Analyst, Transportation Logistics

Accountabilities:

• Continuously explore ways and identify opportunities to reduce freight costs
• Continuously plan, analyze, and optimize transportation network
• Build, plan, and route loads in TMS
• Manage appointment scheduling requirements relative to delivery plan to optimize highest levels of service at lowest landed cost
• Track execution of loads against relevant milestones to identify delays, risks in transit and keep relevant stakeholders informed with updates
• Proactively interact with carriers to ensure unimpeded transportation process to minimize delays of deliverables (i.e., actual arrival and departure times, PODs, etc.)
• Act as liaison between Customer Supply Chain, Fulfillment, and carriers

Key Metrics & Financial Targets:

• Carrier KPIs – on-time performance, tender acceptance, routing guide compliance
• COGS

Own:

• Execution of order lifecycle – planning to delivery
• Carrier selection in spot market workflow

Influence:

• Carrier network decisions based on performance, needs
• Able to advise as a transportation team SME for business

Critical Stakeholders and Relationships:

• Internal – Customer Supply Chain Planners, Fulfillment, Warehouses
• External – Partner carriers, TMS provider, distributors, copackers

Qualifications, Education, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or relevant field
• 2-3 years progressive experience in logistics, transportation, or warehouse operations
• Experience working with TMS platforms required

Skills Needed to be Successful:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail
• Problem solving, multi-tasking and prioritization, sense of urgency
• Attention to detail, excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem solving, multi-tasking and prioritization

What You Will Learn in this Role:

• Cross-functional collaboration with greater Logistics team, and impact to business
• Impact of carrier relationships and long-term partnerships

This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring on-site presence in the office at least four days per week to support collaboration and team engagement.

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