A day in the life of a Logistics Analyst looks like;

40% Distribution and / or Transportation

• Responsible for daily follow up on orders released to the warehouse.
• Work with the Sales OPS team and supplier to adapt to changing demand by pulling in, pushing out, orders and shipments to minimize shipping delays.
• Help optimize Global warehouse efficiency (Inbound, Outbound and inventory accuracy) per the direction of the Logistics Team Lead and Director of Logistics.
• Pro-actively manage inbound shipments and update other departments on impact and minimize it at the same time.
• Streamline processes and keep open communication with the warehouses / transportation partners in order to alert, report and escalate issues.

25% SAP and 3rd Party applications

• Receive inbound shipments in SAP and report issues on discrepancies to the team in China.
• Actively use 3PL platforms to identify potential issues and delays.
• Action Open Orders and assure compliance on performance from suppliers.
• Communicate and update overdue POs weekly

10% Supplier Management

• Support the Logistics Lead in escalating structural issues on different suppliers.
• Gather supporting data to raise CAPAs with suppliers in order to fix.

25% Ad Hoc Duties

• Help ensure daily flow of work is managed.
• Support various departments and their requests for information on inbound status, inventory levels and outbound order statuses.
• Support ad hoc meetings from a data and presentation standpoint

To love and be successful in this job, you will need to possess the below competencies, skills and education.

Education: BS or BA in any field.

Competencies

• Experienced logistics professional in ocean, trucking, small parcel, and/or warehousing
• Process Oriented: Think end-to-end on how to make work processes more efficient.
• Proactive Learner: Desire to learn new things and put the learning into practice
• Detail Orientated: You can catch one error in sea of a 1000 emails
• Follow up: You close the loop, button things up, seal it tight. You know what we mean.

Skills

• Excel: you don't have to be a wizard but you have the aptitude to learn things like pivot tables and vlookups
• Excellent communication skills with internal and external including with nonnative English speakers.
• Experience with SAP a plus