Excellence. Pride. Integrity. Compassion. Trust. Are you ready to plant your career in a place where words like these serve as the foundation for doing business every day? At Michigan Sugar, our purpose is Making Life Sweeter, and our mission is Creating Growth and Opportunity.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Shipping Coordinator at Michigan Sugar Company will report to the Logistics Manager and be primarily responsible for working directly with customer service representatives, dispatchers and customers to schedule times for pickup and delivery of sugar products and sugar beet co-products.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate’s degree in related field and/or 2 years of equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrate excellence in oral and written communication.
• Logistics background with customer service experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office software programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
• Excellent ability to multi-task and manage conflicting priorities.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate shipping of all finished products utilizing RAPID software.
• Review customer orders in RAPID and ensure inventories are on hand for scheduled shipments.
• Provide assistance to customers and drivers with product orders.
• Manage the site shipping schedule while effectively utilizing resources.
• Coordinate with Logistics Manager and P&W supervision to ensure there is sufficient manpower to complete all loading activities.
• Coordinate with the customer service representatives and loaders on cash/walk-in sales.
• Track and post daily factory production and package production data accurately on a daily basis.
• Support Logistics Manager by coordinating the shipping locations for customer loads, sub-locations transfers, holiday scheduling, receiving and returns.
• Support Logistics manager with all Mid-West Ag shipments of co-products.
• Support factory, sales, and inventory personnel while striving to create a positive working relationship.

NOTE: THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO DESCRIBE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK BEING PERFORMED BY STAFF ASSIGNED TO THIS POSITION. THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ALL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND SKILLS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED. ALL STAFF MAY BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM DUTIES OUTSIDE THEIR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS NEEDED.

Michigan Sugar Company offers competitive salary, opportunity for professional growth, and provides excellent medical insurance 100% company paid. A comprehensive benefits package includes: dental and life insurances, 401k match, paid holidays, vacation, sick leave and more. To learn more visit www.michigansugar.com.
Michigan Sugar Company was founded in 1906 when six smaller sugar companies merged their operations. In 2002, Michigan Sugar Company became a grower-owned cooperative and in 2004, it merged with Monitor Sugar Company to form the company that exists today.
Michigan Sugar Company is headquartered in Bay City and has sugarbeet processing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell and Sebewaing, Michigan. Its nearly 900 grower-owners plant and harvest up to 160,000 acres of sugarbeets each year in 20 Michigan counties, as well as Ontario, Canada. Those beets are sliced at the factories and turned into about 1.3 billion pounds of sugar annually.
That sugar is sold to industrial, commercial and retail customers under the Pioneer and Big Chief brands.
Michigan Sugar Company has 930 year-round employees and an additional 1,100 seasonal workers. It is the No. 1 employer in Huron County, the No. 2 employer in Bay and Sanilac counties and the No. 3 employer in Tuscola County. The company’s annual payroll is more than $65 million and its annual local economic impact is about $500 million.
Michigan Sugar Company is the third largest of nine sugarbeet processing companies in the United States and Michigan is one of 11 states where sugarbeets are grown in the country.
Michigan Sugar Company is an Equal Opportunity Employe