Company Name: American Outdoor Brands
Company Website: www.aob.com/careers
Company Description:
American Outdoor Brands is a growth-oriented provider of outdoor products and accessories, including hunting, fishing, camping, hiking and shooting products.
Job Title and Description: Transportation and Logistics Analyst
Success is measured by a reduction in transportation spend, ensuring inventory is available at the right time and in the right quantities, increased customer satisfaction, and successful implementation of new supply chain programs as the company’s distribution and transportation activities evolve.
The Transportation and Logistics Analyst supports the end to end supply chain activities of the organization and will report to the Manager of Transportation and Logistics. The primary areas of responsibility will include global logistics and inventory analytics. Focus will be on ensuring material is fluidly moving through the supply chain, cost savings activities, increased customer satisfaction, increased inventory availability, and improving global supply chain metrics.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Transportation and Logistics Analyst is responsible for supporting our end to end supply chain operations by collaborating with suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders to perform the following key responsibilities:
- Analyze transportation and inventory data and suggest ways to decrease spend while improving efficiency
- Understand the import/export requirements; knowledge or experience with customs compliance, freight forwarding or NVOCC a plus
- Monitor outbound shipments to customers and ensure exceptions are identified and corrected
- Research freight damages/shortages and perform root cause analysis to suggest ways to prevent incidents in the future
- Understand import/export requirements and ensure proper procedures are in place and followed; correct import/export issues on a case by case basis
- Coordinate transportation for special events such as tradeshows, special orders, etc.
- Work with cross functional teams to accomplish strategic and tactical goals
- Become a subject-matter expert for all things transportation and logistics related
- Work with purchasing/sourcing to implement new programs for inbound logistics to the D.C.
- Manage the Transportation Management System’s rules and implement improvements to accommodate a changing business
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration or a related field: Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business Administration, or Industrial Engineering preferred; equivalent work experience will also be strongly considered
- Understanding of transportation/logistics/supply chain concepts highly preferred
- Experience working with internal/external customers
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Weekly Hours: Monday – Friday: 8AM to 5PM
Application Instructions:
Please apply at www.aob.com/careers
Contact:
Stacy Minnick Recruiter
sminnick@aob.com