Logistics Analyst - Chicago, United States - Purple Carrot

Purple Carrot

Verified Company

Chicago, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About Purple Carrot
Purple Carrot started with just a seed of an idea in 2014. Our vision is a world where plant-based eating is at the core of living well. Every day, on this mission, we're breaking boundaries with plant-based eating. We value learning from customers, an ownership mindset, integrity, winning together, and being bold. We need your expertise on our team to make things happen

Purple Carrot's irresistible, globally-inspired meal-kit recipes and prepared meals using fresh ingredients.

We are a team of collaborative individuals who drive for results, strive for doing better, make good choices quickly, and embrace a growth mindset to win or learn.

Here's what you're up for

Description
We are looking for a Logistics Analyst to join our mission-driven team.

As an integral part of the Operations team, you will join forces with the Director of Operations (to whom you will also report) in our continued effort to inspire people to eat more plants We're looking for an experienced Logistics Analyst to oversee shipping and delivery of products to customers, facilitate deliveries and transfers of raw ingredients and packaging to our two fulfillment partners' facilities (Chicago and Las Vegas, NV), manage carrier relationships, drive continuous improvement, and provide meaningful reporting and analytics.

You will be eager to get into the details of the data, proactive approach to identify and improve inefficiencies, and be comfortable supporting logistics for the Operations team.

Location

Up to 3 days/week onsite presence at our Chicago fulfillment partner
Currently located near Pilsen, to be ~20 minutes south of downtown Chicago after Q
Travel: Occasional travel (local and overnight) possible to other fulfillment partner sites, carrier locations, and/or our Needham, MA HQ

On the Plate
Carrier Relationship Management

Support all aspects of carrier relations including performance management, leading weekly/monthly meetings, regular checkins, and peak/holiday planning
Assist activities related to carrier evaluation, including onboarding and offboarding carriers to and from our network, and vetting business development opportunities (RFPs/RFQs)

Order Management

Deliver weekly transportation plan as part of customer order management process coordinate pickup schedules, volumes, and equipment requirements with carriers and fulfillment partners
Collaborate with production and warehouse teams to optimize weekly pickups, manage 3PL deliveries, and warehouse LTL/FTL transfers and deliveries.
Escalate shippingrelated concerns such as late or missed pickups and injections or carrier service disruptions, and support recovery efforts

Reporting and Analysis

Support internal transportation meetings, update internal scorecards, and present at Weekly Business Review
Leverage insights from our transportation analytics partners to drive meaningful action including creation of internal dashboards and new KPIs
Adhoc reporting and analysis requests from internal teams

Financial

Audit transportation invoices, taking action to resolve discrepancies or inaccuracies
Monitor lastmile deliveries, costs, and other metrics, ensuring attainment to budget and implementing corrective action plans

Process Improvement

Work crossfunctionally with Customer Experience (CX), Fulfillment Partners, and Carriers to deepdive customer complaints, and develop longterm solutions
Proactively and independently evaluates carriers, capabilities, shipping schedules, financials, and existing processes and brings improvement ideas

Main Ingredients for the Role

Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent
3+ years' Analyst experience in a Logistics, Transportation, or Supply Chain role, experience with temperature controlled or perishable products preferred. D2C/Ecomm, a plus.
Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and experience with BI tools (i.e Looker) required
Strong knowledge of transportation laws, regulations, and best practices
Experience reporting logistics and transportation data (ex. carrier performance) using scorecards, dashboards, and KPIs
Strong problem solving skills ability to think quickly and make recommendations/decisions with little information that takes into account customer experience and business cost
Detailoriented and organized
Selfstarter okay with a highlevel of autonomy
Effective written and verbal communicator with external partners and internal leaders across functions

Extra Special Sauce

Import/export experience
API or EDI experience
Transportation Management System (TMS) experience
SQL skills a plus

Garnish
We love our staff, and show it with benefits (professional development, medical, dental, vision, FSA, and life insurance), matching retirement plan, unlimited paid time off, credit toward free Purple Carrot boxes, and the opportunity to work