Required Skills:
- Experience in logistics/transportation
- Knowledge of Excel at an intermediate level (e.g., pivot tables & charts, multiple criteria lookups, nested logical/IF formulas, data cleansing, array formulas, etc.)
- Experience managing large data sets and utilizing to drive performance and process improvement
Preferred Skills:
- Experience using Inventory Management Systems
- Understands inventory control methodology
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience with SQL
Job Summary: A client of Insight Global is seeking highly skilled Logistics Specialists to join a growing intermodal operations team. These individuals will be responsible for the end-to-end execution of all loads shipped on the 1P network. The ideal candidate must ensure timely pick-up and delivery of freight by vendors to the proper locations and address disruptions in the supply chain as they arise, keeping stakeholders informed and communicating any issues.
Key Responsibilities:
- Communicate with customers (carriers, railroad partners, vendors/suppliers) and stakeholders (program managers, fulfillment centers, managed carrier programs).
- Pull data from various databases (using Excel, SQL, and other data management systems) and perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
- Understand performance metrics to assist in driving business results.
- Rectify disruptions and breaks in processes, following standard work procedures to make decisions based on available data.
- Provide real-time customer experience in a fast-paced operating environment.
- Systematically escalate problems or variances in information and data to the relevant owners and teams.
- Deliver follow-through on resolutions to ensure information is communicated effectively.
- Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs while measuring and identifying activities performed.
- Communicate both verbally and in writing, as data and findings are critical to tracking trends and performance inefficiencies.
THIS IS A 6 MONTH C2H OPPORTUNITY