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Position Purpose & Summary

The Transportation Sourcing Analyst will support Transportation & Logistics sourcing and analytics projects as assigned.  This position performs cross-BU sourcing activities, actively participates in the carrier negotiation process and leads mini bid events as required.  S/he works as the focal point for all rate inquiries and respond to requests from business unit stakeholders. Responsible for preparing data for rate loading, managing the pre-audit process and conducts rate analysis as it relates to their area of focus.  Establish and maintain supplier performance measures, databases and assist in developing Transportation & Logistics’s abilities to provide market intelligence. This position will also assist in developing and executing processes to capture, organize and analyze shipment information for the China truck mode.  This role will interact with multiple business units, require cross-BU and functional collaboration and will require problem solving skills and a natural curiosity for driving continuous improvement.

Principal Accountabilities

20% Sourcing Support: 

• Support the Transportation & Logistics regional strategy with respect to carrier management (e.g. carrier selection, contract negotiations, relationship management).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to facilitate and monitor utilization of strategic supplier contracts and actively participate in the carrier negotiation process.
• Support carrier contracting efforts via e Sourcing tool: RFI’s, RFP’s and scenario development.
• Apply industry knowledge to perform bid analysis, post-negotiation awards and oversee carrier on boarding process. 
• Prepare data for rate loading and conduct analysis to support the match-pay freight payment process. 
• Supports the sales organization by providing customer freight delivery economics.
• Acts as the focal point for all sales rate requests and deeply understand shipping requirements for stakeholders. 

40% Spend Management: 

• Conduct truckload spend analysis.
• Review and monitor supplier performance scorecards.
• Create and maintain metrics reporting and value capture/measurement tracking tools.
• Apply broad industry knowledge to market analysis and freight studies specific to the assigned BU(s) and carrier partners. 
• Monitors and ensures assigned BU’s are meeting contractual agreements as it relates to volume and revenue requirements.
• Responsible for freight payable reconciliation and exceptions.

30% Client Business Unit Interaction: 

• Develop deep knowledge of client’s customer delivery requirements, plant operational requirements and translate these to aide in sourcing events as well as carrier management.
• Resolve local carrier/operational issues with operations/client that impact our sourcing contracts.
• Maintain strong business relations with BU and carrier partners to streamline freight sourcing and carrier utilization

10% Misc: 

• Perform miscellaneous projects and job related duties as assigned and/or required.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• BA/BS in business, transportation, supply chain or equivalent business experience
• Demonstrated client/customer focus role and strong relationship builder
• 2-3 years’ experience in the areas of transportation, logistics, operations, SCM, finance, trading or other commercially–oriented roles
• Demonstrated ability to excel in ambiguous situations
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Office with expertise in Microsoft Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly collaborative - ability to excel in a team environment
• Self-starter – highly motivated with demonstrated initiative 
• Excellent time management, prioritization and organization skills
• Strong negotiation and problem solving skills
• Proven experience on how to get things done within a matrix organization
• Ability to travel up to 5%
• Ability to collaborate and connect across BUs, Regions, Functions and Modes
• Eagerness to solve problems and provide superior value to the customer
• Comfort with delivering results and acting amidst ambiguity and change; learns from successes and failures; relentless determination
• Ability to negotiate and influence
• Ability to build trusting, respectful working relationships as part of a global team; good listener and able to deal with conflict constructively; problem solve among peers with the market as the “true north”
• Strong systematic thinking to see connections and interdependencies between modes, regions, businesses, and operations
• Take responsibility and ownership for ongoing development (self/others) to build sustainable and differentiating job family capabilities
• Deeply understand and commit to the Transportation & Logistics vision and strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• BA/BS transportation, supply chain or equivalent business experience
• 3 years’ experience in the areas of transportation, logistics, operations, SCM, finance, trading or other commercially–oriented roles, preferably in the truck mode
• Financial acumen, strong analytical skills; experience with scorecards/metrics