Remote Logistics Process Improvement Analyst

Motion Recruitment; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks an experienced Logistics Process Improvement Analyst to drive operational excellence across freight forwarding and international transportation workloads from a remote footprint in the United States. The role entails heavy collaboration with operations, sales, and technology teams, with substantial travel requirements.

You will lead workshops, map current-state processes, and develop practical recommendations to optimize performance, quality, and customer experience in

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in business analysis, operations improvement, or consulting.
• Direct experience in freight forwarding, international transportation, contract logistics, or global supply chain environments.
• Experience leading process discovery sessions and stakeholder workshops.
• Hands on value stream mapping and process mapping experience.
• Knowledge of ocean freight, air freight, documentation, customs, brokerage, shipment execution, and billing processes.
• Experience using Visio, Lucidchart, Miro, or similar process documentation tools.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills.
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery sessions and workshops with operations, transportation, logistics, and commercial teams
• Document current state processes across freight forwarding and international transportation workflows
• Facilitate value stream mapping and process mapping exercises
• Identify process bottlenecks, inefficiencies, delays, rework, and improvement opportunities
• Develop process maps, SIPOC diagrams, workflow documentation, and operational assessments
• Analyze operational metrics including cycle times, throughput, productivity, quality, and customer experience
• Partner with business leaders and process owners to develop practical improvement recommendations
• Present findings, business cases, and transformation recommendations to management teams
• Support implementation and tracking of operational improvement initiatives
• Collaborate with cross functional teams across operations, technology, finance, and commercial functions

Skills

Business analysis

Process mapping

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Excel

Tools

Visio

Lucidchart

Miro

Job description

Motion Recruitment seeks an experienced Logistics Process Improvement Analyst to drive operational excellence across freight forwarding and international transportation workloads from a remote footprint in the United States. The role entails heavy collaboration with operations, sales, and technology teams, with substantial travel requirements.

You will lead workshops, map current-state processes, and develop practical recommendations to optimize performance, quality, and customer experience in