Transportation Analyst

Milwaukee Tool • Olive Branch, MS

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Transportation Analyst is part of Milwaukee Tool’s Supply Chain-Transportation Department and shares responsibility for supporting and developing day-to-day transportation operations and KPIs. The role covers carrier operations, freight claims, shipment activity and analysis, customer service, inbound and outbound transportation scheduling, routing impacts, transportation issue resolution, and cost-savings and mitigation calculations and performance metrics management. The position works with internal business teams, international stakeholders, freight carriers, suppliers, and outside analysts to support transportation performance, compliance, and network design. The stated working condition is a manufacturing plant.

Requirements

• Ability to extract, manipulate, and organize data.
• Ability to recognize opportunities and provide analytical support for fact-based decisions.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and within a team environment.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement in operations.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• 3–5 years of transportation experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, operations, logistics, or supply chain management is preferred. A bachelor’s degree in another area is acceptable with relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Channels, and Distribution teams to meet business needs.
• Work with international stakeholders on import visibility, network changes, and overall performance.
• Communicate with preferred freight carriers and the business about lost, misrouted, or damaged freight and future shipment coordination.
• Develop and maintain routing guides and operational compliance rules for the business and suppliers, and manage their governance.
• Support manufacturing and operations with transportation scheduling, expediting, and shipment compliance.
• Provide price quotes and bookings for expediting and one-off shipment scheduling.
• Review expedited shipment requests for cost-effective transportation alternatives and submit transactions involving excess costs to appropriate approval levels.
• Maintain KPIs and dashboard compliance to identify opportunities, mitigation, and cost control.
• Collaborate with business partners and outside analysts to streamline network design.
• Research customer concerns and work with freight carriers and the network to correct them.
• Drive cost-mitigation projects through data analysis, dashboards, and KPI management.
• Review freight data for routing compliance and coordinate corrective actions and process improvements with the business.
• Track import shipments through forwarders and dashboards to measure performance and support Supply Chain and Operations.
• Develop and maintain lead-time compliance in planning systems and communicate necessary changes to the business.
• Support and develop technology enhancements to improve network efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Robust health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Generous 401(k) savings plan.
• Education assistance.
• On-site wellness and fitness center.
• On-site food and coffee service.

What This Job Offers

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