Global Logistics Specialist I

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred
• 3-5 years' experience in both Domestic and International Logistics and Trade Compliance
• Ability to multi-task in a face paced environment.
• Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio application proficiency.
• Excellent communications skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Six Sigma/ Lean training a plus
• MRP experience a plus (Oracle or SAP)
• Knowledge of and experience US import and export regulations
• Must be fluent in English, any other language is a plus

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Combined Health Insurance (Dental and Vision), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Employee Assistance Program, Employee Discount Program and more!

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for All!

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Why WWT?

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

Founded in 1990, World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. With more than $20 billion in annual revenue, WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for large public and private organizations. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.

With over 10,000 employees and more than 55 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 13 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all. With this culture at its foundation, WWT bridges the gap between business and technology to make a new world happen for its customers, partners and communities.

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What is the Logistics Team and why join?

WWT's Logistics and Supply Chain teams enable customers to meet specific challenges in product lead time, configuration, reducing delivery delays and shortening time-to-market for their products with supply chain solutions. With 3.4 million square feet across four facilities strategically located in St. Louis/ Southern Illinois Region. WWT can configure and ship more than 700,000 integrated systems a year around the world. WWT's focus is to simplify the process, becoming your single point of contact to design, build, test and deploy fully integrated IT systems on time.

Daily shipping execution (including but not limited to, load tendering, documentation preparation, track and trace and other daily logistical activities) related to both Domestic and International shipments originating from all WWT warehouse locations and other vendor and remote facilities. The position is also responsible for executing procedures related to export and import compliance consistent with accordance with global guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develops an in-depth understanding of the industry, including the key players and their success strategies.
• Develops an awareness of industry issues, including trends and challenges or concepts.
• Develops a broad understanding of industry products/services and their applications; distinguishes the pros, cons and implications of the options.
• Coaches others on how to utilize resources to maximize performance; modifies reports and tools in order to improve operational efficiency.
• Implements improvements that impact the quality of products, services and processes.
• Monitors and suggests methods for continuous improvement for the department; creates measures to check the accuracy of information for the team.
• Anticipates and recognizes bottlenecks in work processes between teams and makes suggestions for ongoing improvement.
• Leads implementation teams and ensures the successful execution of new ideas or approaches.
• Coordinates with team to define the measures of success for process improvements.
• Utilizes current tools and databases to organize, track and store information and devises plans for creation of new tools as needed.
• Shares information with other team members to ensure they have up-to-date knowledge of records management procedures and policies.
• Ensures that all office records are accurately entered in the records in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Conducts a deep review of data and issues to quickly reveal the root cause of problem.
• Recommends interim and long-term solutions to complex problems to ensure successful resolution.
• Executes solutions to complex problems; guides the analysis of a problem all the way to a successful resolution.
• Demonstrates ability to manage several tasks and meet deliverables with minimal error.
• Determines the relative impact and urgency of individual tasks.
• Appropriately makes difficult trade-offs on time and resources when faced with conflicting demands and high priority deadlines.
• Demonstrates compelling rationale while explaining ideas to gain support in order to resolve issues and effectively influence others.
• Offers alternatives and suggestions to address areas of differences in order to find a common ground.
• Considers the situation from the point of view of the other party to identify a common ground; calculates the costs and benefits of possible solutions and the implications of not reaching an agreement.
• Keeps current on laws, controls and regulatory requirements framework and structure.
• Adheres to legal and regulatory requirements (e.g., reporting mandates, compliance requirements).
• Builds advanced knowledge of internal and external market control environments.
• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of the company's financial and management accounting policies, procedures and systems.
• Develops a depth of knowledge of the accounting principles for one or more disciplines (e.g., GAAP, Cost Accounting, Tax Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing).
• Demonstrates understanding of regulatory requirements and financial accounting standards (e.g., IFRS, FASB, SEC).
• Coordinates bringing together different stakeholders with varied perspectives to develop solutions to issues, and contributes own suggestions.
• Thinks holistically to identify opportunities around policies/ processes to increase efficiency across organizational boundaries.
• Assists with a whole systems approach to analyzing issues by ensuring all components (structure, people, process, and technology) are identified and accounted for.