Logistics Transportation Analyst
Collabera2
Posted: January 29, 2016
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Quick Summary
Logistics Transportation Analyst is responsible for analyzing logistics data to optimize transportation routes and schedules, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of goods and materials.
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Job Description
Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.
Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.
Position Details:
Industry Manufacturing
Work Location Morton IL 61550
Job Title Logistics Transportation Analyst
Duration 2 Years (Strong possibility of extension)
Job Description:
This position will be responsible for a variety of Transportation-related Accounting functions, including but not limited to:
--Payment of carriers and logistics service providers
--Service validation of invoices
--Rate audit of invoices against contracts
--Root cause analysis and corrective action for process defects
--Data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies that can be communicated back to Transportation Operations teams to drive supply chain improvements.
Required: Looking for candidates with accounting, audit, or supply chain experience. Must be advanced user of MS Excel. SAS programming experience is desired. SQL experience is helpful.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, audit, or supply chain field or 2 years minimum equivalent work experience - - Advanced MS Excel experience (pivot tables, vlookups, regression and histogram)
DESIRED: SAS programming experience - - SQL programming experience. Experience with audit, payables and/or supply chain.
Typical Day: Most of the day will be spent writing programs to audit freight invoices. They will also be following up with carriers to negotiate settlements on billing exceptions.
Soft Skills Required: Communication. Negotiation.
If interested, please contact:
Monaliza Santiago
314-815-5414