Sr. Transportation Analyst

The Marzetti Company•Columbus, OH

About The Position

The Senior Transportation Analyst supports transportation execution and performance across the organization’s logistics network, with a primary focus on supporting a growing West Coast-based business as it integrates into the broader Marzetti network. The role coordinates daily freight activity, manages transportation exceptions, monitors carrier and cost performance, and partners with internal teams and logistics providers to support continued growth while maintaining reliable and cost-effective product movement. The position works across office, remote, warehouse, and distribution/logistics environments. Travel to Bachan’s locations, Marzetti sites, co-manufacturers, warehouses, logistics partners, and business meetings may be required. The specific location, hybrid expectations, and travel requirements will be finalized based on the role design.

Requirements

At least 3 years of transportation, logistics, supply chain, or related experience.
Strong understanding of transportation operations, carrier management, freight capacity, and transportation cost drivers.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Food, beverage, or CPG experience.
Power BI and TMS experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day transportation support, including shipment creation, freight coverage, order consolidation, carrier scheduling, track-and-trace, exception management, and communication of service risks.
Coordinate freight capacity and transportation requirements for new lanes, volume changes, launches, promotions, seasonal demand, and other business changes.
Support carrier, broker, and 3PL relationships and performance through service issue resolution, performance reviews, scorecarding, and continuous improvement.
Monitor transportation service and cost performance, including on-time delivery, freight spend, accessorials, loss and damage, and service exceptions; identify trends and recommend corrective actions.
Support freight rate reviews, bids and mini-bids, contracting, and compliance activities in partnership with Transportation and Procurement.
Partner with cross-functional teams to improve transportation processes and support integration of transportation capabilities, systems, and practices across the broader network.