Logistics Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Evaluate transportation expenditures, shipment activities, freight charges, accessorial fees, service efficiency, and network patterns across both domestic and international transport modes.

• Conduct analyses of the transportation network, including routing assessments, lane and mode optimization, consolidation studies, and scenario evaluations.

• Create cost models and cost-benefit analyses for changes in carriers, shifts in modes, sourcing events, alterations in network, and initiatives aimed at improving transportation productivity.

• Generate operational and financial reports, dashboards, forecasts, and KPI scorecards.

• Assist in the development of transportation budgets, monthly forecasting, accrual analysis, variance analysis, and tracking of freight productivity.

• Review decisions related to routing, routing guides, carrier assignments, rate structures, contracts, fuel programs, and accessorial charges.

• Assist with transportation sourcing events, including RFQs/RFPs, carrier negotiations, bid analyses, award evaluations, implementation, and performance measurement post-award.

• Monitor and analyze the performance of carriers and transportation suppliers; participate in business reviews and offer recommendations.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external providers to resolve transportation service failures, capacity issues, billing discrepancies, and other active transportation challenges.

• Utilize TMS, ERP, freight audit/payment data, carrier systems, and other data sources to enhance data quality, reporting accuracy, routing compliance, and transportation visibility.

• Aid in the implementation and enhancement of transportation systems, including testing, master-data requirements, user acceptance testing, process documentation, and training for end-users.

• Develop and uphold transportation standard operating procedures, routing instructions, analytical tools, and documentation.

• Identify projects for continuous improvement that aim to reduce freight costs, enhance service levels, streamline processes, or fortify transportation controls.

• Deliver management-by-exception reports that highlight significant cost, service, routing, or carrier performance issues.

• Carry out additional transportation analytics, project support, and related tasks as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Preferred 3 to 5 years of experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or a related field, with a strong preference for direct transportation experience.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of analytical experience dealing with transportation, financial, operational, or network data.

• Required advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.

• Familiarity with transportation modes, carrier pricing, freight terminology, routing, rate structures, accessorials, and performance metrics in transportation.

• Ability to analyze extensive data sets, recognize trends and anomalies, develop actionable insights, and communicate recommendations effectively.

• Strong financial understanding, including skills in cost modeling, variance analysis, forecasting, and validation of savings.

• Exceptional continuous improvement abilities and capacity to manage multiple priorities while executing cross-functional initiatives.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to work effectively with carriers, operational teams, management, and senior leaders.

• Ability to work independently, question assumptions, tackle complex problems, and support data-driven decision-making.

• Travel requirement: up to 25%.

• Physical ability to sit, walk, and stand as needed in an office or operational setting.

• Ability to hear and speak for information exchange in person, virtually, and via telephone.

• Manual dexterity required to operate standard computer and office equipment.

• Occasional visits to manufacturing, distribution, or transportation operational locations may be necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• High employer 401K matching.

• Paid time off (PTO).

• Holiday pay.

• Short-term and long-term disability benefit plans.

• Above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave.

• Bonus opportunities aligned with the Company’s incentive plans.

• Paid time off for volunteering.

• Employee Resource Group network.