Company description
about us
fortune brands began its journey as a publicly traded company (nyse: fbhs or "fortune brands home & security, inc.") in 2011, as a successful spin-off from fortune brands, inc. Since then, we have grown organically and through acquisitions, and have delivered strong financial performance. We have also proven our resilience and execution excellence. We outperformed and expanded in our categories through the housing market recovery, and executed our strategies through global disruptions, while refining our portfolio for the future.
on december 14, 2022, we completed the separation of our cabinets business, enabling us to pursue our unique and exciting path for accelerating growth and productivity.
today, we are a new company: fortune brands innovations, inc. (nyse: fbin). We are focused on driving our brand, innovation and channel leadership, and winning in supercharged categories.
why work with us?
you will gain the flexibility to balance your life at every stage with total rewards that support your physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We also support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be authentic, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength
in fortune brands innovation, inc. We are seeking an experienced international transportation analyst you will be responsable for providing daily support to transportation operations with a focus on inbound ocean—network performance, freight costs, service optimization, and continuous improvement. This individual will use their business and logistics expertise to partner with cross-functional teams, as well as work independently, to identify additional value-added opportunities. This position reports to the dray manager in deerfield, il.
job description
* manage all the details of all inbound ocean container from booking to delivery to final destination.
* responsible for daily inbound ocean container operations
* collaborate with freight forwarder, ocean carrier and dray providers to solve daily operational issues.
* coordinate inland transportation, documentation and container tracking as needed.
* facilitate and proactively communicate the status of ocean container across the organization
* act as main point of contact for all inbound ocean container matters
* proactively report, research and, and quickly solve non-conformances and apply lessons learned to process improvement.
* work with transportation and distribution managers to ensure container on-time
* maintain container milestones and solve data discrepancies as needed.
* execute and keep internal sops up to date
* perform ad-hoc reporting as needed
* provide additional support within the transportation team as needed.
* work closely with operations teams to develop opportunities for continuous improvement
qualifications
* 5+ years' experience in the ocean-freight forwarding industry.
* bilingual in english and spanish.
* knowledge of the import/export industry from a mid to large size corporation.
* candidate must be knowledgeable in all aspects of freight forwarding.
* knowledge of the transportation industry including contract pricing, regulations, and general operations.
* ability to handle difficult or unexpected transportation situations and then propose and implement such solutions.
* candidate must be highly organized, detailed orientated and have the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
* must be self-motivated individual as well as strong player.
* must have excellent verbal and written communication and organization skills
* excellent proven excel skills. Able to handle functions as pivot tables, pivot charts and vlookup formulas.