Sr. Logistics Analyst, Bulk

Duties And Responsibilities

• Actively manage procurement of Transportation Services and maintain assigned contracts.
• Prepare RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs.
• Lead negotiations with carriers to obtain competitive rates, mitigate price increases and ensure carrier capacity requirements.
• Work with Legal as needed to complete contracts.
• Affix accurate and timely entry of rates into TMS system.
• Perform a continuous optimization working with Distribution Managers and Sales & Marketing to determine cost efficient sourcing and lowest cost carrier, utilizing carrier capacity/performance history and customer delivery requirements.
• Monitor daily open orders, shipment error corrections, route guides and manually dispatch carriers at a site or group of sites as needed.
• Cook up solutions to daily transportation/logistics operational issues with carriers, working with internal and external personnel to ensure seamless on-time deliveries, while exceeding customer expectations and KPI’s/performance metrics.
• Serve as point of contact for carriers and customers in assigned area of responsibility, related to order execution status questions, issues, quality or logistics performance issues.
• Measure, manage and report on performance to established KPI’s.
• Ensure Transportation requirements are met by validating carriers are capable of delivering in accordance with agreed-upon capacity and customer delivery requirements.
• Assist in obtaining signed copies of Bills of Lading for Proof of Delivery Inquiries.
• Lead in providing information for freight invoice discrepancies and monetary freight claim issues.
• 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.
• Support internal projects focusing on continuous improvement, with a focus on eliminating waste, reducing cost and driving pickup and delivery performance with our carriers.
• Identify, document and report on areas of cost savings opportunities related to logistics on an ongoing basis.
• Perform various analysis or reporting such as cost comparison, network optimization reports, customer on-time deliveries, etc.
• Spearhead the identification and evaluation of new carriers to expand capacity and strengthen operational capabilities.

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, Transportation and/or Project Management.
• Fluent in English.
• 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.
• Advanced Word/Excel skills.
• Able to work independently as well as across functional or matrix team structures.
• Ability 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.
• Able to travel approximately 20% of the time is required.

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $80,800 - $134,600. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skillset, and/or location.