Transportation Operations Analyst I

US, WA, Seattle

  • Job ID: R55882-EN
  • Posted: August 19, 2021
  • Regular
  • FullTime
  • Zulily

  • Supply Chain, Quality & Logistics

Under minimal supervision, monitors, investigates, and performs daily transportation operations for his/her assigned vendors/carriers.  This includes supervising carriers’ performance and troubleshooting service and billing problems.  Reviews daily metrics to identify issues and communicates those issues to carriers and/or operations, and facilitates a remedy for the issue.  Collaborates cross-functionally with teams within operations, procurement, finance and IT. Performs analysis of the transportation network cost and service performance to support auditing and financial reconciliation, carrier negotiations, and on-going network enhancement projects.

  • Identifies deviations in the business and escalates to management as appropriate.
  • Coordinates with carriers and/ or operations to identify areas of improved performance and reduction of errors and/or costs. 
  • Reviews daily metrics to identify and/or analyze issues and communicate those issues to carriers and/or operations and may recommend or facilitate a remedy for the issue.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally with teams within operations, procurement, and IT.
  • Create reporting that will be useful for leadership and analysts.
  • Other duties, responsibilities, and activities as assigned.

Critical Skills/Knowledge:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Is effective in a variety of informal or formal presentation settings to internal and external departments
  • Builds strong relationships and works with peer groups and leaders across multiple departments 
  • Follows schedule to meet set goals and objectives
  • Works on problems and roadblocks to find possible solutions.
  • Experience with statistical and data modeling techniques such as SQL and advanced excel preferred
  • Experience with Tableau or other data visualization tools preferred

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