About The Job
CrowdStrike protects people, processes, and technologies by redefining up-to-date security with an advanced AI-native platform. We are looking for a junior buyer with logistics and shipping experience to join our Global Business Services procurement team.
Key Responsibilities
- Logistics and Shipping
- Resolve shipment exceptions globally, including delays, customs holds, damages, lost packages, and delivery failures.
- Serve as the primary point of contact with carrier partners for bookings, service issues, and escalations.
- Manage customs clearance in partnership with carrier brokerage teams, including commercial invoices, HS codes, and duties or taxes queries.
- Ensure shipping documentation is accurate and compliant with import, export, and trade requirements.
- Partner cross-functionally with other departments to provide shipping guidance.
- Track shipment status, transit times, and freight costs, and flag recurring problems to your team lead.
- Book and coordinate air, ocean, and courier shipments with carriers and freight forwarders.
- Monitor carrier performance and support freight invoice audits and rate reviews.
- Compliance and Admin
- Route agreements to Legal, InfoSec, and other teams for review and follow up until complete.
- Follow all company procurement policies and approval limits and escalate anything unusual.
- Help Accounts Payable match invoices to Purchase Orders and resolve billing or payment questions.
- Pull basic reports on open Purchase Orders, shipment status,
freight spend, and transit times.
Requirements
Requirements
- 2-4 years of experience in logistics, freight, or supply chain with procurement exposure.
- Hands-on experience in logistics operations such as freight booking, shipment tracking, and carrier or forwarder coordination for air, ocean, and courier.
- Working knowledge of international shipping, Incoterms, and freight cost components.
- Basic awareness of customs and trade basics such as commercial invoices, HS codes, and duties or taxes.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Commerce, or similar, or equivalent practical experience.
- Comfortable using a procurement system such as Coupa, Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, Ariba, or Workday, and a ticketing tool like ServiceNow or Jira.
- Good Excel and Google Sheets skills including filters, VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and pivot tables.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working directly with carriers such as DHL, FedEx, UPS, or freight forwarders.
- Exposure to import or export documentation or customs brokerage.
- Experience with warehouse, inventory, third-party logistics, or reverse logistics processes.
- Familiarity with freight audit, rate negotiation, or transportation management systems.
Skills
Supply ChainLogistics OperationsProcurementExcelCoupa
Benefits
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
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