Senior Analyst, Transport Business Development

Loblaw Companies Limited; Brampton; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Loblaw Companies Limited is seeking a Transportation Business Development Sr. Analyst in Canada to analyze vendor freight programs, forecast rates, and support profitable pricing strategies.

You will collaborate with Vendors, Finance, Accounts Receivable, Transportation, and other teams to ensure timely payments and accurate billings. The role emphasizes analytical rigor, large data handling, and translating insights into actionable recommendations to improve reporting, controls, and program

Qualifications

• University or College degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transportation, or a related discipline.
• 2-5 years of relevant experience within transportation, logistics, supply chain, retail, finance, analytics, or a related environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with demonstrated ability to investigate complex issues and identify root causes.
• Strong business and financial acumen with an understanding of rates, costs, revenue, invoicing, and profitability.
• Transportation experience, ideally involving truckload (TL), less-than-truckload (LTL), freight pricing, or transportation solutions.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with vendors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills (MS Access, Excel, SAP, TMS, Power Bi) and experience working with analytical tools and large data sets
• Professional and highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities, implementations, and deadlines simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Analyze Loblaw order history, vendor freight rates, transportation lanes, carrier capacity, and market carrier rates to assess program performance and support freight rate development.
• Prepare vendor freight rate packages and conduct regular reviews of existing rates to ensure accuracy, competitiveness, and alignment with program profitability expectations.
• Monitor the financial performance of vendor freight programs and identify rate, revenue, or cost trends that may impact profitability.
• Perform detailed financial analysis related to vendor paybacks, invoices, SAP deductions, freight adjustments, and other transportation-related inquiries.
• Perform root-cause analysis to determine whether exceptions are related to rates, master data, system configuration, operational changes, vendor information, or other factors.
• Work directly with Vendors, Finance, Accounts Receivable, Transportation, and other internal teams to reconcile vendor accounts and support the timely collection of outstanding freight payments and amounts owed are paid within established terms.
• Use analytical and business intelligence tools to identify trends, investigate anomalies, and support fact-based decision-making.
• Translate complex data into clear findings and recommendations for Transportation, Finance, Supply Chain, and other business partners.
• Identify opportunities and support development to improve reporting, analytical processes, controls, and overall program efficiency.
• Work with various internal teams on Vendor transitions to ensure program profitability are not affected and the proper program set up is followed through.
• Assist will all WaaS/FaaS and CPU set ups to ensure rates, lanes, Inco Terms and financial items are inputted and reflected correctly in our systems

Skills

Vendor freight analysis

Financial forecasting

Rate development

Data analysis

Communication with vendors

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

University or College degree in Business/Logistics/Transportation

Tools

MS Access

Excel

SAP

TMS

Power BI

Job description

At Loblaw, we help millions of Canadians get through their best days, worst days, celebration days, and every day. Through our innovation and quality products, we’re here for our friends, neighbours, family members and colleagues.

We succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us.

We’re looking for adaptable people who are thrilled to join us in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. We promote leaders at every level and support our people to follow their passion.

The Transportation Business Development Sr. Analyst plays a key role in ensuring Loblaw Transportation's vendor freight programs are financially accurate, profitable, and operationally efficient.

This role is responsible for analyzing and forecasting vendor freight rates, monitoring the financial performance of existing programs, identifying freight revenue and rate exceptions, and resolving issues that may impact program profitability. The Analyst also supports the financial health of vendor programs by monitoring outstanding receivables and investigating account discrepancies.

Using transportation, financial, and operational data, the Sr. Analyst provides insights that support accurate pricing, effective program management, revenue assurance, and continuous improvement. The role works directly with vendors and finance when required to resolve outstanding freight-related balances, reconcile discrepancies, and help ensure amounts owed are collected and accounts remain current.

This role is well suited to a highly analytical and systems-oriented professional who enjoys investigating complex problems, working with large data sets, and translating findings into actionable business solutions.

What You Will Do

• Analyze Loblaw order history, vendor freight rates, transportation lanes, carrier capacity, and market carrier rates to assess program performance and support freight rate development.
• Prepare vendor freight rate packages and conduct regular reviews of existing rates to ensure accuracy, competitiveness, and alignment with program profitability expectations.
• Monitor the financial performance of vendor freight programs and identify rate, revenue, or cost trends that may impact profitability.
• Perform detailed financial analysis related to vendor paybacks, invoices, SAP deductions, freight adjustments, and other transportation-related inquiries.
• Perform root-cause analysis to determine whether exceptions are related to rates, master data, system configuration, operational changes, vendor information, or other factors.
• Work directly with Vendors, Finance, Accounts Receivable, Transportation, and other internal teams to reconcile vendor accounts and support the timely collection of outstanding freight payments and amounts owed are paid within established terms.
• Use analytical and business intelligence tools to identify trends, investigate anomalies, and support fact-based decision-making.
• Translate complex data into clear findings and recommendations for Transportation, Finance, Supply Chain, and other business partners.
• Identify opportunities and support development to improve reporting, analytical processes, controls, and overall program efficiency.
• Work with various internal teams on Vendor transitions to ensure program profitability are not affected and the proper program set up is followed through.
• Assist will all WaaS/FaaS and CPU set ups to ensure rates, lanes, Inco Terms and financial items are inputted and reflected correctly in our systems

What You Will Need

• University or College degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Transportation, or a related discipline
• 2-5 years of relevant experience within transportation, logistics, supply chain, retail, finance, analytics, or a related environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with demonstrated ability to investigate complex issues and identify root causes.
• Strong business and financial acumen with an understanding of rates, costs, revenue, invoicing, and profitability.
• Transportation experience, ideally involving truckload (TL), less-than-truckload (LTL), freight pricing, or transportation solutions.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to work effectively with vendors and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills (MS Access, Excel, SAP, TMS, Power Bi) and experience working with analytical tools and large data sets
• Professional and highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities, implementations, and deadlines simultaneously.

Loblaw is committed to sustainability by sourcing products with integrity and making a positive difference in the community. Our CORE Values - Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence - guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits – these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada’s Top Employers, Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Greenest Employers & Canada’s Top Employers for Young People.

Employment Type

Full time

Type Of Role

Regular

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note:

Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

Hiring Range / Échelle Salariale à L’embauche

$60,000.00 - $82,500.00 / 60.000,00$ - 82.500,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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