Rail Operations Professional
About The Position
Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well. This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.Job Purpose and ImpactThe Rail Operations Professional will help coordinate inbound and outbound rail operations, including plant switching, diversions, waybilling, and tracking cars to ensure sufficient supply. In this role, you will execute tasks and resolve more complex issues for standard modes of transport during shipments within the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum of two years of logistic work experience.
- Intermediate to advanced intermediate MS Excel skills including but not limited to pivot tables, lookups, formulas, and basic automation
Responsibilities
- Independently collect and organize fleet related information from internal and external systems functional areas and maintain computer data to track and document movement.
- Continuously improve systems and processes to meets the organization's needs through efficient transportation of materials.
- Coordinate with Production Scheduling, Inventory Planning, Plants, Railroads, and other entities to manage the efficient and cost-effective utilization of the rail fleet.
- Monitor activities such as receiving, locating and dispatching, sourcing, and optimizing railcar levels.
- Independently solve moderately complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
