Logistics Analyst Sr

Job Summary

The Logistics Analyst Senior participates in the analysis, organization, planning and administration of various phases of logistics operations for the Supply Chain COE or various programs throughout the company. Provides advanced level support for the collection and analysis of data, and makes recommendations to senior management for the development of policies, guidelines and procedures to achieve maximum supply chain efficiency.
• Conducts complex inventory, distribution and network studies, monitor inventory and analyzes requirements in order to develop strategies to achieve desired delivery times.
• Collects, processes, and maintains data for analysis. Develops enterprise and/or program-level supply chain reports and metrics in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, and delivery processes for senior management.
• Identifies, evaluates and develops procedures that are cost effective and meet business objectives. Recommends improvements to existing or planned logistics processes.
• Monitors the external environment and internal trends to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) in the supply chain.
• Provides detailed analysis of end to end performance. Documents, tracks and reports the flow of materials and equipment between requestor, approver, buyer, vendor, freight forwarder, receiving HUB and receiving site to ensure items are being delivered from the vendor, properly received at the freight forwarder, receipts and invoices match and payments are authorized in a timely manner.
• Monitors inventory and analyzes requirements to assist in the development of strategies to achieve desired delivery times and order fill rates.
• Provides analytical support for projects, new business opportunities and proposals.
• Coordinates logistics activities with internal/external customers.
• Point of contact for order status to requestors, and supply-chain related queries to procurement and freight forwarders.
• Interacts with customers to understand their distribution network.
• May participate in inter-departmental task forces charged with improving supply chain performance.
• Develops new and refines existing internal analysis tools.
• Provides leadership and guidance to lower level analysts as needed.
• Performs other duties as requested
• Ability to multi-task effectively, prioritize and execute against multiple priorities.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills.

• Associates’ degree with an emphasis in statistics, mathematics, computer science or related area required; or 2 years additional related experience.
• Four years of experience in logistics analysis.
• Advanced knowledge of databases and spreadsheets; excellent data entry skills.