Transportation Analyst – Genzyme – Westborough, MA, USA
Supply Chain Operations – Logistics is a regulatory compliant global services operation that works in cooperation with internal partners, external suppliers and transportation service providers to facilitate the movement of goods with the identification of carriers, carrier requirements, rates, metrics and freight payment. Supply Chain Operations – Logistics complies with IATA, DOT, ISO, cGMP and all local and country-specific government regulations regarding the domestic transportation, exportation and importation of raw materials, samples and finished goods.
Position Overview/Key Responsibilities
Plans, schedules, and routes inbound and outbound domestic and international shipments of freight, using knowledge of regulations, tariffs, and company policy. Provides guidance to all logistics services users at all sites and business units to ensure company complies with all government regulations regarding imports, exports and hazardous goods. Facilitates and identification of carriers, carrier requirements, rates, metrics, and freight payment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Involved in more complex lanes
- Evaluates the lane, understand the supplier, determine product requirements, payment terms, performs risks analysis
- Requests and reviews documentation from the supplier
- Negotiates with shipper on valuation methodology
- Provides guidance to other sites on global shipments outside of their responsibility
- May develop supply chain maps
- Evaluates danger level of shipment and prepares document to notify shipper of applicable packaging requirements
- Researches, evaluates, and analyzes the valuation methodology
- May design and develop data composition within a system
- Manages a variety of projects via project life cycle
- May design and develop solutions and enhancements to support business need identification
Qualifications
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience. Master’s degree and 1-3 years of relevant experience.
- Minimum of 1-3 years of experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
- Basic knowledge, execution and application of Supply Chain principles and practices, Supply Chain networks and financial impacts including logistics, transportation, trade management/compliance and cold chain monitoring
- Ability to anticipate problems or issues and take preventive action
- Strong information gathering and analytical skills to enable mitigation of risk (transportation, security, product, financial) and negative impact
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Ability to adjust to changing work priorities and unplanned events
- Ability to work independently under minimal supervision and direction
