Category Analyst - Package Transport

Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for the procurement and execution of the company’s package transport business.
• Work closely with sales and marketing team to timely respond to forecast changes, sales spikes, volumes, and trends on a real time basis.
• Review freight bills that do not match with freight expense shown as the expected cost. Make corrections as required.
• Approve for payment and perform root cause analysis and provide contractual information for freight invoice discrepancies.
• Review and monitor & report on supplier performance and cost performance by use of operational and cost metrics and investigate and resolve service issues.
• Review actual costs vs budget by performing analysis and forecasting as required.
• Develop best practice tools, templates and processes.
• Prepare RFIs, RFPs, and RFQ and lead negotiations with providers to achieve competitive rates and mitigate price increases.
• Interface independently with internal and external customers at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Participate in or lead special projects as assigned along with communicating project findings/results to logistics team, manufacturing facilities and others as required.
• Travel Required: Approximately 15% annually

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with preference towards Business, Logistics, Supply Chain or Operations Management or 5 years of experience in Supply Chain, Operations and/or Project Management or 3 years working with transportation shipment execution and/or freight procurement.
• Experience with internet-based load management (track and trace) software.
• Familiar with package freight transportation equipment along with transportation regulatory requirements preferred.
• Experience with SAP, Warehouse Management or Transportation Management systems, Business Warehouse or similar reporting packages, databases, and analytical tools highly preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Exhibits confidence and ability to interact with various levels both internally & externally.
• Able to work independently as well as across functional or matrix team structures.
• Able to influence and build consensus around proposed opportunities within and outside of Supply Chain (Transportation, Customer Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Operations, etc.).
• Strong analytical skills with high level of organization, follow through & accuracy.
• Able to collect, organize, analyze and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Well-developed relationship-building, problem-solving, decision-making, negotiation, data extraction and analysis.
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong track record for execution and follow through when managing critical deadlines.