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Toyota Tsusho America

North American logistics and supply-chain services

Logistics Specialist

Logistics & TransportationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFarmington Hills, MI, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An Associate's degree is preferred.
  • Six to nine years of experience is preferred.
  • Ability to orient, train, assign, and check the work of other administrative employees.

Responsibilities

  • Orchestrate international logistics operations by managing comprehensive documentation workflows for outbound shipments, cross-border transfers, and regulatory compliance, ensuring adherence to customs requirements and delivery timelines.
  • Direct procurement activities by strategically evaluating customer and affiliate demand, negotiating with suppliers, and issuing purchase orders that optimize cost, quality, and delivery performance.
  • Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with sales teams through proactive communication regarding inventory status, order fulfillment progress, and potential supply chain constraints that may impact customer commitments.
  • Execute performance monitoring protocols to track shipment accuracy, on-time delivery metrics, and service level agreements, implementing corrective actions when deviations occur.
  • Champion continuous improvement initiatives by identifying process inefficiencies, leading root cause analysis for operational challenges, and driving cross-functional projects that enhance supply chain effectiveness.
  • Ensure forecast accuracy and demand planning integrity by maintaining alignment between customer forecasts and actual orders, recognizing the impact on financial performance, working capital management, and supplier production planning.
  • Manage and avoid aged accounts receivable.
  • Work closely with the contract manufacturer to achieve capacity requirements and address supplier performance issues and concerns as soon as possible.
  • Make decisions regarding procurement of raw materials and inventory management to ensure continuous delivery of finished products to customers and avoid aged inventory.

About the Company

Toyota Tsusho America

North American logistics and supply-chain services

What Toyota Tsusho America does: It provides cross-border business services across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, focusing on supply-chain management, new manufacturing, logistics, and importing/exporting to help local economies. How its products work: The company delivers end-to-end business solutions through a network of supply-chain services, including sourcing, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, customs, and trade compliance, enabling customers to move goods efficiently from origin to destination. How it differs from competitors: It leverages a long-tenured North American footprint plus an integrated, multi-industry network backed by the broader Toyota Tsusho group, offering coordinated, end-to-end capabilities across manufacturing, logistics, and trade. What its goal is: To create a better future by solving today’s business issues for its clients and communities through practical, scalable solutions.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Georgetown, KY
Founded
1953

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