Transportation Associate (2nd Shift)

 

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

 

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. 

 

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers. 
 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The responsibility of the Transportation Associate is to ensure operational success of freight orders by supporting the planning objective of building and maintaining mode-optimal and actionable load plans, ensuring load-level compliance, providing coverage oversight, performing risk management activities, and supporting cost and service targets. 

 

To support this objective the Transport Associate will be responsible for a one or multiple of areas of focus including initial load creation, appointment capture/recapture activities, meeting predefined constraints present within the Nestle physical logistics network, and collaborating with partners both internal and external to Nestle to identify solutions that maintain continuity in T-Hub operational excellence.

 

SHIFT HOURS ARE ROUGHLY: 2:30 pm EST to 11:00 pm EST.

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate with external providers, Nestlé value chain partners, and T-Hub colleagues to develop robust load plans, including ensuring utilization is optimized for freight order creation as opportunity permits.
• Coordinate with external providers, Nestlé value chain partners, and T-Hub colleagues to manage reschedule requests and escalate scheduling anomalies.
• Perform daily activities and complete demand requirements in accordance with timing and cutoff rules defined by T-Hub.
• Execute upon T-Hub strategies and the aligned strategies of partner E2E flows while balancing cost and service targets during daily issue resolution and risk mitigation activities.
• Provide event reporting data to facilitate stakeholder visibility, drive personal role accountability, and escalate issues as they relate to T-Hub success.

 

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 1 to 3 years of experience coordinating activities across multiple internal and external departments.
• A minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience with domestic Transportation modes and equipment.
• Bachelor’s Degree is not required but nice to have.
• Strong Knowledge of MS Office applications, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Must possess a clear understanding of the basic principles of both LTL and FTL operations.

 

SKILLS:

• Excellent problem solving skills: able to work under pressure while prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Organized and detail oriented.                                                           
• Prior experience working with both LTL and FTL providers.
• Must understand lane and mode transit times to assist in proper load building tasks. Must understand if load plan and mode selection will meet required customer delivery dates.
• Exhibit positive attitude regarding work and responsibilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively within te