Job Description
Job Description
At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining an international food and beverage company? If so, our client is hiring a Logistics Support Summer 2026.
Position Type:
- Contract
- On-Site
Required:
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple work-streams in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfort working with spreadsheets, trackers, and basic reporting tools.
- Ability to communicate clearly with both internal teams and external partners.
- Experience with inventory, logistics, or operations support preferred.
- Problem-solving mindset with ability to escalate issues appropriately.
- Highly organized and responsive.
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity during peak seasonal demand.
- Able to work independently while collaborating across teams.
Responsibilities:
- Provides operational support for food summer program, with a primary focus on third-party co-packer coordination, inventory visibility, transportation tracking, and carrier claims management.
- Supports day-to-day execution to ensure consistent product flow, issue resolution, and on-time delivery during peak summer volume.
Key Responsibilities:
Co-packer Inventory Management:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party co-packer inventory tracking during the summer program.
- Maintain accurate visibility to inventory balances, production receipts, and available stock.
- Reconcile co-packer inventory against internal trackers and escalate discrepancies as needed.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and the co-packer to resolve inventory shortages, overages, or timing issues.
Inbound and Outbound Tracking:
- Track inbound raw materials and outbound finished goods from co-packer locations.
- Monitor shipment status and proactively identify delays or delivery risks.
- Communicate status updates and escalate issues to the appropriate internal teams for resolution.
- Manage system entry of shipment tracking information, including coordination with the internal broker and order closeout.
- Support basic logistics coordination and documentation as required.
UPS Claims Management:
- Manage the end-to-end UPS claims process for lost, damaged, or mis-billed shipments.
- Gather required documentation, submit claims, and track claims through resolution.
- Partner with UPS and internal teams to investigate discrepancies and secure credits when applicable.
- Maintain clear records and reporting of claims activity and outcomes.
Ad Hoc Operational Support:
- Support additional summer program operational tasks as needed (data pulls, trackers, reporting, process documentation).
- Assist with issue triage and follow-ups across inventory, transportation, or fulfillment.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues and improvement opportunities.