**What You Need To Know** Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity. As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more. At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY. **Overview** The Logistics Specialist will actively participate in a team that handles a variety of logistics functions, which include transportation planning and strategy, expediting, negotiating and coordinating the purchase of logistics/transportation needs for our product from origin warehouses for our suppliers and subsidiaries into our SGWS Destinations. The Logistics Specialist will work closely with the Logistics Manager to ensure critical KPI’s are being met. This role will be specialized to manage the domestic freight. This role is responsible for executing service trending analysis to drive continuous improvement initiatives with our freight partners. This role must also proactively identify, solve, and communicate import network changes and service disruptions to ensure timely execution of transportation. Through domestic market knowledge, the Logistics Specialist will be SGWS’s subject matter expert on domestic service initiatives, on-time performance, and help identify additional growth opportunities across the organization. Business competencies in intermodal, OTR, drayage management and customs clearance are required. **Primary Responsibilities** **Duties and Responsibilities** + This role is responsible for coordinating with suppliers, carriers, and TMS teams for the accuracy, availability, and order specifications to ensure that all goods and materials are delivered on site on time. + Assure that accurate logistic data elements are in place to assure freight is moving on-time. + Ability to prepare and analyze spreadsheets for upload to our transportation management system. + Makes transportation recommendations based on fluctuating/seasonal needs. + Evaluates/processes escalations and other issues as needed to work with the teams to resolve logistical issues by sharp problem solving and analytical skills. + Responsible for preparing and conducting QBR with assigned carriers. + Update and communicate requested ship date and delivery dates in TMS and SAP per SOP. + Review of open orders daily and backlog, update track and trace reporting for availability + Preparation of reports and presentation **Additional Primary Responsibilities** + Above Intermediate experience with and proficiency in MS Outlook, Excel, and Word, PowerPoint, and Access. + Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail and minimal supervision. + Familiar with Rate Structure and Invoice Processing. + Customer service experience with the ability to work across diverse organizations. + Excellent communication skills (verbal & written). + Team player, energetic, motivated. **Minimum Qualifications** + 3-5 years of Logistics Experience in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. + Demonstrate strong analytical skills with the ability to find creative solutions to problems. Functional knowledge of pivot tables and Excel functions + Experienced in Excel skills are required + Must completely understand Microsoft Excel and the other Office Suite software programs. + Candidate must possess knowledge of logistics and warehouse processes. + Knowledge of: + Drayage network + Over the Road Dispatching + Intermodal Transportation **Physical Demands** + Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine + Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping + May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs **EEO Statement** Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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. SGWS complies with all federal, state, and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges. LI-JL1 Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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.