Logistics Specialist

Who we are:

Remember the last time you opened a bottle of cold beer after a hard day’s work or a refreshing nice-tasting bottle of soft drinks, or a bottle of our world-renowned fish sauce – a must-have in every household’s kitchen in Vietnam, well it was probably made by us.

O-I BJC Vietnam Glass Limited is a leading glass container manufacturer in Vietnam, which is jointly owned by Owens-Illinois Incorporation (O-I)- world largest glass containers manufacturer; Berli Jucker Public Co. Ltd (BJC) -Thailand’s leading commercial conglomerate; and Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Company (SABECO).

With one furnace and four production lines the company has an annual production capacity of nearly half a billion of returnable and one-way premium glass containers for Vietnam’s beer, soft drink, food, wine, spirits, and pharmaceutical products.

From engineering and manufacturing to brand development, design, and innovation, we provide unique solutions to exceed our customers’ expectations and fuel consumers’ desire for top quality, is proven to come first from glass before any other packaging choices.

Grow your career with us? Join our Life in O-I BJC Vietnam.

*Your role:

Logistics Specialist will be responsible for working with clients, international agents, shipping lines, forwarders, transporters, and warehouses to arrange all import/export shipments on time; for controlling transportation process, import/export process effectively and relevant documents exactly, systematically.

*Work location: Ba Ria Plant

*Key responsibilities:

Transportation and Delivery management

• Develop a strategic logistics plan to optimize logistics cost and transportation cost in line with company growth strategy.

• Develop plans to monitor and optimise transportation cost and exceed customer's expectation of service and delivery (OTIF).

• Execute logistics plan with outsourced transporters and warehouse team to ensure all delivery requirement to customers successfully and optimize cost from shipment/delivery combination.

• Keep tracking for all delivery and solve problem during transportation to customers.

• Manage, supervise, and evaluate transporter’s quality as well as feedback of transportation quality from customers and from other internal departments for continuous improvement.

Import-Export management

• Manage and monitor day to day Ocean/Air operating, Shipment tracing management.

• Work closely with forwarders to ensure all import / export shipments as schedule; review impact of logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or carriers and report results to others.

• Check Import/Export documentation procedures (D/O, contract, B/L, Invoice, Packing list, C/O, customs clearance …).

• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports or customer issues; liaise with local customs for import/export; import duty, refundable tax...

• Support continuous improvement initiatives and identify inefficiencies and cost optimisation opportunities.

• Doing customs audit: Yearly health check, CFY, HS controlling…

• Implement KPI report and weekly report/monthly reports.

Safety

• Adhere and comply with all safety and health procedures and regulations, and to inform the HSE team when there is an unsafe act, situation or practice being observed; to implement HUNs and Walk and Talk requirement together.

Others

Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by Logistics & Warehouse Manager.

Requirement:

• BA of Supply Chain Management, Economics / Business, Foreign Trade is required.

• Business/ Economic Finance & Accounting/Economic Commercial & Training

• At least 3 years in import/export/logistics experience in manufacturing or supply chain operations in multinational companies.

• Working knowledge and experience within a similar field

• Previous experience working with Customs brokers, forwarders, transport provider and international partners preferred.

• Familiarity with glass manufacturing process is an advantage.

• Interpersonal, analytical thinking skills

• Problem Solving & Decision-Making skills.

• Negotiation and Communication skills

• Excellent customer service skills.

• Excellent numerical skills, international documentation.

• Excellent communication (verbal & written) and organization skills.

• Fully conversant with Microsoft office (Especially Excel).

• Be a team player to be able to engage and harness existing resources.

It’s a great opportunity to join a friendly management team and grow your career from an expanding international company.