International Freight Specialist

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

DESCRIPTION:

Join our team at Thermo Fisher Scientific where you'll contribute to managing logistics operations for clinical trials, pharmaceutical products, and scientific equipment. As a Logistics Specialist I, you'll coordinate shipments, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain supply chain operations. You'll handle order processing, documentation, inventory management, and work with internal teams and external partners to deliver excellent service. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to our mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Key Responsibilities

Independently manage end-to-end import customs clearance and shipment operations.

Independently review and resolve customs clearance documentation and exceptions (held shipments, tariff classification disputes, incomplete documents). Define and apply judgment or escalating as needed when cases with no established SOPs.

Lead day-to-day coordination with the customs broker and 3PL providers independently

Build and maintain SOP documentation for customs clearance and shipment tracking

Support onboarding and coaching of junior team members

Handle complex, cross-division cases and determine when escalation to the Supervisor is required

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree required; experience required in logistics, warehousing, or supply chain operations

• Preferred Fields of Study: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or related field

• Professional certifications in logistics, trade compliance, or dangerous goods handling are advantageous

• Strong knowledge of shipping documentation, customs procedures, and international trade regulations

• Proficient in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, QAD) and Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel

• Advanced English language skills, both written and verbal; additional languages beneficial

• Detail-oriented with strong organizational and time management capabilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaborating with internal/external stakeholders

• Experience with GMP, GDP, and clinical trial regulations preferred

• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively

• Problem-solving skills and ability to work independently

• Knowledge of temperature-controlled shipping requirements and cold chain logistics

• Familiarity with dangerous goods transportation regulations

• Experience with quality management systems and SOPs

• Valid forklift certification beneficial

• Strong customer service orientation

• Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation

• Demonstrated analytical and process improvement capabilities