Location: Houston,TX, USA
Working at HELM offers more than just attractive benefits—it provides the opportunity to be part of one of the world's leading chemical marketing companies. We specialize in international marketing, managing global distribution, warehousing, logistics, and a range of additional services for our partners. With a presence in over 30 countries through our extensive network of subsidiaries and affiliates, HELM is truly a global leader in the industry.
Main Tasks and objectives
- Coordinate and execute daily logistical operations.
- Make necessary ERP transactional inputs for shipments, delivery, expected costs, invoice approval and document retention.
- Provide expertise internally and externally as needed along with market insight, pricing trends, and regulatory changes affecting commercial activities. - Maintain and audit processes used by HELM to meet or exceed existing requirements.
- Maintain and foster good business relationships and partnerships with relative logistics service providers.
- Responsible for adhering to and reporting quarterly spend for mode of transport.
- Identify solutions that will meet or exceed internal/external customer expectations with the intent to make HELM's logistical operations add value to our overall business.
- Issue and escalate non-conformances to logistics service providers.
- Key contributor in continuous improvement activities to drive operations and cost efficiency.
Individual Tasks
- Coordinate with supply chain on monthly barge schedule, communicate and adjust if any changes or delays.
- With Supply Chain, coordinate terminal operations for leased shore tanks, act as escalation party for all terminal issues and non-conformances with service provider.
- Nominations of barge, vessel, and surveyors. - Coordinate inbound barge movements to terminals.
- Monitor shore tank volumes to ensure adequate inventory for outbound obligations.
- Plan monthly import/export volumes and book/charter vessel space.
- Review and negotiate FOB barge/vessel nominations.
- Coordinate with forwarders on BOL and AES instructions for exports.
- Review and analyze demurrage claims and coordinate with SCC.
Qualifications & Knowledge:
- Bachelor's or master's degree preferred
- Strong background in bulk liquid marine and terminal operations.
- Strong knowledge of surveyor and inspection procedures.
- Experience with chemical products, markets, applications & industries (preferred).
- Experience and competency in communicating to multiple levels of executive management.
- Experience in managing time sensitive problems with cost effective solutions.
- Active communication and networking, team- & business-minded.
- Experience and interest in sustainability / marketing of bio-based products.
Required Tool Know How:
- Salesforce
- SAP (preferred)
- Microsoft Office Suites (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)