Job Application for Fulfillment Operations Specialist at Farmer's Business Network, Inc.

Company Overview

Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN®) is a pioneering digital marketplace and farmer-to-farmer network dedicated to empowering family farmers globally while promoting sustainable agriculture. With over 117,000 members, FBN's Farmers First® promise unites growers and ranchers in their quest to maximize profitability and increase food production. FBN leverages data, AI and direct-to-farm delivery to simplify the agricultural supply chain, boosting convenience and transparency, reducing farm input costs, enhancing access to financing and services, and providing personalized farm insights. Its Gradable® joint-venture helps thousands of farmers adopt and earn rewards for regenerative practices while simplifying the access of regenerative products for the world’s leading food companies and grain buyers.

Position Summary (Onsite role)

This is accountable for driving the expansion of our logistics capabilities both in our systems and processes. They are comfortable learning best practices, identifying gaps in the current state, developing an execution plan, and driving the change management and implementation of a new technology or process.

This individual will also physically support the Primary Fulfillment Center and remotely support Logistics Centers within their region. The primary function of this position will be to coordinate work flows starting at inbound, progressing throughout the warehouse, and finishing in Outbound.

Responsibilities

Inbound/Outbound Planning:

Create tools and use analytics to help bridge visibility gaps in inbound/outbound volume flows across the ship sites using SQL, Tableau, Excel, and/or Google Suite.
Plan and confirm inbound and outbound appointments throughout the region with a strong understanding of our TMS and dock scheduling tools.
Document and partner with external carriers and internal teams around discrepancies such as early or late arrivals to improve on time metrics.

Daily Operations:

Support regional and site level leadership with day of plans, escalations, and project tracking.
Support daily cycle count support through virtual setup of counts in WMS each day.
Track, verify, communicate, and escalate gaps between the established plans and actual execution per site.
Identify “at risk” customer orders and escalate to impacted teams to mitigate risks including Transportation, Supply Chain Execution, and Customer Experience
Support and create WMS functionality for intercompany transfer orders (ICTO and TOs) to position product throughout the network.

Continuous Improvement and Project Management:

Lead and execute the documentation of current-state and future-state business process requirements including data flows, configurations, and reporting needs.
Define, coordinate, project manage operational improvements across each geography balancing trade offs between time to implement and the sophistication of the solution (e.g., using MVPs).
Develop exception reporting to highlight key risk areas and provide visibility on KPIs to the organization.
Identify opportunities to increase automation, simplify, and standardize fulfillment processes.

Team Contribution:

Be a cross-functional team player, partnering with deployment, warehousing, customer experience, and transportation teams.
Act as a thought leader, identifying opportunities to enhance supply chain operations through innovation and collaboration.
Evening and weekend work, and/or additional hours as necessary during the spring agricultural peak season.

Minimum Qualifications

4 year degree in Operations Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or 4+ years of experience in a similar role and function within a Warehouse setting
Minimum of 4 years of experience in project management, product management or hands-on strategic roles involving technology in operations
Strong data analysis and coding skills including experience in SQL, Redshift, and/or Python or strong experience in data organizing platforms such as Excel & Google Sheets
Data minded individual with an ability to create clean visualization of data analytics through strong experience in Tableau, Data Studios or other user facing platforms
Proficiency in using WMS/TMS/ERP systems is mandatory. Advanced problem-solving, time management, and organizational skills are critical. Familiarity with transportation modes, including LTL, truckload, and intermodal, is required.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships across functions and with external partners.
Willingness to travel up to 5-10% as required, including potential international travel.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of 2 years or more of relevant shipping/receiving/admin experience
Lean, APICS, or Six Sigma Certified
Inventory control experience
Forklift experience
Solutions oriented, high attention to detail, problem solving with a focus on technology
Ability to work well under pressure and adapt to rapidly changing demands in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing tasks effectively to meet deadlines.

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The following represents FBN's reasonable estimate of the US national average base salary range for this role based on market data and placement of internal employees: $78,0000-$90,000. This salary range may vary based on geography and the higher cost of labor in some metropolitan areas.

Beyond Base Pay, FBN also offers all full-time/permanent employees competitive total compensation packages that include equity compensation (dependent upon job level), incentive/bonus plans (dependent upon position), paid holidays plus an additional floating holiday, work flexibility including paid time off and remote work if your role is eligible, parental leave, benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, wellbeing, short & long term disability, life insurance, 401k, HSA employer contributions, and more.

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