Working within the client team, this role will
- Understand client’s Supply Chain/Transportation & Logistics related processes, capabilities, and systems
- Identify and learn business challenges and operations of customers
- Set engagement objectives and scope, develop work plans, and coordinate activities across and between multiple project workstreams
- Identify and implement strategic programs for clients’ operations departments, and develop ways to assess, measure, and improve operational performance
- Assess and/or guide the assessment of large datasets to discover meaningful patterns, trends and relationships
- Develop advanced analytics and / or cognitive approaches to generate insights and improve supply chain performance
Education:
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in industrial engineering, operations research, supply chain management or similar field
Experience:
- 5+ years of professional experience working in a Supply Chain/Transportation department or with a Transportation Services Provider
- 3+ years of experience with Transportation Management System (TMS) solutions technology and/or implementation experience in one of the following: JDA/Blue Yonder, Oracle
- OTM, Descartes, Manhattan Associates, or MercuryGate
- Experience using analytics and metrics to assess transportation optimization performance, carrier performance, and operational performance to identify and quantify improvement
- opportunities
- 3+ years of experience with transportation management specific to equipment management, fleet management, maintenance management and driver management
- Experience in the following transportation modes: Ocean, Parcel, Truckload, LTL, Intermodal, Rail, Expedited and Final Mile.
Logistics: