Sr. Logistics Analyst, Bulk

Morton Salt • Overland Park, KS • 5h ago

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13566817

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between. We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

Job Summary

The jobholder plans, sources and negotiates Transportation Services for bulk to provide to the organization at lowest total cost of ownership. The jobholder is responsible for handling RFXs, obtain and analyze offers and bid comparisons, and leads negotiations through to completion of carrier contracts. The jobholder develops and implements the logistics strategy by managing the carrier and supplier relationships, ensuring that all KPIs, SLAs, and contractual obligations are met. The jobholder identifies opportunities to improve supply chain cost through the optimization process and by sourcing Transportation Services from new and existing suppliers for newly defined lanes or shipping needs, while ensuring sufficient carrier capacity is in place. Work with cross-functional teams, Supply Chain, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Finance to resolve service issues, identify opportunities to improve cost, efficiency and service to Morton Salts Customers.

Duties and Responsibilities

Actively manage procurement of Transportation Services and maintain

assigned contracts.

Prepare RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs.

Lead negotiations with carriers to obtain competitive rates,

mitigate price increases and ensure carrier capacity requirements.

Work with Legal as needed to complete contracts.

Assist with entry of rates into TMS system accurately and on-time.

Perform a continuous optimization working with Distribution Managers

and Sales & Marketing to determine cost efficient sourcing and lowest cost carrier, utilizing carrier capacity/performance history and customer delivery requirements.

Monitor daily open orders, shipment error corrections, route guides

and manually dispatch carriers at a site or group of sites as needed.

Coordinate solutions to daily transportation/logistics operational

issues with carriers, working with internal and external personnel to ensure seamless on-time deliveries, while exceeding customer expectations and KPIs/performance metrics.

Serve as point of contact for carriers and customers in assigned

area of responsibility, related to order execution status questions, issues, quality or logistics performance issues.

Measure, manage and report on performance to established KPIs.

Ensure Transportation requirements are met by validating carriers

are capable of delivering in accordance with agreed-upon capacity and customer delivery requirements.

Assist in obtaining signed copies of Bills of Lading for Proof of

Delivery Inquiries.

Lead in providing information for freight invoice discrepancies and

monetary freight claim issues.

Interface independently with internal and external customers at all

levels, including senior leadership.

Participate in or lead special projects as assigned along with

communicating project findings/results to logistics team, manufacturing facilities and others as required.

Support internal projects focusing on continuous improvement, with a

focus on eliminating waste, reducing cost and driving pickup and delivery performance with our carriers.

Identify, document and report on areas of cost savings opportunities

related to logistics on an ongoing basis.

Perform various analysis or reporting such as cost comparison,

network optimization reports, customer on-time deliveries, etc.

Spearhead the identification and evaluation of new carriers to

expand capacity and strengthen operational capabilities.

Any other duties as assigned.

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