Sappi Hiring for Logistics Coordinator at South Portland, ME, United States Full Time

Career Opportunity

Sappi North America, headquartered in Boston, is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with more than 13,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 100 countries around the world.

We are a leading global provider of sustainable woodfiber products and solutions. The success of our four diversified businesses – high quality Coated Printing Papers, Specialised Cellulose, Release Papers and Specialty Packaging – is driven by strong customer relationships, best-in-class people and advantaged assets, products and services.

Our high quality Coated Printing Papers, including McCoy, Opus, Somerset and Flo, are the key platform for premium magazines, catalogs, books and high-end print advertising.

We are a leading manufacturer of Specialised Cellulose used in a wide range of products, including textile fibers and household goods, and one of the world’s leading suppliers of Release Papers with our Ultracast and Classics lines for the automotive, fashion and engineered films industries.

Our Specialty Packaging products, such as LusterPrint and LusterCote, represent an important asset in the food packaging and labelling industries.

Customers rely on Sappi for high technical, operational and market expertise; products and services delivered with consistently high quality and reliability;

and, state-of-the-art and cost-competitive assets and innovative spirit.

Position (job title) : Logistics Coordinator

Department : Logistics

Work Site : SSC South Portland

Summary : The position requires coordination and close working relationships with international logistics service providers, customs house brokers, customers as well as union employees within production facilities and distribution centers.

The overall objective of this position is to ensure the efficient and effective coordination of finished goods to customers and distribution centers while realizing cost savings and service improvements. Some travel is required.

Responsibilities :

• Coordinates import and export logistics activities via ocean, air and truck with multiple carriers from point of pick up to point of delivery
• Proactively monitor import and export shipments from booking through delivery by tracking, maintaining records, and providing problem resolution as needed
• Investigates problems, finds root causes, and develops solutions
• Assesses the effectiveness of current global logistics and / or transportation processes, determines improvements, and coordinates institutionalized change
• Provides analytical support for projects, new business opportunities, and proposals
• Responsible for assembling data, analyzing performance, identifying problems, and developing recommendations which support the management of global logistics and supply chain operations
• Ensure transport capacity for production facilities and / or distribution centers
• Monitors contract compliance of carriers and other global logistics service providers
• Develops standard operating procedures and performance standards
• Coordination and communication of global logistics issues between logistics service providers, Inside Sales, and Outside Sales
• Evaluate global logistics service providers and mill shipping performance on a continual basis to ensure adherence to performance standards
• Create and publish s on the performance of logistics

Minimum Education, Skills, and Knowledge Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Studies or equivalent job-related experience
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills; familiar with logistics and production planning concepts (e.g., just-in-time, materials requirement planning)
• Must be a self-starter who is able to work independently and possess the ability and desire to work effectively, with attention to detail, to meet the requirements of the position.
• Broad range of computer skills-database, spreadsheet, statistics applications, and logistics software packages and a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Understand transportation contracts and tariffs
• Ability to communicate findings, make recommendations, and facilitate change
• Comfortable working with individuals at all organizational levels
• Project management skills.

Salary is determined by a number of factors including the value of the job to the organization, market forces, internal equity and skills brought to the job.

HR Contact for Questions : Bethany M Kurlanska

Contact Information : 207-857-1008 , [email protected]

Sappi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.

In addition to federal law requirements, Sappi complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.