodal transportation from Asia, United States to Mexico and the rest of Latin America excluding Brazil.

Support and lead all cost optimization efforts, route efficiencies, cost monitoring and expediting process to support on time delivery for our more than 30 customers in 27 countries.

Supports our sales and marketing teams as a liaison to anticipate and support expediting needs recovery, works closely with Sourcing and Transportation Teams to improve cost while providing a stellar customer experience.

Works closely with Customer Service Teams, Manufacturing Sites to support recovery and supports Customer Interaction as well.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :

Works closely with our Customers in Mexico and Rest of Latin America, and with our Sales, Marketing, Trade Compliance, Warehousing, SOP, Customer Service Team to assure all open orders, claims, returns, free of charge samples are delivered on time.

Supports recovery efforts on past due, aged orders, etc.

Supervise the tracking and expediting of all international and domestic shipments via all modes of transportation

Works closely with Kohler plants in Mexico, US, China mainly to assure we have tailor-made solutions to continuously improve lead times, cut cost, and make our supply chain inbound and outbound and domestic distribution effective and aligned with Supply Chain, Warehousing and Customer Delivery Costs.

Administers the international and domestic transportation programs to properly support the sales, marketing, and supply chain groups of the Company.

Works with KBA International and US Domestic Transportation and Sourcing teams to analyze, design, optimize and create the most effective inbound and outbound routes for multimodal transportation to all our customers in more than 27 countries.

Partners with Import Export and Warehousing teams to achieve a LOTIF of more than 90% for our region

Works closely with Trade Compliance and Import-Export Teams on tariff mitigation, route optimizations to cut and avoid duties, tariffs, penalties.

Internal communication : For internal & partner use only.

Works closely with our logistics operators, such as Customs Brokers, inland and ocean freight suppliers, forwarders, etc.

Responsible for tracking and driving supply chain costs improvements.

Supports Supply Chain Leadership on execution of transportation sourcing, route optimization, tariff mitigations efforts

Organizational Relationships

Daily contact with the director and Supply Chain Manager for Latin America, and his staff.

Also, with KBA Supply Chain organization, and Asia Supply Chain Teams

Daily frequent contact with marketing, product marketing, sales and Customer Service organizations, including regular interaction with leadership teams across the Americas

Daily frequent contact with different subsidiary compliance associates

Frequent contact with Sourcing Team in America, Finance Teams, Manufacturing Plants

Occasional contact with Kohler Co.

Trade Compliance

External Business Relationships

Frequent contact with Kohler Co. and Subsidiary freight forwarders and Customs brokers

Regular contact with air, rail, express, and surface carriers Kohler Operations, Asia and US and Mexico Manufacturing Plants

CUSTOMERS in Mexico, and across Latin America, excluding Brazil

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, International or Global Business, or Business Administration or related field.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in import and export operations with a multiple product line importer.

Experience with Customs processes and systems, international freight routing analysis and successful management of

Customs broker relationships are required.

Experience with US Inbound import / export regulatory compliance, Customs import entry review, CTPAT, OEA, and other programs.

Sourcing experience to support bids, negotiations, Customs binding ruling process, trade program certification process, and import process auditing.

US Visa and Passport are a must

Professional demeanor and strong planning, organization, negotiation, analytical and computer skills are required.

Requires experience with Microsoft Office applications, SAP

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