Transportation Data Analyst

Avnet•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

Freight & Transportation Analytics: Analyze freight spend, transportation performance, and network flows to identify savings opportunities and operational improvements. Develop automated dashboards and KPIs to track transportation cost, carrier performance, and shipment trends. Support global freight negotiations with data insights, scenario modeling, and rate analysis. Perform root‑cause analysis on cost variances, billing discrepancies, and service failures across all transportation modes. Data, Reporting & Tooling: Build and maintain scalable datasets, reports, and dashboards using tools such as Power BI, Excel, etc. Improve data quality across freight, transportation, and trade compliance systems by identifying gaps and implementing corrective solutions. Present insights clearly to leadership and cross‑functional teams, translating complex data into actionable business recommendations.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of principles, theories and concepts in area of discipline.
Competent in all job functions and has general understanding of the industry practices, techniques and standards.
Develops solutions for a variety of situations and works on projects requiring evaluation and analysis.
May refer to policies, practices and precedents for guidance; determines best course of action to achieve results.
Work is performed independently and requires the exercise of judgment and discretion.
May receive some limited guidance for new assignments.
Work may be reviewed for overall adequacy.
Collaborates with management and team members within the department/function and other areas of the organization.
May represent department internally or externally.
Actions may impact the success of the overall department and/or the organization.
Failure to accomplish work or erroneous decisions may result in delays to projects, loss of revenue or allocation of additional resources to remedy.
Typically 3+ years with bachelor's or equivalent.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience from which comparable knowledge and job skills can be obtained.
2–4 years of experience in business analysis, supply chain analytics, transportation, logistics, or trade compliance.
Strong analytical capabilities with experience working with large datasets.
Proficiency in Excel and Power BI (or other BI tools).
Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional teams and communicate insights effectively.
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify discrepancies and drive process improvements.
Must be a U.S. Citizen or National, or a lawful permanent resident as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20), or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Responsibilities

Collects, compiles and analyzes data from various databases and performs statistical analysis for internal customer groups.
Develops reports and/or creates dashboards providing financial related information needed to make informed business decisions.
Designs, creates and implements templates to collect, display and analyze data for assigned projects.
Communicates complex data in comprehensible ways.
Evaluates information from multiple sources and clearly indicates quality of final analysis.
Develops reports and other tools to deliver internal company information enabling business users to make informed decisions.
Gathers, aggregates models, and analyzes information from multiple external sources regarding company financial performance, customer insights, competitor profiling, competitive threats, potential product or technical expansion, industry trends and other such business intelligence aspects.
Establishes standards and procedures for a variety of processes, conducting business analysis resulting in detailed creation and maintenance of business process mapping, requirements and training materials documentation.
May participate in or lead project teams.
Identifies, investigates and participates in opportunities to improve processes and procedures, to include various key performance metrics.