Manager, Transportation & Freight Analytics

For over 70 years Global Industrial has been an industry leader providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America.

We carry over one million industrial, material handling and business products that are sold through our website, corporate sales people and full color catalogs. We are constantly increasing our product offerings to meet the diverse and changing needs of our customers. Our customers include small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies and consumers across North America.

Proactively mine, build and identify freight savings and optimization opportunities for LTL and parcel.
*Lead cross-functional freight analytics efforts to determine freight profitability opportunities as it relates to shipment consolidation and how systems rate and assign freight at the order and cart level.
*Analyze LTL/UPS accessorials to ensure costs are updated and accurate for pre-shipment planning.
*Track and update mode accessorials via ticket entry to ensure costs are captured accurately during order creation stage; ensure freight costs are reflected properly for order profitability and margin targets.
*Review and resolve address correction charges with carrier and enhance systems as needed.
*Work with warehouse teams on order routings for freight mode alignment based on order volume, dimensions and weight.
*Builds and maintains carrier claims dashboard to monitor recovery percentage vs. claims filed.
*Leverage Power BI and 3PL data and dashboards to report out and own the data which supports all strategic freight initiatives.
*Liaison between Data-IT warehouse groups to pilot and create new Power BI reporting to enhance freight cost and freight margin analysis at aggregate and individual order levels.
*Provides key support as data owner for all freight continuous improvement projects and acts as system expert in pulling and summarizing carrier spend types for organization leaders and project stakeholders.
*Researches parcel invoicing by charge and account type and meet weekly/bi-weekly with third-party parcel auditing and analytics provider; identify parcel spend reduction opportunities.
*Collaborate as Transportation analytics key stakeholder across departments and leads and participates in supply chain cost improvement initiatives.
*Represents Supply Chain/Transportation department while attending internal/external stakeholder meetings.
*Performs all other duties assigned relating to data collection and reporting to support company goals.

*Minimum of 7-10 years in a Logistics Analytics or Transportation Analytics role and/or Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
*MBA a plus. ASCM certification preferred.
*Familiar with managing large shipment profiles and routing set ups for LTL and parcel carriers.
*Advanced understanding of LTL freight classes (NMFC) and parcel rates, accessorials and carrier pricing and invoicing programs.
*Knowledge of Power BI, ERP, TMS and WMS.
*Experience using Microsoft Word, Power Point and Excel in an Advanced capacity.
*Expert Excel user pulling and managing large data sets from multiple sources and merging data for interpretation and advanced pivot table summaries.
*SQL experience a plus.
*Experience maintaining confidentiality in matters involving financial data and reporting.
*Strong communication and presentation skills (verbal and written).
*Available to work flexible hours as needed including all shifts and weekends - remote at times.
*Passion for analytics, learning supply chain systems and continuous improvement.
*Must be able to work in a warehouse environment as needed.
*Ability to gain consensus and work with multiple departments and carriers/vendors simultaneously.

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