Transportation Analyst Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 3–5 years of transportation experience.
• 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.
• Thought leadership to drive continuous improvement in operations.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

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.
• Coordinate with international stakeholders on import visibility, network changes, and overall performance.
• Communicate with preferred freight carriers and business partners 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 governance of those activities.
• Support manufacturing and operations with transportation scheduling, expediting, and shipment compliance.
• Provide price quotes and bookings for expedited and one-off shipments.
• Review expedited shipment requests for cost-effective transportation options and submit transactions involving excess costs for appropriate approval.
• Maintain KPIs and dashboard compliance to identify opportunities, mitigation actions, and cost controls.
• 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 to verify 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, food, and coffee service.