Senior Logistics Engineer

RXO • Naperville, IL

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About The Position

As a Senior Logistics Engineer at RXO, you’ll use engineering and consulting skills to deliver customer proposals and engineering and consulting projects. You’ll identify cost-saving opportunities through rigorous data collection and analysis to improve clients’ supply chain operations. The role involves reviewing requests for quotations and customer data, selecting and deploying optimization and decision-support tools, developing cost models, and coordinating logistics improvements with internal and client stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work or military experience.
• At least 2 years of experience in one or more of these areas: supply chain management, logistics, decision-support systems or technology, transportation management and distribution, or procurement responsibilities.
• Experience data mining and generating simulations in Microsoft BI, Access, and Excel to identify and scope opportunities within a customer’s supply chain.
• Transportation and network modeling experience.
• Strong knowledge of dedicated transportation services and logistics solutions.
• Experience modeling dedicated transportation networks and optimizing through reduced miles, driver scheduling, and equipment sharing.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Industrial Engineering.
• Master’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or Industrial Engineering.
• Experience with Appian, Supply Chain Guru, ILOG, Any Logistic, or data modeling.
• Experience developing logistics solutions from central warehouses to customers using multiple logistics points and equipment types.
• Experience developing solutions that support Just-in-Time (JIT) and Just-in-Sequence (JIS) manufacturing processes.
• Experience with multiple logistics-related systems and transportation management systems.
• Lean Six Sigma experience.
• Experience preparing and delivering presentations.
• Strong project management skills.
• Ability to deal with complex, urgent situations.
• Aptitude for understanding and solving problems in logistics pricing models.

Responsibilities

• Review RFQs and analyze customer data; work with prospects to clarify scope and deliver tailored logistics solutions aligned with opportunities.
• Select and deploy optimization and decision-support tools for operational studies, route optimization, and transportation rate analysis.
• Identify and implement cost-saving initiatives, and build supply chain cost models to quantify total cost of ownership and savings.
• Learn customer processes to drive cross-functional initiatives and communicate solution enhancements.
• Coordinate project execution with internal and client stakeholders, delivering transportation-focused process and strategy improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive pay; the role may also be eligible for bonus or commission pay.
• Paid time off, including up to 8 holidays and up to 2 floating Diversity Days.
• Hourly employees can earn up to 13 days of PTO; salaried employees can earn up to 15 days of PTO.
• Up to 40 hours of bereavement leave, up to 16 hours of volunteer time, jury duty leave, at least 2 weeks of family bonding leave, and up to 40 hours of prenatal care leave.
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 5% company match.
• Health, prescription, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life, short- and long-term disability, accidental death and personal loss, business travel, legal services, identity theft, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance.
• Health Savings Account, Health Care Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Commuter Spending Account, and Health Reimbursement Arrangement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior