Logistics Analyst

Graphic Packaging Careers•Sandy Springs, GA

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Graphic Packaging International, we produce paperboard and paper-based packaging for recognized brands of food, beverage, foodservice, household, personal care and pet products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company is one of the largest manufacturers in its industry. With over 25,000 employees in more than 130 locations worldwide, Graphic Packaging International is committed to environmental responsibility, workplace diversity, and offers competitive compensation and benefits. The primary mission of the Logistics Analyst is to ensure the timely delivery of products using the corporate Transportation Management System (TMS) for carrier selection based on cost, service, and capacity. This role focuses on facility shipment execution across multiple modes (LTL, Truckload, Rail, Intermodal) to ensure sufficient transportation capacity for on-time customer delivery. The ideal candidate will manage their book of business by building relationships with customers, carriers, and facilities, ensuring operational excellence and timely resolution of transportation challenges to support domestic goods distribution.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics. Equivalent experience considered
3-5 years as a Transportation Specialist/Planner utilizing a TMS (MercuryGate preferred) to manage shipments and transportation operations or logistics experience
Stable organizational skills, detail-oriented, and interpersonal skills
Strong written & verbal communication skills
Must be able to prioritize workload and deliver to timelines
Ability to define problems, to collect data, to establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Microsoft Excel Intermediate - Advanced
Possess intellectual curiosity and initiative
Must be creative, resourceful, organized & able to work well independently & as part of a team. Hold self accountability to executing on organizational goals
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced operational environment and handle multiple tasks
Ability to collaborate and communicate with all levels of employees and management.
Ability to use technology to solve business problems

Nice To Haves

Intermediate - Advanced MS PowerPoint, and Visio skills, MS Excel skills
Analytical skills and Experience with BI / BW or similar reporting tools
Paper manufacturing industry experience and systems (SAP preferred)
DAT Experience
Market Trends

Responsibilities

Transportation Liaison between plants, carriers and customers. Daily focus will be on shipment execution ensuring shipments pick up and deliver to plan. Managing ~30,000- 35,000+ shipments annually. The team supports regions and shippers across the Supply Chain network and is tasked with ensuring on-time pickup and delivery of freight
Individual would need to have the ability to be able to execute based on production and planning , quickly adapting to changes to solid operational flow
First line of defense in understanding network trends, delays, dwells and other exceptions that impact GPI’s ability to deliver a world class transportation product that serves its customers on time. Utilizing KPIs, reviewing on a lane by lane basis performance and working with procurement to adjust route guides as necessary to reduce spot exposure
Daily Leads Shipment Plan Execution for assigned facilities: Coordinate recovery of shipments, Coverage of shipments, track shipments, and ensure timely delivery and pickup
In the case of disruptions, the Operations team is responsible for addressing the disruption, keeping all stakeholders informed and ensuring timely resolution of the issue
Management of trailer pools, ensuring ample equipment availability at time of production and timely turn of equipment to meet customers on time expectations
Respond to customer complaints and notify customers of shipment delays. Positive mentality to resolute transportation issues for the best customer experience. Deliver follow through on the resolutions to ensure the information is delivered. Providing real time customer experience by working in a fast paced operating environment
will be able to understand the process and requirements/be able to analyze data and notice trends and be able to drive Customer Experience without compromising on time
Weekly escalate BU operational issues to Supervisor: such as mode changes (permanent or short term?), GPI location short lead times. Be prepared to discuss operation items that GPI needs for them to improve on, what they are performing well, etc.
Carrier route guide management: holding carriers accountable to accepting their awarded volume
Solicit, negotiate, and award spot quoted loads to meet or exceed the logistics cost/ton by BU goal according to department guidelines, procedures, and approval processes.
Understand performance metrics to assist with driving business results; Pull data from numerous databases and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed
Knowledge to systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams
Communication, both verbal and written as their data and findings are critical to tracking trends and performance inefficiencies
Weekly and monthly provide carrier operational info (carrier tender time-outs, tender rejections, etc.) and route guide adds & changes (provide analysis of savings/increase in cost per change requested) to Managers
Actively work with contracted carriers on meeting/exceeding operational requirements (service levels, equipment commitments, resolve failures prior to requesting removal, etc.) and strengthen the partnership
Implement and maintain company policy and standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with the USDOT requirements
Maintain continuous contact with transport service providers to understand their daily operations, building relationships and secure and coordinate uninterrupted transportation services and materials flow to and from North American markets
Maximize cost reduction and service opportunities through leveraging total corporate volume with truckload, less-than-truckload, and intermodal freight carriers.
Actively maintain individual metrics that support individual, dept, and company goals.