Sr. Logistics Operations Specialist

Lyondell Basell North America

• $80K — $95K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of relevant experience in the industry.
  • Strong understanding of technical skills related to the position.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive innovation in previous roles.
  • Experience fostering an inclusive workplace environment.
  • Proven track record of building partnerships that deliver results.

Responsibilities

  • Drive innovation within your team to enhance productivity.
  • Utilize technical skills to solve complex problems.
  • Grow team capabilities through mentoring and training.
  • Promote inclusion and diversity in all team activities.
  • Build and maintain effective partnerships across departments.
  • Deliver results against key performance indicators.
  • Continuously learn and adapt to new tools and strategies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
  • Paid time off for vacation and personal time.
  • Programs to celebrate and promote workplace diversity.
Full Job Description


Come Join an Inclusive Team

Supply Chain is a customer-focused Center of Excellence providing industry-leading service while delivering differential value to the business, today and into the future. We separate our Supply Chain functions into several areas; these include logistics, customer fulfillment, services, trade compliance, and support for business processes and systems.

As a member of our dynamic Supply Chain team, you will play a critical role in helping us supply our products to a global customer base. In this role, you will act as the subject matter expert (SME) and first-line resource for Level I and Level II Plant Logistics Operations Specialists (PLO). In addition, you will be responsible for performing accurate and timely delivery planning tasks to meet customer requirements. During a typical day, you will leverage your expertise to lead, mentor and support other team members while completing/overseeing key logistics functions such as goods receipt/issue of orders, coordinating transportation availability, performing logistics inventory management, and/or coordinating the reconciliation of process exceptions.

This position reports to the Plant Logistics Operations Specialist Supervisor and is located at our North American Headquarters in The Galleria, Houston. The position offers a competitive base salary, bonus, 401K matching, generous benefits package, pension plan, parking subsidy and employee discounts.

A Day in the Life

  • Provide expert guidance to Level I and II Plant Logistics Operations Specialists to resolve delivery planning or business related problems.
  • Manage the delivery planning process for intercompany and customer shipments for complex sites and/or multiple modes of transportation, including rail, bulk/tank truck, barge, or pipeline.
  • Act as the main point of contact for all delivery-related issues. Operate with a high degree of knowledge regarding transportation, manufacturing, and products. Able to act confidently to ensure business needs are met accurately and on time.
  • Confidently deliver and facilitate communication across customer service, manufacturing operations, and land transportation to provide answers to inquiries regarding equipment availability and transportation requirements. Proactively provide solutions to time-sensitive needs in a composed manner.
  • Communicate shipping schedules and details to plant/storage location personnel and business management as needed.
  • Proactively complete delivery planning tasks, execute accurate and timely system transactions of product movements.
  • Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the Enterprise system (SAP), extended system tools, and drive stakeholders/vendors and team members toward full utilization of these tools.
  • Champion and lead process improvements with a solution-oriented and Lean mindset. Identify existing gaps and/or issues; Lead and drive change implementation for extended system improvements or other customer fulfillment projects.
  • Act as a subject matter expert provide routine coverage for Level I, Level II and Senior PLO desks.
  • Lead Quarterly in person Manufacturing KPI review meetings with stakeholders.
  • Model LyondellBasell core competencies with internal and external customers.
  • Responsibilities will require periodic on-call support of business segment outside
    of regular business hours.


You Bring This Value

  • The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years' relevant, industry-related experience.
  • Able to work independently in SAP.
  • A Bachelor's degree is strongly preferred. Will consider candidates with a High School Diploma that have at least 8 years' relevant experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
  • Demonstrated strong problem solving abilities.
  • Knowledge and expertise in transportation tracking systems and understanding of the manufacturing/product process and multiple LYB sites.
  • Demonstratable change management and/or project leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor team members/ others.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Lean experience and/or willingness to train as team Lean lead
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience as a Level I or II Plant Logistics Operations Specialist (or equivalent) in the petrochemical industry.
  • Prior experience in the chemical, polymers, or petrochemical industry.
  • Must demonstrate effective communication skills, both oral and written.
  • Composed in time-sensitive situations, comfortable delivering difficult news.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with extended tools.
  • Comfortable manipulating and analyzing data.
  • Experience with ERP software such as SAP is strongly desired.


Competencies

Drive Innovation
Technical Skills
Grow Capabilities
Promote Inclusion
Motivational Fit
Build Partnerships
Deliver Results
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