Analyst Transportation

The Hershey Company • Lower Swatara Township, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Transportation Analyst is a key part of the Transportation Operations team tasked with driving process & capability improvements across the transportation function. The position requires collaboration with internal stakeholders, manufacturing alliance partners, 3PL transportation planning provider, carrier & distribution partners to deliver & improve enterprise service & on-time delivery targets through project-based work, analytics & operations management.

Requirements

• BS degree in Business, Logistics/Supply Chain/Engineering or equivalent preferred
• 2-3 years experience in Logistics with a working knowledge in shipment planning, transportation, distribution and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Manage & provide guidance to facilitate issue resolutions related to HSY customer deliveries, pickups while resolving service issues with contracted carriers; issues may occur between 3PL, HSY, Plants, customers, Global Shared Services, HSY contracted Co-packers/ Co-manufacturers
• Generate, recommend and/or implement suggestions for continuous improvement & new capabilities, tools, or systems related to transportation function (e.g. efficient processing of orders, carrier selection, data flow, customer issue resolution, communication between 3PL Logistics Solution Provider and HSY, distribution operations, internal shipments, alliance partner, e-commerce).
• Transportation support for co-manufacturing projects that impact transportation service, trailers yards, warehouse / storage modifications, etc.
• Standardize ways of working with carriers, co-mans, co-packers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees