Logistics Analyst - Junior # 26-27003

USTech Solutions•Framingham, MA

About The Position

The Logistics Analyst - Junior supports the supply chain network by helping ensure products move from domestic vendors to stores at the right time and place. The role works with carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholders in a fast-paced retail environment to resolve operational issues, track shipments, report delays, and maintain efficient freight movement. It also involves managing inbound transportation processes, monitoring shipment compliance, evaluating routing options, and recommending transportation solutions that optimize freight movements and carrier sourcing.

Requirements

1–5 years of logistics, supply chain, or relevant internship experience.
Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite experience, including Excel for data analysis and pivot tables, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and react quickly to incoming requests.
Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess situations quickly and provide alternate solutions.
Excellent communication skills and ability to build and maintain relationships.
Flexibility and adaptability as priorities change frequently based on business demands.
Customer-service mentality and ability to provide a high level of service to key partners.
Ability to manipulate data and make inferences from it.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business, or Industrial Engineering.
Transportation experience.
Transportation Management System experience.
Blue Yonder experience.

Responsibilities

Manage communication with carriers and vendors through the Client Inbound Email box and by phone.
Professionally resolve operational issues with carriers and vendors to support on-time vendor pickups and deliveries to Client locations.
Coordinate with carriers to assess, track, and report delays to internal stakeholders, including delays associated with weather or railroad line closures.
Prepare daily and weekly reporting for the Domestic Transportation Team.
Manage operational processes within the Inbound Transportation team.
Monitor reporting and take action to resolve shipments outside defined compliance parameters.
Evaluate routing options based on department, Ladder Plan, transit times, and vendor pickup requirements.
Recommend optimal transportation solutions using Less Than Truckload (LTL), Truck Load (TL), intermodal, consolidation, and continuous move methods.
Create freight movements that optimize cube, cartons, and weight.
Minimize out-of-route miles and stop-offs to improve carrier sourcing and acceptance for the assigned region.