Logistics Analyst

Chiquita Brands • Dania Beach, FL

128d

About The Position

Reporting to the Sr. Logistics Manager, this role will focus on providing administrative support to the Inland Transportation department. This role will also update and maintain periodic transportation performance status reports, presented to upper management and company stakeholders. The successful candidate will have strong leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills, as well as the ability to manage internal and external relationships. The primary duty of this role is office/non-manual work directly related to management or general business operations of the employer. This role includes discretion and independent judgement in matters of significance. This is an exempt, onsite position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent applicable experience required
• 3 years’ relevant experience required; transportation or shipping
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus
• Full cycle of A/P experience is a plus
• Claims or collections experience, vendor interaction
• Strong relationship building and customer service skills a must
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, experience in taking initiative and making appropriate decisions
• Planning and organizing skills essential
• Strong detail orientation and communication skills essential
• Proficiency with computer systems and applications (especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint essential)
• Proven ability to take direction from multiple sources
• Ability to show personal initiative and commitment

Responsibilities

• Vendor invoice validation and processing
• Freight claims management
• Transportation Management System administration support
• Transportation execution support
• Process freight payment in the Transportation Management System (Batch)
• Carrier management support for pricing, contracting and rate management
• Track on weekly basis the volumes generated by different load groups to evaluate volume, prices variations, origins/destinations, and any additional information to track and understand variations to take decisions
• Investigate and file claims to carriers
• Transportation cost analysis for common, dedicated, and private fleets; weekly data validation and entry for dedicated fleet costs
• Prepare weekly KPI reports that track service, issues and other information that can show the performance from Transportation team
• Monitor routing guide compliance and cost
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees