TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ANALYST

Transportation Planning Analyst

Job Title Transportation Planning Analyst Job # US16374 Requisition Type Regular Function Global Supply Chain State / Province Missouri City Earth City Region US Posting Start Date Feb-11-2022 Division Information

Spectrum Brands global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow.

Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Job Summary

The position is a center led regional distribution and transportation role. This position works directly with business leaders, drayage providers, and air / ocean / ground carriers to ensure the successful execution of inbound / outbound tendering, rating, and completion of freight processes.

Responsibilities include activities contributing to drayage, transloading & carrier set up, analyzing, evaluating, and defining root cause for operational rating issues.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops and manages domestic transportation routing guides to meet internal / external customer needs through SPB transportation management system and manual processes
• Supports and leads ad hoc RFPs to support new capacity needs
• Assists in developing and executing procurement strategies with drayage, transload, TL, LTL, and parcel carriers to optimize financial and service benefits to Spectrum Brands
• Leads deliveries for drayage / transload including air and ocean ports tracking, leverage of rail, trucking, and container devanning / consolidation
• Tracks air delivery, import and air carrier delivery performance reporting
• Utilizes Transportation Management tools like (GTNexus) for air and ocean performance and delivery traceability
• Provides input to strategic decisions that affect Spectrum Brands Transportation, i.e., costs, performance, on quality, on time, and in full
• Leads operations / logistics planning and execution activities, including communicating those plans to carriers and key stakeholders
• Provides Spectrum Brands Divisions transportation expertise on new initiatives and continuous improvement
• Manages multiple projects and deliverables timely
• North America and Global RFP support and analysis across complex network
• Coordinates with production facility and logistics provider to ensure coverage on loads moving to distribution center
• Assists in developing, maintaining, and evaluating carrier relationships with Truckload, LTL, drayage, ocean and air companies
• Manages the regional inbound delivery of international shipments
• Manages and monitors performance metrics / reporting and assess / review performance
• Tracks and reports freight costs and maintain transportation KPIs
• Responsible for reporting in the Transportation Management System utilization and reporting
• Drives visibility on freight movement, on quality, on time delivery, costs, and carrier performance
• Manages dashboards and monitor performance metrics / reporting and assess / review performance of logistics network- examples : on time delivery, port, yard performance, aging container, air and transport shipments
• Identifies, develops, and implements productivity improvements and other cost reduction strategies

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelors Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Business-related field is required
• Minimum of three (3) years of transportation / operations experience in managed freight movement is preferred

Required Skills

• Must have the ability to work with other regions on the coordination of inbound and outbound shipments between regions
• Must have the ability to work independently and drive 3rd party carriers on quality, performance, and cost
• Must be proficient with technology to include Microsoft office, SAP, ERP, and TMS
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of contracts, KPIs, and dashboards
• Proven accomplishments in cross-functional team environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated with the ability to complete multiple tasks efficiently and timely

Work Environment

• Ability to travel about 20% of time.
• Perform moderate to complex administrative support duties to include composing and typing routine correspondence. Conduct research, compile, and type statistical reports, and verify accuracy as required.

Organize and maintain routine and confidential files, correspondence, and other records.

Ability to answer phone calls and interact with carriers and customers on a regular basis.

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