Transportation Analyst I

**Career Area**:Logistics**:
**Your Work Shapes the World**:
Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

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**Job Purpose**:
Manages the Transportation Service Provider services provided by Caterpillar contracted service providers for the shipment of Caterpillar components and machines domestically and overseas. Identifies, investigates, and resolves problems with shipments to ensure accurate and on-time delivery to facilities, and develops initiatives to improve service and lower cost.

**Job Duties**:
Scope, design, operate, day-to-day services and implement transportation service solutions. Coordinate problem resolution with Caterpillar facilities and approved Service Providers with regards to transportation services. Identify, develop and administer the implementation of improved transportation methods that support Caterpillar's cost and service objectives and goals, to ensure best results for Caterpillar and Cat Dealer organizations.

Manages the performance of these Service Providers through Key Performance Indicators to meet cost and service performance expectations from Caterpillar facilities, Suppliers and Distribution Centers. Identifies, analyzes, develops and implements improved transportation methods that support Caterpillar's quality, velocity and cost objectives. Identifies areas of possible cost savings or improvements in service, associated with the contracted Service Providers. Coordinates impact analysis and implementation of cost effective solutions with Providers. Create scenario modeling and execute the Global Transportation Procurement Strategy based on “Core Carrier Strategy” to perform cost benefit analysis of the data from bids. Make recommendations for the optimal service provider to Buyers and/or Analyst. Develop, implement and manage a process for Global Air Freight using the online procurement tool. Develop and maintain a Spend Management tool for carriers/providers including what should be tracked and reported and how this information will be maintained. Facilitate all introduction and review meetings between Service Providers/Carriers and Buyers.

Assists in alleviating overburden, recommending reassignment of responsibilities between assignments and makes work improvement suggestions such as employee cross training, procedural changes, etc. as necessary. Works closely with and facilitates meetings for Buyer and Analyst personnel to maintain rates and contracts and provide updates within the online procurement tool. Maintains a contact database for all Global Service Providers /Carriers for Air, Ocean, Freight Forwarding, and Customs Brokerage. Confers with Legal to determine if the contracts are in the proper form and have the proper document retention and signatory approvals. Communicates updates to Legal and to Compliance. Monitors and control all new contracts, terminations and amendments and maintain a status log of such. Computes BAF (Bunker Adjustment Factor) and initiate the changes that are required globally via the online procurement tool. Update data and run reports for financial impact on special projects and department cost savings.

Coordinate problem solution in regards of Transportation services to ensure on time deliveries. Identify, develop and administer the implementation of improved transportation methods Manages the performance of Service Providers through Key Performance Indicators to meet cost and service expectations

Work closely with and facilitates meetings for Buyer and Analyst personnel to maintain rates and contracts Work with external Customers such as Global Carriers, Freight Forwarders, Customs Brokerage and Air Freight Providers.

Coordinates impact analysis and implementation of cost effective solutions with Providers

**Background / Experience**:

- University degree finished
- Fluent English
- 3 to 5 years of experience in and/or equivalent knowledge of various Operating, Distribution, Transportation, Contracting, Warehouse Consolidation and Forwarding.
- A working knowledge of a rate management systems and/or procurement tools such as Pelyco and/or GT Nexus or Paralegal skills are desired.
- Strong understanding of international supply chain, both physical flow and data flow including ocean carriers, air carriers, truck carriers, rail carri