Transportation Logistics Analyst - Columbia, MD or Coppell, TX

About the role

Recently named by Newsweek as one of the Best American Mid-Sized Workplaces in 2026, Rohde & Schwarz is seeking a Transportation/Logistics Business Analyst to analyze transportation costs, performance, data, and network opportunities across a complex, high-value logistics environment. This strictly analytical role supports air, ocean, truckload, LTL, expedited/hotshot, custom crating, secure logistics, and other transportation modes. The analyst will develop performance metrics, work on analytical projects, identify cost and process improvements, and provide data-driven recommendations to logistics leadership and cross-functional teams. This position does not include shipment booking, tendering, shipment tracking, carrier management, or other transportation execution responsibilities. All responsibilities are analytical and strategic in nature. This position must be based in Frederick, MD; Columbia, MD; or Coppell, TX. Rohde & Schwarz is a global technology company with approximately 14,000 employees and three divisions: Test & Measurement, Technology Systems and Networks & Cybersecurity. For 90 years, the company has been developing cutting-edge technology, pushing the boundaries of what is technically possible and enabling customers from various sectors such as business, government and public authorities to maintain their technological sovereignty.

Responsibilities

• Analyze transportation spend, cost drivers, accessorials, rate variances, expedited freight, and service costs; identify savings and cost-avoidance opportunities.
• Support transportation RFPs, carrier benchmarking, lane optimization, cost-to-serve analysis, total landed cost modeling, and network optimization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain transportation KPIs and reporting related to delivery performance, transit variability, claims, damage, packaging, crating, handling, and overall logistics quality.
• Perform root-cause analysis of service failures, cost variances, data issues, and performance gaps; recommend corrective actions without operational execution responsibility.
• Evaluate volume growth, capacity, consolidation, mode-shift, standardization, scalability, and other transportation network opportunities.
• Design and maintain dashboards and standardized reports using data from SAP/ERP, transportation management, carrier, freight audit, and other logistics systems.
• Improve data quality, governance, reporting standards, metric definitions, and performance visibility across logistics datasets.
• Analyze high-value, export-controlled, and secure shipment data to support audit readiness, traceability, compliance, and transportation risk monitoring.
• Provide analytical support for strategic logistics initiatives, network changes, and continuous improvement projects.
• Collaborate with Logistics Operations, Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Production, Program Management, Trade Compliance, and other stakeholders.
• Present findings, business cases, and recommendations to leadership and provide guidance to analysts and business partners as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, Analytics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related quantitative field
• At least three years of experience in transportation analytics, supply chain analytics, logistics finance, business intelligence, or a related field
• Experience analyzing transportation spend, logistics performance, cost structures, and operational data across multiple modes
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools
• Experience with SAP or