Freight Pay & Audit Analyst - North American Transportation

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee third-party freight audit and payment providers responsible for processing domestic and international transportation invoices across the North American network.
• Ensure timely and accurate audit, approval, payment, and reconciliation of transportation invoices, including invoices processed outside of third-party payment platforms.
• Monitor freight audit and payment operations to ensure compliance with established business controls, audit requirements, contractual terms, and payment procedures.
• Collaborate with transportation operations, carriers, and freight payment providers to resolve billing discrepancies, payment issues, and process-related inquiries.
• Monitor carrier invoice aging and open invoice reporting to ensure timely payment execution and effective working capital management.
• Support carrier rate management activities by ensuring transportation rates, terms, and business rules are accurately maintained and communicated across operational and payment systems.
• Develop, analyze, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure freight audit and payment performance, identify trends, and drive corrective actions.
• Leverage freight data analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve process efficiency, standardize business practices, and reduce operational variability.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance compliance, financial controls, customer experience, and transportation cost performance.
• Serve as a key point of contact and escalation for transportation providers, ensuring effective resolution of invoice, payment, and operational issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required. BS in Supply Chain, Business Management, or similar preferred.
• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain or a related field preferred, with interest or exposure to areas such as Transportation, Freight Payment, Analytics, Business Systems, Financial Analysis, or Customer Support.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, establish clear targets and objectives, and deliver accountabilities on time, including oversight of third-party providers through defined KPIs and performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems such as SAP, JDE, BI, BY TMS, and other relational database sources to support metrics, dashboards, management reviews, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for North America Transportation Operations.

Qualifications

• At BD, we prioritize on-site collaboration because we believe it fosters creativity, innovation, and effective problem-solving, which are essential in the fast-paced healthcare industry.
• For most roles, we require a minimum of 4 days of in-office presence per week to maintain our culture of excellence and ensure smooth operations, while also recognizing the importance of flexibility and work-life balance.
• Remote or field-based positions will have different workplace arrangements which will be indicated in the job posting.
• Employment is contingent upon the Company’s receipt of sufficient proof that you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In some locations, testing for COVID-19 may be available and/or required.
• Consistent with BD’s Workplace Accommodations Policy, requests for accommodation will be considered pursuant to applicable law.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus
• Health and Well-being Benefits
• Medical coverage, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental coverage, Vision coverage, Hospital Care Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accidental Injury Insurance, Life and AD&D insurance, Short-term disability coverage, Long-term disability insurance, Long-term care with life insurance.
• Other Well-being Resources
• Retirement and Financial Well-being
• Becton, Dickinson, and Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.