Sr. Logistics Analyst - Remote Job Listing at Harbor Freight Tools in Calabasas, CA (Job ID 1304140)

Description

The Senior Logistics Analyst – Operations will support the analytics, operations, and reporting for the Harbor Freight Transportation team. With over 55,000+ deliveries annually, the Senior Logistics Analyst – Operations will be responsible for standardizing, harmonizing and analyzing logistics data across various modes of transportation; developing and implementing service and cost improvements, and require the quantitative ability to make data-oriented decisions in accordance with the company's delivery strategies and objectives. The position will require reporting skills to bridge cross-functional communication that drives efficiencies and cost contained service improvements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting Domestic Inbound & Outbound Transportation      
• Must have capability to develop, manage and maintain transportation operating budgets  
• Analyze and report on domestic outbound transportation activities and financial budgets ($100+MM)            
• Operations planning and forecasting of shipments / loads      
• Reconcile demand variances and refining forecasts to improve accuracy 
• Detailed tracking and reporting for transportation and store delivery      
• Analyze data and trend analysis to drive metric enhancements      
• Generate weekly and monthly Cost / Service KPIs
• Develop scorecards, dashboards, and exception reports to pinpoint service and cost opportunities     
• Develop and maintain Logistics solutions library  
• Provide delivery strategies to cross functional department to assist in all special needs as requested.   
• Analyze and make recommendations on improved delivery performance          
• Additional duties as assigned by manager
• Support and lead network & sub-optimal design analysis
• Engineer new transportation modes to service stores        
• Develop project charters and provide solutions to improve cost / service         
• Conduct network analysis to determine optimal shipping nodes & delivery type         
• Assist in coordinating projects & Transportation initiatives      
• Create written standard operating procedures with visualized flow charts         
• Support exploring different transportation IT platforms such as TMS or dynamic routing

• Staff supervision and development:  No
• Decision making:  Collaborates and Supports Policy Development and resolves problems
• Travel:  Up to 5%
• Flex Designation:  Anywhere

• Bachelor's Degree in either Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Statistics or Applied Mathematics and/or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

• 3+ years' experience in Transportation, Operations and/or Supply Chain.
• Retail experience plus.

• Strong analytical background with high expertise in Access/Excel/Power BI/SQL/Tableau
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected as part of the job performance and will need to rely on judgment and experience to accomplish goals
• Strong knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies
• Understanding and experience in project management and exposure to project management methodologies
• Flexible and adaptable regarding learning and understanding innovative technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly self-motivated and directed

• Stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time.
• Speak and listen to others in person and over the phone and video conferencing.
• Use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports.
• The ability to lift up to 15 lbs.

• Must be able to perform this job safely in accordance with standard operating procedures and good manufacturing practices, without endangering the health or safety of self or others.