Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supporting Logistics Strategies & planning with a focus on Outbound, International, & Omni Channel logistics
- Creating mind maps and SOPs for different groups
- Support and create KPIs for the business using Excel, tableau and other platforms.
- Detailed tracking and reporting for transportation and store delivery
- Data and trend analysis
- Generate weekly and monthly Inbound / Outbound KPIs
- Drive metric enhancements
- Develop scorecards, dashboards, and exception reports to pinpoint service and cost opportunities
- Develop and maintain the Logistics solutions library
- Collaborate with department members to provide insight to help maintain the appropriate DC Safety Stock levels for all items
- Provide delivery strategies to cross-functional departments to assist in all special needs as requested.
- Analyze and make recommendations on improved delivery performance
- Support the negotiation and management of all carrier and 3PL contracts, including Truckload, Less Than Truckload (LTL), ocean, and Intermodal
- Analyze and report on domestic outbound transportation activities and financial budgets ($100+MM)
- Must have capability to develop, manage and maintain operating budgets
- Additional duties as assigned by manager
- Regular Attendance is a requirement of the position
- Support and lead network & sub-optimal design analysis
- Engineer new transportation modes to service stores
- Assist in coordinating projects & Transportation initiatives
- Create written standard operating procedures with visualized flow charts
- Support exploring different transportation IT platforms such as TMS or dynamic routing
- Support Asset Recovery returns to the DC’s
- Supervises staff – N/R- individual contributor
- Financial Scope – N/R
- Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center
- Decision Making – Collaborates and Supports Policy Development and resolves problems
- Travel – N/R
- Location- Remote Anywhere
Requirements
BS preferability in either Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or Applied Mathematics and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Skills (Required):
- Strong analytical background with some expertise in Access/Excel/Power BI/ Tableau
- A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected as part of the job performance and will need to rely on judgment and experience to accomplish goals.
- Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies.
- Understanding and experience in project management and exposure to project management methodologies
- Flexible and adaptable in regard to learning and understanding new technologies.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Highly self-motivated and directed
- Ability to problem solve and perform root cause analysis
- 3+ years of experience in Transportation, Operations, and/or Supply Chain
- Retail experience a plus
- BS in Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or Applied Mathematics is strongly preferred
- stand, walk, and sit for extended periods of time
- speak and listen to others in person and over the phone
- use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports
- lift up to 15 lbs.
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