Logistics Specialist I

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, BuzzBallz, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

The Logistics Specialist I is responsible for helping to improve logistics services domestically and globally across the company, preparing optimized loads by weight and route, achieving on time pickups, scheduling, on-time deliveries, eliminating out of stocks, maximizing load factors, minimizing freight and storage costs and facilitating claims.  This position works with all domestic and global customers, facilities and partners.  Assisting to ensure raw materials and finished products are transported safely and efficiently, balancing the costs and service levels and maintaining compliance with all government regulations. 

What You'll Do

• Exceeding expectations across all customer segments, including external and internal customers. Needs in all areas are supported, and requests and complaints are addressed as much as possible to the satisfaction of all customers.
• An ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. All are evaluated in the light of their efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility.
• Utilize the MyDevelopment system to help facilitate regular feedback sessions between team member and manager, overall grid rating for each team member, 360 degree feedback program. 
• Support cost saving projects that will drive costs out of the business without resulting in a reduction in quality.
• Measure Key Performance Indicators for all company disciplines and create a system that will automatically extract and/or collect data for each indicator that will be displayed in Dashboards and Reports

Required

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in process design, implementation and improvement
• Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Strong customer service aptitude, ability to work with all levels of the organization from field level to executive management
• Demonstrate the ability to work as a team as well as self-directed
• Ability to quickly learn new systems/processes
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Detail oriented
• Strong planning and organizational skills

Preferred

• 1-2 years experience in distribution, warehousing, and/or transportation
• 1 year global supply chain experience
• Experience in alcohol beverage industry or cpg overall

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Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees here.

The hourly range for this role is $26.40 - $39.60. Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

What’s Next:

After you apply, a recruiter will review your application and reach out to qualified candidates. Selected candidates will follow our interview process, which may include a phone screen, hiring manager interview, and panel interviews with business leaders. There may be additional steps or assessments throughout the process dependent on the position. Applicants who are not selected to move through the process, at any stage, will be notified via email.