Logistics Administrator - Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.2 billion in 2023.

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

Job Summary - Transportation Logistics Administrator.  This role supports the Logistics Operations Group for agent order management, order status management, tracking/tracing of shipments. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Compliance review of carrier vendors to assure carriers meet Ameri-Co standards
• Receive and process of agent sales orders
• Resolve issues with agent orders
• Update shipments status for loading, in transit, and delivery
• Advise Logistics Account Managers of shipments out of plan
• Assist Account Managers with surge demand of orders
• Reporting of service statistics on carrier base
• Post open shipments for Account Managers on load-boards
• Enter EDI and manual purchase order shipments into Ameri-Co system
• Other duties as needed

OE/Lean

• Training in all OE components. Metrics of Voice of customer, Carrier utilization, and Customer profitability will be utilized. Utilization of lean tools to improve efficiency.

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education: High School Diploma/Equivalent  

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:  

• Skills in managing fast paced workload.
• Very comfortable with technology, computerized software, and Microsoft Office applications
• Multitasking
• Effective communication with variety of groups
• Able to prioritize demands
• Able to meet timelines to resolve and complete issued actions

Working Conditions: Office.

Team environment: Account Managers and Operations Department

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to have the ability to work in an office environment, using office equipment as needed, read, write, listen, speak, and understand English, follow instructions and other oral/written information, compose correspondence in a professional manner, complete paperwork and other documentation accurately, work independently and with others, communicate effectively with all individuals internal and external to the organization, analyze information/situations as needed, be organized and detail-oriented, be able to identify/judge the urgency of a situation, use judgment in decision making and use creativity and negotiation when necessary.

Work Hours: 7 am - 4pm MST.

Safety Training:  FMCSA regulations for motor carriers. Carrier Compliance