Logistics Coordinator

At Coherent Scotland, we develop laser systems. Our systems are deployed in a wide variety of markets including renewable energy, microelectronics, fundamental research, life sciences and medicine. We aim to make a positive impact on everybody’s life by providing customers with lasers with superior reliability and performance. Coherent Scotland has grown strongly and consistently over the past ten years, even through times of global economic slowdown. We have a healthy product development pipeline which will enable this growth to continue in the future. This will generate many exciting opportunities for personal growth within the organisation in the years to come. We develop and manufacture many different lasers on-site as well as manufacturing lasers developed in other Coherent divisions.Coherent Scotland is based at the West of Scotland Science Park in Glasgow and is a subsidiary of Coherent Corp., a global leader in the manufacture of materials, networking equipment and laser products.

**Job Summary**

**Primary Duties & Responsibilities.**
- Coordinates and consolidates domestic and international systems to support shipments, predominantly via airfreight.
- Ensures lowest cost transportation by analyzing Company and customer needs, researching transportation methods and auditing carrier costs and performances.
- Interprets laws, rules and regulations regarding shipping and supports Import/Export Compliance with their regulatory requirements.
- Maintains logs and compiles information on routes, rates and services on various vendors.
- Ensures all traffic lanes are optimized and aligned with company strategies.
- Implements and evaluate cost savings initiatives.
- Contributes towards and helps to analyse key performance indicators for all international and domestic carriers.
- Analyses impact of proposed lane changes, shipment modes and product mixes.
- Conducts Oracle transactions in dispositioning material to be ready for shipment.
- Contributes towards compliance of the business as a Known Consignor.

**Education & Experience**
- Previous experience in a manufacturing environment working within shipping or similar.
- Strong organisational and communication skills at a cross-functional level across a wide variety of departments (Production, Planning, Quality, Engineering, Sales).
- High level of attention to detail.
- Industry knowledge of freight-forwarding and import/export procedures.
- Experience of Microsoft Office packages is essential.
- Solid administrative skills with the ability to deliver against tight deadlines.
- Able to work on your own initiative and self-motivated with a positive approach.

**Preferred Additional Skills**
- Experience in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Previous experience of Oracle and Oracle Transportation Management is highly desirable.

**Skills & Other Requirements**
- Demonstrated problem solving and work prioritisation skills.
- Ability to achieve results independently or working with others.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to communicate effectively with end-users, management, and staff.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities involving internal customer requests and demands.
- Ability to excel in a cross-organisational, cross cultural, global team environment.
- Handle special assignments promptly and professionally.
- Set a high standard of ethics, professionalism, and competency.

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company car
- Company pension
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Glasgow, G20 0XA

Reference ID: Logistics Coordinator