Logistics Analyst at Talent Bureau

Job Description

•     Maintain carrier contracts, agreements, and Certificates of Insurance files making sure they are current and up-to-date.
•     Maintain the Pool Point List, Carrier Matrix, and Rate/Agreement making sure files are up to date and current as well as updating the DC shipping schedule matrix as needed.
•     Gather cost and service information from carriers.
•     Assist with the management of carrier performance to expectations and store delivery to appointment through timely data gathering and reporting. Identify and report trends.
•     Ongoing reporting and analysis utilizing transportation, freight payment and carrier databases to determine underlying causes of freight cost trends, identify inefficiencies, non-compliance and other opportunities for improvement for outbound and inbound activity.
•     Assisting with 'special needs' situations regarding expedited services needed by customers, both internal and external.

Job Qualifications

•     Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of industry experience
•     Five years' experience working within a Logistics/Distribution/Supply Chain environment
•     Basic knowledge of freight bill processing and claims process
•     Proven success developing relationships with outside companies and cross functional partners
•     Ability to build relationships at various levels and influence decisions
•     Solve problems, synthesize information from disparate sources to deliver comprehensive and actionable analysis
•     Familiar with using Excel, Powerpoint, and Access MS Access and SQL