Export Logistics Specialist

Location: VIGNATE, IT, 20060- Req ID: 4905**Export Logistics Specialist**

**Job Summary**:
This position, reporting into the Logistics Leader, is within Vignate Logistics organization (Industrial Technologies & Services business unit) and operates within a team dedicated to inbound and outbound freight to serve all business in Vignate Campus (compressors new units and aftermarket).

This role will work within a team environment and be responsible for coordinating the daily flow of export and import goods to and from Ingersoll Rand’s distribution and manufacturing locations. The role will assist with controlling transportation expenses through ensuring proper handling and routing of Ingersoll Rand products. Responsibilities include visibility reporting, freight invoice validation, loading planning, order/booking management and implementing value-added export/import logistics initiatives.

This position provides value to the organization by eliminating commercial risks to ensure revenue recognition occurs within a forecasted month while also meeting multiple deadlines and requirements of the customer, factory, and credit department.

**Responsibilities**:
**1.** **Ensure all sales orders are shipped with the appropriate mode of shipment and export documentation filed with forwarders, steamship lines and that the electronic export information is filed as required for export compliance. **Understanding of Incoterms.**

**2.** Monitor shipment details to ensure on time delivery.
- **3**. Ensure that internal letter of credit guidelines are met while working with deadlines and requirements from the credit manager, factory and letter of credit expiry dates.
- **4.** Manage transportation providers for performance issues and rate negotiations and partner with transportation providers to find solutions for unique customer requirements.
- **5.** Analyze logistics data to provide year over year process improvements and meet productivity (cost reduction) goals.
- **6.** Manage for Daily Improvement (MDI) by completing daily pareto of misses and actively lead problem solving activities via 9-Step and A3 Strategic projects.

**7.** Interface with Freight Forwarders to ensure their service and performance levels are meeting service requirements.

**8.** Coordinate all transportation to ensure timely shipment releases, container pick up from ports to the Ingersoll Rand receiving and outbound to final customer.

**Key Competencies**:
Subject matter expert: brings deep knowledge and understanding of export practices and international shipping methods, service level and costs

Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Process Management: Ability to develop the processes necessary to execute effectively; knows how to organize people and activities; understand show to separate and combine tasks into efficient work flow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration where others can't see opportunities them; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.

Planning: Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results

Decision Quality: Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions.

Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Business Acumen: Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

**Qualifications**:
LI-MT1

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions