Your Job
Koch Ag & Energy Solutions is seeking a Logistics and Planning Manager for the Koch Fertilizer logistics team!
Our Team
This role will report to a Koch Fertilizer Logistics Director and will be based in Wichita, KS, with a hybrid work environment (ability to work remote 2 days/week), includes travel 10 – 20% and being on-call.
What You Will Do
- Recruit, develop and lead a team of logistics employees to ensure the highest levels of capability and employee fulfillment
- Understand key business strategies and direct the truck, rail, and barge transportation activities to support sales initiatives and achieve state business targets while ensuring high level of customer service is maintained
- Collaborate with the sales team to drive increased revenue and profitability in key territories by improving delivery service performance.
- Tactical freight negotiation, equipment optimization between modes, collaborate to forecast and allocate resources, and ensure optimal asset utilization - Understanding of the logistical value chains and what sets price
- Ability to eliminate waste and identify and improve inefficiencies of internal and external procedures. Contribution to the implementation and transformation of transportation strategies and procedures and liaison between back-office entities, logistics, and customers for issue resolution.
- Ability to build and sustain positive relationships across the entire spectrum of the business, i.e. carriers, internal/external customers and terminals.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Commercial experience in scheduling for truck, rail, or barge (transportation/logistics or sales/marketing)
- Transportation industry knowledge and understanding of fundamentals of transportation modes
- Experience collaborating with internal and external partners
- Travel up to 20% of the time
What Will Put You Ahead
- Leadership and mentorship of direct reports
- Experience in commodity logistics or sales
- Previous experience using analytical or transportation management systems
This position is not eligible for sponsorship.
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Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.