Transportation Account Specialist (Barge)
Transportation Account Specialist (Barge)
Job Details
Division: Nucor Logistics Group
Location: Cincinnati, OH, United States
Other Available Locations: N/A
About Us:
DJJ, a division of Nucor Corporation, is seeking applicants for our Transportation Account Specialist position within our Nucor Logistics Group. DJJ is a world leader in scrap metal recycling, trading, and transportation. We have relationships with scrap metal businesses around the world. Founded in 1885, we pride ourselves on our dedication to safety, and the principles of integrity and respect. We’re recognized as a good community citizen who is trustworthy, financially strong, and environmentally proactive. Our parent company Nucor Corporation is a Fortune 100 company, known for being North America’s leader in designing, manufacturing, and recycling steel and steel products with a history of long-term sustainability and stability. Fortune Magazine recently ranked Nucor No. 1 on their list of the World’s Most Admired Companies in our industry. The key to Nucor’s success is that we care about the safety and well-being of our teammates and customers, the health and protection of our environment, and the relationships we establish in the communities where we live and work. At the heart of every Nucor division are the dedicated people who make up our team. We are seeking a creative, motivated, and dedicated teammate to join our DJJ team. We offer you a challenging and rewarding work environment where you can contribute to the success of over 30,000 Nucor teammates.
Benefits:
SOME OF THE BEST BENEFITS IN THE BUSINESS
Medical and dental are just the beginning. We value our teammates and offer benefits packages that also include:
- Bonus program
- Profit sharing
- Retirement savings
- Vacation and holiday pay
- Scholarship and tuition reimbursement
- Unlimited growth potential
- Hybrid work schedule
We strive to avoid implementing layoffs or furloughing our teammates. We strongly believe that a Nucor teammate who does their job properly today, should feel confident that they will have a job tomorrow. For more information on our benefits go to Nucor.com/benefits.
Basic Job Functions:
- Negotiates pricing of barge transportation services to maximize business and profit opportunities.
- Develop, maintain, and expand business relationships with Nucor divisions, carriers, stevedores, and other transportation accounts.
- Identify customer issues and recommend process resolutions.
- Measure, analyze and develop reports which provide KPI information, trend analysis, and identification of business issues that need to be addressed.
- Interface with Nucor Operating Divisions, providing rate and market information on transportation matters, as well as technical support.
- Focus on mitigating Nucor's supply chain risk and maximizing profitability.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to develop trust with teammates, customers and vendors.
- Driven to be proactive and take action; results oriented.
- Exceptional customer service.
- Ability to analyze, problem solve and think strategically.
- Strong values and quickly establishes credibility; deliver on commitments.
- Take ownership; drives change and challenges status quo.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum of 2-4 years of experience in the transportation industry, customer relations or quality improvement related to logistics.
- Experience trading commodities or in the steel/scrap metal industry.
- Working knowledge of dispatch, transportation management and logistics solutions, and strong problem-solving skills.
Nucor is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer – M/F/Disabled/Vets – and a drug – free workplace