**Job Description** **Associate Specialist – Export Operations** The Associate Specialist is responsible for managing logistics processes and activities while exporting raw materials and finished goods. This position collaborates with freight forwarders, the warehouse team, manufacturing plant planners, QA departments, USDA, and other regulatory officers. The role includes providing data to the Finance department for assigning transfer prices as necessary. The Associate Specialist will manage all countries supported by our company and select the most efficient freight forwarder based on cost and service to optimize returns. They will work with manufacturing plants to develop more cost-effective shipping methods, maintain export country shipping metrics, and handle the export of research samples. The Associate Specialist ensures accurate and validated documentation for the department and recommends process improvements to reduce costs or enhance efficiency within the department. **Major Activities and Responsibilities** Export Order Processing Communicate with internal International Affiliates and Third-Party customers to schedule shipments and address export concerns. Coordinate temperature-controlled shipments from start to finish, gathering all required export documents to accompany each shipment. Collaborate with markets to ensure they possess the necessary documentation for customs clearance. Communicate with manufacturing plants to fulfill market due dates or establish alternative arrangements to serve customers. Report export shipping metrics and update reports for products, customers, and items in transit. Export Process Improvement Analyze data to enhance practices and processes. Review exports to ensure the most efficient method is used for transferring international products. Miscellaneous export tasks These tasks may involve transfer pricing, shipping research samples, and facilitating transfers between countries. Maintain status, customer information, product specifications, and compliance databases. Enter data, monitor order status for adequate supply of products to fill orders as scheduled. Maintain compliance on export shipments as required internally, with US Government regulations, international laws, and destination country regulations. **Education & Skills** **Required Education & Experience:** + High school diploma and five (5)+ years of relevant work experience in logistics, supply chain, or a related field ORBachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics or related field with relevant internship or co-op experience. + Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office + Proficient in ERP systems including SAP, or comparable systems + Strong interpersonal skis, as well as very strong verbal and written communication skills **Desired Experience and Skills:** + 3-5 years experience in Global Transportation, International customer service, inventory management, warehousing + Experience in international logistics preferred + Ability to prioritize and strong organizational skills + Excellent analytical skills MSJR Current Employees apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:** Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. 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Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”. **San Francisco Residents Only:** We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance **Los Angeles Residents Only:** We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully** Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** No relocation **VISA Sponsorship:** No **Travel Requirements:** 10% **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Hybrid **Shift:** 1st - Day **Valid Driving License:** No **Hazardous Material(s):** n/a **Job Posting End Date:** 05/9/2025 ***A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.** **Requisition ID:** R346641