Senior Transportation Analyst - Data-Driven Logistics

Milwaukee Tool Corp.; Olive Branch (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan

Education assistance

On-site wellness, fitness center, food

Job summary

Milwaukee Tool Corp. is seeking a Transportation Analyst to join our Supply Chain-Transportation team. You will own day-to-day support for transportation operations, KPI management, and cost-savings initiatives.

The role requires 3-5 years in transportation with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and strong Excel/Power BI skills. Expect collaboration across manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, along with a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of Transportation experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, operations, logistics, or supply chain

Responsibilities

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Channels and Distribution teams to meet business needs.
• Coordinate import visibility, network changes and overall performance with international stakeholders.
• Communicate with freight carriers on lost, misrouted, damaged freight and future shipment coordination.
• Develop and maintain routing guides and governance for cost and service constraints with suppliers.
• Support manufacturing and operations with transportation scheduling, expediting and shipment compliance.
• Provide price quotes and bookings for expediting and one-off shipments.
• Review expedited shipments to ensure cost-effective transportation options and obtain approvals as needed.
• Maintain KPIs and dashboards to identify opportunities and control costs.
• Streamline network design with partners and analysts to achieve best-in-class design.
• Ensure customer concerns are researched and resolved with carriers and network.
• Drive cost-mitigation projects through data analysis and KPI management.
• Review freight data to ensure routing compliance and drive process improvements.
• Track import shipments via forwarders and dashboards to measure performance.
• Develop lead time compliance in planning systems and communicate changes.

Skills

Data extraction

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Transportation or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Milwaukee Tool Corp. is seeking a Transportation Analyst to join our Supply Chain-Transportation team. You will own day-to-day support for transportation operations, KPI management, and cost-savings initiatives.

The role requires 3-5 years in transportation with a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and strong Excel/Power BI skills. Expect collaboration across manufacturing, sourcing, and distribution, along with a focus on continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.