Logistics Coordinator (Supply Chain)

Blue Bottle Coffee is a passionate and growing team of hundreds around the world, united by the simple purpose of connecting the world to delicious coffee. We roast across the globe, make delicious drinks, clean up after ourselves, bake cookies, get change at the bank, and say please and thank you. We’re an impossibly eclectic group of coffee experts, artists, writers, sensory scientists, bakers, designers, and all-around dreamers, who also happen to be some of the most hard-working and talented in the business. Join us.

• This is a remote-based position with a requirement for employees to be based in one of the following six metropolitan areas:

The San Francisco Bay Area

Los Angeles

San Diego

Boston

Chicago

DC

New York City

About The Job

Blue Bottle Coffee is looking for a skilled and motivated Logistics Coordinator to join our US Supply Chain team. This role reports to the Manager, Procurement within the Supply Chain organization and is responsible for managing the transportation of goods and supplies to support our Cafe, E-commerce, and CPG channels. The Logistics Coordinator ensures that goods are transported in an accurate, timely, and cost-effective manner between our warehouses, roasteries, and suppliers.

Our Supply Chain teams are actively engaged in supporting our business teams to successfully deliver to our guests day-in and day-out. This scope will include merchandise and supplies, with the goal of enabling product availability and smooth operations. This is a connective position and you will bring your collaboration capabilities to ensure successful work with both internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

The Supply Chain Group is a core piece of our Operations organization, driving local and global processes, key strategic initiatives, and building the Supply frameworks needed to deliver our strategic plans. It is focused on ensuring we have the right things, in the right place and at the right moment to help our teams succeed - and all while looking for continuous process and economic improvement and maintaining exceptionally high quality. This team provides a key operational heartbeat for Blue Bottle - come and help us make it even better.

You Will

• Process Sales Orders from external partners and ensure warehouse readiness for pickup
• Optimize shipment intervals, load size, and lead time to achieve the lowest ratio of cost/weight
• Organize meetings with suppliers to discuss issues affecting supply chain and remediation measures
• Review and approve shipping invoices, reflect landed cost on orders and work closely with the Procurement team to record system inventory
• On an ad hoc basis, issue POs, set up vendors in ERP system, and support order processing
• Partner with our international logistics colleagues based in Japan, Korea, Mainland China and Hong Kong to arrange the transfer of goods to and from Blue Bottle US facilities
• Oversee and arrange the movement of supplies, merchandise, and CPG products between third-party warehouses and Blue Bottle facilities on the US East and West Coast
• Support documentation for international parcel shipments requested by internal teams
• Be responsible for troubleshooting logistics issues and being a proactive problem solver
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities to minimize waste

You Are

• The consummate professional, always engaging in hospitality toward all team members and external partners
• Attentive to detail and consistent in driving tasks to completion
• An excellent organizer who continuously tweaks processes toward efficient ease of use

You Have

• Strong sense of urgency
• Experience with ERP systems (Netsuite, Coupa, BI Dashboards preferred)
• Experience using software such as Microsoft Office and Google docs
• 3+ years of experience in Logistics or a related Operations field
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Domestic and international import/export experience
• Track record of building strong relationships with colleagues and external partners

A Few Benefits We Offer

• This is an hourly non-exempt position with a minimum rate of $24/hr. This salary is a good-faith estimate for this position. The final salary offer will be determined after reviewing relevant factors, which include a candidate's qualifications and experience, where appropriate
• Health, dental, and vision for eligible employees on day one
• Paid Time Off
• Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
• Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise
• 401(k)

Physical Requirements

• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and writing documentation
• Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Environment: This role is protected within a building, but may be exposed to mild changes in temperature with heating or air conditioning
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Occasionally walking, climbing stairs and standing occur in this role
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication

This role requires travel up to 5%. Additional walking, stooping, sitting, and mobility may be required. Exposure to outside environmental elements may be experienced due to travel through airports, airplanes, and in between facilities

At Blue Bottle Coffee, you’ll be a vital part of our guests’ experience and a crucial link in delivering the most delicious coffee we can find to every person who walks through our doors, whether in person or online. If you’re ready to bring beautiful and thoughtfully rendered experiences to life, please apply and join us.

Blue Bottle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value an open mind, dedication to work, and a collaborative spirit. We hire based on these qualities, a job’s requirements, our business’s needs, and an applicant’s qualifications. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind—in the hiring process or in the workplace.

We comply with the ADA and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions.

We may refuse to hire relatives of present employees if doing so could result in actual or potential problems in supervision, security, safety, or morale, or if doing so could create conflicts of interest.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We participate in E-Verify. We will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. We will only use E-Verify once an employee has accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.