Contractor Transportation Analyst

Bot Verification • Northridge, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Contractor Transportation Analyst provides direction and oversight for day-to-day transportation requirements handled by third-party logistics (3PL) teams. The role fosters relationships with collect and prepaid carriers, leads the client's overages, shortages, and damages (OS&D) processes in collaboration with customer service, order management, and warehouse leadership, identifies OS&D trends, develops actions, monitors implementation, collates reporting data, and completes cooperative cost-savings analyses.

The analyst reports transportation performance, develops action plans to address root causes, and manages transportation reporting and OS&D processes. The role also works with carriers, warehouse teams, procurement, and 3PLs to improve transportation performance and identify savings, supports direct-import post-goods-issue invoicing, and participates in continuous improvement projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in SCM, Operations, Logistics, or Management.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and responsibilities.
• Ability to solve problems and analyze data using MS Excel and Access.
• Ability to think and work independently while also working well in teams.
• High proficiency in SAP ERP management transactions.
• Willingness to work in a warehouse in Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
• Successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Consumer electronics background.
• APICS certification.
• SAP experience.
• Exposure to business planning with big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or Target.

Responsibilities

• Report transportation performance results and initiate action plans addressing root causes of load failures, OS&D disputes, on-time/in-full gaps, and other transportation-related KPIs.
• Lead the client's OS&D process end-to-end, address transportation-specific root causes, audit carrier feedback dwells, and work with 3PLs to develop actions to mitigate OS&D.
• Collate, manage, and audit daily, weekly, and monthly transportation reporting, including receipt-of-goods reporting, outbound parcel and freight spend, OS&D, and transportation spend forecasting.
• Build relationships with carriers and the warehouse through regular communication about capacity requirements, daily plans, and escalations for exceptions and missed freight.
• Collaborate with the client's Procurement team and 3PLs to identify cost savings through new carrier onboarding or transferring lane awards.
• Support direct-import post-goods-issue invoicing with Order Management.
• Assist with continuous improvement projects.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level