Logistics/Transportation Optimization Specialist

Kroger • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Responsible for coordinating, leading and executing optimization efforts for the transportation organization. Collaborate, partner, and support multiple manufacturing plants, distribution centers, stores, vendors and transportation departments in identifying sub-optimized issues. Partner with Supply Chain, stores and General Office (GO), for optimal resolutions through focused improvement activities that maximize service and costs. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in transportation
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, power BI, tableau, etc.
• Strong skills in planning, communicating, organizing and developing relationships across multifunctional business partners
• Ability to work successfully across all organizational levels
• Flexibility to handle ever changing scope of assignments and projects
• Excellent oral/written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree related field of business
• Any continuous Improvement background

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs
• Impact performance by providing resources, identifying performance standards, and measuring progress to solve problems, eliminate waste and reduce variation
• Collaborate, partner and support distribution centers, stores, vendors, team members, and other transportation offices on asset utilization, supplier needs, supplier resolution, and maximizing transportation assets
• Contribute to team efforts to improve service, cost, and business KPIs such as profitability, service, dwell, productivity, flow, etc.
• Query, compile, analyze, and provide access/visibility to data for the design of solutions/action plans to meet needs both internally and externally
• Compare data from different sources to draw conclusions, use effective approaches for choosing a course of action, and take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences
• Execute on business area or category objectives that can touch multiple business units
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

What This Job Offers

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