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The Logistics Specialist supports pre/post logistics functions for particular Ship Via categories as assigned; including but not limited to scheduling pickup of product, coordinating with customers, outbound dock scheduling, reporting of performance and metrics, and exception management.

Your Impact

• Capable of managing daily, weekly, and monthly schedules for a Ship Via within Shipping SAP in conjunction with other tools.
• Manages paperwork development that serves as primary documentation for loading functions.
• Ability to process orders for assigned Ship Via's for all domestic, international and special shipments.
• Works with the Shipping Supervisor and Team Leader to facilitate schedule and level load planning.
• Works with Team Leaders through various shipping processes to facilitate schedule conflict resolution.
• Works with logistics team to facilitate proper shipping documentation.
• Communicates directly with customers to confirm order shipments as required by the assigned Ship Via.
• Reports daily to various departments.
• Works directly with customers, sales, and outside logistics groups to resolve shipping conflicts.
• Follows required safety and work procedures.
• Maintains a clean and orderly work area to 5S Standards.
• Implement all aspects of Grain & Protein Technologies Lean and Quality Management systems.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Previous Shipping / Receiving / Supply Chain experience preferred
• Intermediate to Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Solid math skills
• Ability to read, write
• Strong aptitude with computers and various systems, multi-line phones, email communication
• Aptitude with Microsoft Office and the like.
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers, managers and across departments.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Your Compensation and Benefits

• Expected total compensation for this role will be $15.90 to $8.94 per hour depending upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.
• Up to 5% potential variable incentive program.
• Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.

Your Workplace

You will be working onsite in role based in Taylorville, IL.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works with and near large machinery and equipment daily. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is exposed to a variety of extreme conditions including temperatures ranging from 40°F to 105°F.

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or craw and frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands or arms. The employee must be able to stand for up to twelve hours per day. The employee must continuously lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee must wear personal protective equipment (i.e. eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, gloves, sleeves, etc.)

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Grain & Protein Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.Grain & Protein Technologies is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of reliable, durable, and innovative equipment solutions for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production. Generating $1 1 billion in annual revenue, the Company serves farmers and agribusiness managers in over 100 countries and currently operates 19 manufacturing facilities across 5 continents, employing more than 3600 people.

The Company goes to market with its strong portfolio of industry leading brands - GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, and Euroemme. With its Company Purpose of "Feeding the World Better", Grain & Protein Technologies emphasizes advancing smart technologies and offering innovative technical solutions to make farmers and agribusiness managers more productive and profitable in a sustainable way.

The Inventory Specialist supports inventory control functions to ensure inventory accuracy by working with the team to develop corrective actions to eliminate inventory discrepancies.

Your Impact

• Perform cycle counts as outlined in the cycle count program.
• Validate inventory adjustments.
• Analyze data from both production areas and the warehouse processes.
• Assist in root cause analysis to reduce inventory accuracy issues.
• Work with production to ensure that transactions are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Continuously monitor inventory to prevent erroneous transactions and other discrepancies.
• Ensure company policy is being followed regarding inventory reporting for scrap, obsolescence, and loss.
• Monitor warehouse movements and inventory for accuracy.
• Follow required safety and work procedures.
• Maintain a clean and orderly work area to 5S Standards.
• Implement all aspects of GPT's Lean and Quality Management systems.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3 years of inventory or production control experience is desired.
• Requires the ability to drive a forklift. Prior experience is desired. Must pass forklift certification.
• Solid math skills
• Ability to read, write.
• Strong aptitude with Microsoft and various operating systems, email communication.
• Ability to communicate effectively with peers, managers and across departments.
• Strong analytical ability.
• Detailed oriented.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

• Expected total compensation for this role will be $15.90 to $8.94 per hour depending upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.
• Up to 5% potential variable incentive program.
• Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.

You will be working onsite in role based in Taylorville, IL.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee works with and near large machinery and equipment daily. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is exposed to a variety of extreme conditions including temperatures ranging from 40°F to 105°F.

The physical demands here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or craw and frequently required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands or arms. The employee must be able to stand for up to twelve hours per day. The employee must continuously lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee must wear personal protective equipment (i.e. eye protection, hearing protection, safety shoes, gloves, sleeves, etc.)

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Grain & Protein Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.Grain & Protein Technologies is a leading global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of reliable, durable, and innovative equipment solutions for grain, seed, poultry, egg, and swine production. Generating $1 1 billion in annual revenue, the Company serves farmers and agribusiness managers in over 100 countries and currently operates 19 manufacturing facilities across 5 continents, employing more than 3600 people.

The Company goes to market with its strong portfolio of industry leading brands - GSI, Cumberland, AP, Tecno, Cimbria, Aerotech, Reventa, and Euroemme. With its Company Purpose of "Feeding the World Better", Grain & Protein Technologies emphasizes advancing smart technologies and offering innovative technical solutions to make farmers and agribusiness managers more productive and profitable in a sustainable way.

The North America team is seeking a Sales Support Specialist (Rotational role) for ourAssumption, IL facility. The ideal candidate will provide the knowledge and experience necessary to build exceptional Customer Experience team members. This knowledge will be gained through firsthand experience with GSI's internal processes and equipment quoting. The candidate will rotate through the different GSI Customer Experience teams over the course of 18 months to gain the knowledge required. Final team assignment to come at the end of the term or at the Manager's discretion.

Your Impact

• Quoting Team:
  • This phase will focus on pre-sales activities and topics regarding equipment applications, facility design, and quotations. Will gain experience and knowledge about GSI's core equipment offering.
• Customer Service Team:
  • This phase will focus on order processing activities performed by the Customer Service Team. Will gain experience with GSI's order entry process, draft order creation, scheduling, and backorder processing.
• Post Sales Team:
  • This phase will focus on activities performed by the Post Sales Team. Will gain experience with processing no charge orders and addressing issues experienced by our customers.
• SIOP Production Planning:
  • This phase will focus on how GSI plans the production capacity in our factories. Will be introduced to demand planning and forecasting by attending planning meetings.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• B.S Degree in Business, Engineering, or Agriculture is preferred but not required
• Strong interpersonal skills, can approach people proactively
• Able to quickly adapt to a fast changing environment
• Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Customer focused
• Self-driven, accountable, and trustworthy

Your Compensation and Benefits

Expected annual salary for this role will be $55,000 - $65,000, plus a 7% bonus target. This is dependent upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.

Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, flexible and virtual work options (where available), 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.

Your Workplace and Travel

You will be working an onsite (potential to become hybrid) role based in Assumption, IL.

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join us as we bring agriculture into the future and apply now!

Grain & Protein Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.Grain & Protein Technologies designs, manufactures, and markets grain and seed storage equipment as well as feeding, ventilation, and control systems for worldwide protein production, principally poultry, swine, and egg.

The Company is the largest manufacturer of grain and seed processing and storage equipment in North America and is among market leaders in South America. Grain & Protein Technologies is also one of largest global providers of protein production equipment for swine and poultry producers. Solutions that the Company provides are mission critical to agribusinesses seeking to maximize quality, yields, and value of their products.

Grain & Protein Technologies markets its agricultural equipment primarily under its GSI, AP, Cumberland, Tecno, and Cimbria brands in more than 100 countries through a network of over 1,000 independent dealers.