What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Transportation Analyst position at Motion Recruitment?
Our client, a global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technology company, is actively looking for a Senior Transportation Analyst to join their team in New Brunswick, NJ! This role is 100% onsite so local candidates are required.
***This is a 1 year initial contract***
This Senior Transportation Analyst is responsible for the flawless operational execution of inter-region transport lanes. This includes: day to day operational issue management, transportation/logistics coordination and project management with freight forwarders, shipping sites and supply planning.
Responsibilities
- Manage door-door operational management for inter-region transport lanes, ensuring consistent product availability and highest levels of customer experience
- Lead process improvement projects leveraging PM methodologies like Six Sigma, FPX, etc., to drive reliability and or cost efficiencies for inter-regional transport moves
- Ability to present performance metrics and project charters/updates to various levels of management
- Responsible for coordination, track & trace and exception management for segment inter-region transportation lanes
- Lead/participate in operational vendor management meetings (business reviews, reporting on operational vendor performance) and lead day to day tactical relationship with vendors
- As required, partner with DC and manufacturing facilities to coordinate and manage freight on inter-regional lanes
- Act as the primary point of contact for sites and logistics providers to communicate issues affecting shipment flows, including but not limited to missing documentation, freight delays, quality events and shipping receiving delays
- Lead operational activities to support global bids for various inter-region transport moves; including requirements, baseline validation and lane implementation to pre-established metrics
Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required with 2-4 years of relevant professional experience
- Preferred previous experience or internship in one or more of the following functions: Planning, Distribution, Manufacturing, Transportation, Logistics, Customer Service or Supply Chain Operations
- MS Office proficiency
- Working knowledge of project management tools (Microsoft Project, GANTT, RACI, Lessons learned, FMEA, etc.) are desired
- Knowledge of analytics using Alteryx and Tableau are desired
