Transportation Analyst

FinishMaster, Inc.•Brampton, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Uni-Select Inc. is Canada’s leader in the distribution of automotive parts, tools and equipment to the automotive aftermarket. We are currently in an exciting growth phase delivering strong financial results including operating over 50 corporate stores with the goal of continuing to increase that number through acquisitions. Reporting to the Director of Logistics, the Transportation Analyst’s mandate is to analyze, negotiate and co-ordinate all of the Distribution Centre and Corporate Store freight activities across Canada. In particular, the incumbent is responsible for maintaining a high level of service by optimizing the efficiency of our supply chain while respecting operational budgets and the service to our customers.

Requirements

2 to 4 years of experience in Logistics, Supply Chain, Consumer Packaged Goods or Transportation.
Experience using SAP or other warehouse management systems
Comfortable dealing with large sets of data, analyzing it and pulling insights to drive efficiency.
Continuous improvement mindset - comfortable putting your hand up to bring up ideas and improvements.
Bachelors Degree or equivalent relevant experience.
Excellent English and French communication skills, both written and spoken.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the Canadian Rail industry is an asset
Knowledge of air and sea transportation and customs management

Responsibilities

The Transportation Analyst actively participates as a member of the Logistics Team
Be responsible at the bid phase to provide transport cost budgets and work closely with each site to develop the transportation strategy within each market
Effectively manage on-time deliveries to customers, via interactions with carriers to ensure volume is delivered as expected, and mitigate any risks to ensure on-time deliveries
Work closely with the DC’s to ensure on-time movement of loads from DC to customers, and ensure continuous improvement and SOP compliance, in collaboration with carriers
Manage relationships with all carriers, monitor carrier performance, improve on-time, and define working strategies with them
Work with Customer Service teams to identify customer requirements, and opportunities for transportation efficiencies
Drive/support efforts to improve stock-transfer on-time delivery and truckload utilization for these shipments to drive efficiencies
Track and verify on-time delivery and obtain service level reports for transportation partners across Canada
Coordinate the contractual agreement with our third-party partners, including cost and service levels for international shipments
Monitor compliance of customer specific carrier assignments.
Prepare regular reports to Management on both cost and performance of transportation
Work on special projects as required
Monitor and management of inbound container freight
You will continually raise the bar for key deliverables such as on-time to customer, on-time to warehouse/company owned stores and targeted freight budget goals