Logistic Specialist (temporay from 01/2025 through 09/25) in Izegem, Belgium

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

This position is in Cargill’s food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Logistics Specialist will handle moderately complex supply chain activities required to bring commodity ingredients into contracted warehouses, vendors, plants or direct to customers. In this role, you will execute the commodity merchant supply strategy, collaborate with all other internal functional and department personnel, be responsible for administration of documentation and systems entry and ensure a timely and cost effective flow of commodities. This is a temporary role starting January 2025 until end September 2025.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide transportation and logistics solutions of finished goods from origin to destination.

• Execute logistics activities that support the execution of the supply chain, such as transportation capacity plans, management of third party warehouses, container administration and export & import declarations.

• Responsible for routine scheduling, transportation arrangement, stock inventory management and reporting of shipments in accordance with purchase and sales contracts.

• Execute against the logistics and supply chain strategy, resolve complex issues and provide recommendations to support improved and cost beneficial freight movements.

• Manage shipments against purchase and sales contracts, create internal and external purchase orders and invoices and perform data entry updates using enterprise resource planning systems, spreadsheets and databases.

• Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience

• Proficient in spreadsheet and word processing applications

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

• Dutch and English speaking

• Proficient in working with enterprise resource planning systems

• Working knowledge of international commercial terms

• Minimum of two years of related work experience

• Other minimum qualifications may apply

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of ingredient food safety, preferably in a manufacturing environment

• Knowledge of export declarations

Our Offer

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

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