Sr. Logistics Analyst (Kansas City)

About the role

The position of Senior Logistics Analyst is part of our Toxicology Workplace Services business located in our Kansas City, MO or Lake Forest IL office. The role of the Logistics Analyst is to ensure effective and cost-efficient transportation across all transportation modes with focus on identifying and implementing process improvements in service and cost.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end transportation strategy across all modes, ensuring reliable, cost-effective, and compliant operations that support enterprise supply chain performance.
• Oversee parcel carrier relationships and strategic sourcing, including service governance, contract optimization, and performance management.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying inefficiencies, analyzing trends, and implementing solutions that enhance service quality and operational efficiency.
• Guide transportation analytics, with an emphasis in reverse logistics, and reporting, developing dashboards, performance metrics, and executive summaries that inform decision-making and highlight improvement opportunities.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting to align freight accruals, reporting, and cost-to-service analysis, ensuring accurate financial integration and forecasting.
• Manage the freight audit and payment ecosystem, collaborating with audit partners and business teams to resolve discrepancies, improve compliance, and eliminate process gaps.
• Monitor global market conditions, regulations, and logistics risks, translating insights into proactive strategies and operational adjustments.
• Resolve cross-functional and customer issues by identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, and communicating resolutions across internal and external partners.
• Support new product introductions and operational changes, ensuring transportation requirements, documentation, and service standards are established and maintained.
• Lead international and domestic transportation problem-solving, including documentation, compliance, carrier selection, and issue escalation.
• Govern forward, reverse, and intercompany logistics operations, evaluating impacts on network efficiency and driving alignment across functions.
• Evaluate suppliers and carriers, including couriers, using cost, service, quality, and risk criteria to recommend optimal network or service configurations.
• Review contracts and service terms to identify opportunities to strengthen compliance and implement cost-efficient, scalable improvements.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Logistics, Operations, Finance, and other stakeholders to ensure strategic and financial consistency.
• Maintain system access governance, ensuring proper configuration, controls, and account utilization across transportation platforms.
• Lead communication of carrier performance, spend trends, and project updates through regular business reviews and stakeholder presentations.
• Manage documentation-linked processes, including supplier approvals, carrier label ordering, and account assignments to ensure accuracy and operational continuity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 5 or more years of relevant professional experience
• Must be proficient in MS Office including Excel, Access, Word and Outlook
• Must be able to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Must be comfortable evaluating large data sets and analyzing the data to identify improvement opportunities

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with a preference in Science, Engineering, IT / Computer Sciences, Finance or Accounting advantageous
• Database skills preferred
• Managing a courier network and a large number of parcel shipments
• Managing reverse logistics
• ERP system experience advantageous

Benefits

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Pay

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.