Logistics Specialist

Company Description

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over 2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supported by a team of 99,500 dedicated professionals. With over 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Job Description

About the role

Provide technical, operational, administrative and governance support for terminal, outplant and logistics operations. Support daily transactional processes, inventory accuracy, system data integrity, operational performance monitoring and issue resolution. Coordinate logistics management activities across marine terminals, road transportation, warehousing and end-to-end supply chain operations. Support terminal and logistics operations involving chemicals, hazardous substances and bulk liquid products in accordance with regulatory, safety and operational requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate logistics activities across marine terminals, road transportation, warehousing and supply chain operations

• Support the safe and compliant handling, storage and movement of hazardous substances and bulk liquid products

• Create and administer purchase orders, validate and audit invoices against supporting documents

• Coordinate inventory control and cycle-counting activities, reconcile stock and investigate inventory discrepancies

• Perform shipment-related data entry and transactional processing, maintain operational and master data in SAP/ECC and related systems

• Maintain Control Tower dashboards, operational reporting tools and performance-monitoring processes

• Coordinate the planning, tracking and administration of operational audits and support supplier assessments

• Administer Quality Notifications and supplier claims, support investigations and Root Cause Investigation activities

• Support the implementation of new business activities and service changes

• Support incident response and crisis coordination activities

Qualifications

• Diploma or Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, Chemistry or a related discipline

Additional Information

• Relevant experience in logistics management involving marine terminals, road transportation, warehousing or supply chain operations

• Organized, detail-oriented and comfortable handling transactional and operational data

• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Communicate effectively with internal teams, suppliers, terminal operators and logistics service providers

• Working knowledge of SAP or SAP ECC, particularly for transactional processing, inventory adjustments or master data support

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications

• Ability to prepare dashboards, KPI reports and operational performance analyses

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling operational, commercial and financial information

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