Job Title: Senior Transportation Analyst

Position Summary:

The Senior Transportation Analyst plays a key role in driving operational efficiency across global transportation by supporting initiatives that enhance cost-effectiveness, service quality, and performance against internal KPIs. This position collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely and economical movement of goods, aligning transportation strategies with broader business objectives.

Essential Functions

Analyze transportation data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for cost savings.Schedule pickups and coordinate shipments to ensure on-time delivery across all modes of transportation.Monitor carrier performance and proactively address delays or service issuesDevelop and maintain transportation models, dashboards, and performance metrics.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including but not limited to Procurement, Demand Planning, Finance and Operations to align transportation strategies with business objectives.Partner with carriers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure optimal service levels and cost efficiency.Lead initiatives to improve routing, mode selection, and carrier performance.Support budgeting and forecasting processes for transportation spend.Ensure compliance with hazmat regulations and company policies.Provide actionable insights and recommendations to senior leadership based on data analysis.POC for local operations as well as 3PL locations to ensure uninterrupted shipping processes/system availabilityAbility to self-manage and self-motivate by setting priorities and meeting objectives in a complex, matrixed organization.

Other Functions

Other duties as assigned

Skills/Knowledge: 

Ability to self-manage, set priorities and meet objectives in a complex, matrixed organization.Demonstrate ability to understand and apply problem solving methods, statistical techniques and performance metrics and translate these metrics into financial savings into time and operational efficiency.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Customer-focused and capable of building business partnerships and influencing at all levels of organization.Advanced MS Excel, DAX and PowerBI skills preferred

Experience:

Supply Chain experience3+ years of experience in transportation or logistics analysis preferred

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee may spend 4-8 hours per day sitting and working at a computer.  The ability to adjust focus, use hands to grasp, finger, handle, reach or feel and sit for prolonged periods are needed for this position.  Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication utilizing a headset.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

Brick/Mortar locations: Regularly requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. Regularly requires working with others in a close proximity and sharing workspaces. Requires the understanding that the noise level in the Call Center is that of an office environment and will rise significantly during peak hours. 

Work at Home locations: Required that employees work in a distraction-free workplace and is ergonomically set to meet the company’s standards.