Senior Transportation/Customs Analyst – EFM

Nissan • Stanfield, AZ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

We are currently looking for a Senior Transportation and Customs Analyst to join our team in Arizona. This role involves planning and scheduling domestic transportation shipments for a test vehicle fleet, requesting bids from vendors, tracking shipments, and communicating with customers and carriers. The analyst will also develop recovery plans, manage budget coding, process invoices, handle damage claims, provide budget forecasts, establish vendor service levels, and generate reports. This position serves as the primary point of contact and subject matter expert for Engineering Fleet Management regarding transportation, establishing best practices, driving continuous improvement, and identifying cost savings. Additional support for the Engineering Fleet Management department, including special projects and workload leveling, may be required. The role also includes serving as a secondary backup for the Vehicle Shipping & Receiving department. Meeting deadlines and responding critically are essential due to the transportation of valuable assets to critical test events. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience OR 9 years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree required. Substitute experience for the degree is in addition to the experience required for the role.
• Four or more years of related experience in the shipping and transportation industry, specifically import and export, or analyst skills in a commercial environment at a professional level preferred.
• Job will involve some outdoor duties (approximately 80% office and 20% on-the-ground vehicle handling)
• Highly proficient computer skills and technology-driven, with advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to meet deadlines and attention to critically of response time is essential in this position as this position is responsible for coordinating transportation of highly valuable assets to and from critical test events.
• Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire; Nissan uses E-Verify to validate employment eligibility.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated follow-up and follow-through skills and commitment to teamwork
• Ability to productively switch attention/focus from task to task.
• Ability to recognize potential issues proactively and how to properly address them
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Maintain a working knowledge of client functions and engineering programs from an operational perspective with critical awareness of changing confidentiality requirements
• High attention to detail and criticality of deadlines
• Very customer-focused with strong interpersonal skills
• Flexibility to handle various problem-solving situations as first point-of-contact for the department
• Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze information

Responsibilities

• Plan and schedule predetermined and ad hoc domestic transportation shipments for test vehicle fleet, of approximately 2,000 vehicles
• Request bids for each shipment from various transport vendors
• Accurately track all quotes for comparison value and cost savings reporting
• Track shipments to ensure on-time delivery
• Work directly with customers and carriers on a daily basis, communicating service status
• Develop recovery plans for service failures or late deliveries when needed
• Serve as first point-of-contact for schedule changes and communicate appropriately and timely with all affected parties
• Assign required budget coding per vehicle, maintain knowledge of program financials
• Accountable for review, processing, and approval of invoices from transportation vendors
• Process damage claims
• Provide estimates to internal clients for budget forecasting
• Establish and enhance service levels associated with all vendors
• Generate reports for management and client
• Serve as Engineering Fleet Management point of contact and subject matter expert for all things’ transportation. Establish best practices, initiate continuous process improvement and efficiencies, and generate cost savings ideas.
• Support additional needs of Engineering Fleet Management department per request of management to include assisting with special projects and workload leveling as needed
• Serve as secondary back-up for Vehicle Shipping & Receiving department.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package, including medical, mental health, parental leave, retirement savings & unique Nissan perks, including discounts on lease vehicles as part of our Employee Lease Program and a Vehicle Purchase Program (VPP).

What This Job Offers

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