Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.
Overall Responsibilities
- Prioritize daily workflow according to company’s needs.
- Be proactive and work in advance of upcoming imports.
- Run reports to supply visibility to our divisions.
- Liaison between our factories and forwarders.
- Ensure accuracy of data into SAP and Trinium.
- Communicate with appropriate teams on any delivery concerns.
- Ensure our forwarders are following established SOPs.
- Perform all data entry for shipping document creation and carrier assignment.
- Document, update, and follow Standard Operating Procedures established to achieve high levels of quality services.
- Use different external web sites in order to effectively track shipments and update SAP in addition to generating paperwork if needed.
- Perform track and trace functions as well as exception management follow up.
- Develop knowledge using provider’s shipping systems such as but not limited to UPS, DHL, and FEDEX.
- Understand shipment documents in coordination with compliance.
- Establish and maintain effective communications with all production and support groups, including outside groups (transportation, custom brokers, customers and suppliers).
- Assist with foreign origin shipping exception cases: Container Utilization decisions, PO ship window and destination deviations.
- Troubleshoot and diagnose in-transit issues for the division assigned all ship modes.
- Resolve ocean and air transit time questions and issues as they arise.
- Run and update reports as needed within various applications.
- Push carriers for the best loading schedule & transit times
- Monitor & reason codes the dwell delays on the track & trace report
- Ability to use multiple tracking websites to acquire the best schedule options for suggestions to carriers
- Monitor containers from out-gate at destination to in-gate empty
- Leverage data analytics and data mining techniques to identify trends, anomalies, and improvement opportunities in logistics performance.
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Additional Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or a related field required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience (2-4 years)
- Experience in Import Supply Chain with an understanding of Import Compliance protocols is required
- Must demonstrate understanding of the supply chain and inventory management, including common obstacles and effective solutions
- Advanced data analysis and data visualization competencies preferred
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.
- Ability to perform data mining, predictive analysis, and reporting to support logistics decisions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (primarily Word and Excel)
- Knowledge of SAP systems preferred
- Flexibility to work overtime, adjusted hours, or occasional weekends
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