Adidas OUTBOUND TRANSPORTATION ANALYST 

Italy, Tuscany 

718562495

Key Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for load and shipment planning and optimization, equipment & trailer pool planning, and lane analysis for outbound customer shipments within US.
• Ensure that the carriers are meeting/exceeding their performance SLAs. Develop, measure, and monitor transportation KPIs.
• Support Transportation optimization by providing analytics, forecast reporting and operational insight focused on cost savings, operational efficiency and transportation capacity management.
• Work with cross functional teams to drive overall US and Canada network performance
• Monitor carrier pickup and delivery performance andresolves carrier pickup or equipment issues.
• Support the operations network during end of month/quarter and peak shipping periods.
• Monitor and support special event shipments.
• Monitor and support retail new store/load in projects.
• Support the business on new initiates and projects with key partners.

Key Relationships:

• Internally: Distribution Centers, Store Operations, eCommerce Operations, Customer Service, Sales, Finance
• Externally: 3PL’s, Carriers (parcel, LTL, and TL), Freight Brokers

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Previous exposure or direct experience using transportation management systems or and/or transportation modeling or routing tools
• Excellent analysis and data management skills with demonstrated ability to organize data and prepare reports in a logical manner
• Ability to effectively interact and build a favorable business relationship with all carriers
• Ability to work constructively with carriers to provide capacity during peak periods
• Attention to detail and ability to navigate systems to obtain data required.
• A solid working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, MicroStrategy, and/or Tableau.
• Knowledge of all modes of transportation (IM,LTL,TL and Small Parcel).
• Excellent analytical skills and experience with performance metrics or KPI’s.
• Strong verbal communication and presentation skills to conduct meetings and make presentations to stakeholders and project teams

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• 4-year college or university degree, focus on Business Administration, Business Analytics, Engineering, Logistics/Transportation or Supply Chain preferred.
• 1-3 years related progressive work experience and/or training
• Equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage,adoption, with surrogate and fertility support,short and long-term disability, and basic life and insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Spartanburg, South Carolina.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.