Transportation Analyst
- LocationOlive Branch, MS
- Work typeNot stated
- EmploymentFull-time
- Posted6 November 2026
- SourceTti's careers page (Workday)
Live checkFirst seen 14 h ago; still listed on Tti's careers page 2 h ago.
At a glance
- Experience3 to 5 years
- EducationBachelor's degree
- Skills and toolsPower BI, Excel, PowerPoint
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About the role
Transportation Analyst Job Description:
Transportation Analyst
INNOVATE without boundaries! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide….
Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.
Your Role on Our Team:
The Sr. Transportation Analyst is a key player in the Supply Chain-Transportation Department at Milwaukee Tool. The role shares responsibility for the day-to-day support and development of transportation operations and KPI’s, including carrier operations management, freight claims management, daily review of shipment activity, shipment analysis, customer service, coordination of inbound and outbound transportation scheduling, routing shipment impacts, resolution of transportation issues and cost savings / mitigation calculation and performance metrics management
You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:
- Work cross functionally with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Channels and Distribution teams to meet the needs of the business
- Works cross functionally with international stakeholders for import visibility, network changes and overall performance
- Communicates with preferred freight carriers and the business on lost freight, misrouted freight, damaged freight and future shipment coordination
- Develops and maintains routing guides and operations compliance rules for the business and suppliers to maintain cost and service constraints and manages the governance of those activities
- Support manufacturing and operations with transportation support for scheduling, expediting and maintaining shipment compliance as established through the organization
- Provides price quotes and bookings for business partners for expediting and one-off shipment scheduling
- Reviews expedited shipment requests to ensure adherence to the most cost-effective transportation alternatives. Presents transactions involving excess costs to proper approval levels for review
- Maintains KPI’s and dashboard compliance to generate opportunities, mitigation and cost control.
- Streamlines network design in collaboration with business partners and outside analysts to adhere the best-in-class network design
- Ensure that customer concerns are researched and corrected with freight carriers and network
- Drives costs mitigation projects through data analysis and dashboard and KPI management
- Review freight data appropriately to assure routing compliance is met and work corrective actions with business on process improvements
- Track import shipments via forwarders and dashboards to measure performance and business support through Supply Chain and Operations
- Develop and maintain lead time compliance in planning systems and communicate with business on changes necessary
- Support and develop technology enhancements into network to improve efficiency
Performs other duties as assigned.
The TOOLS you’ll bring with you:
- Ability to extract, manipulate, and organize data
- Ability to recognize opportunities and provide analytical support for fact-based decisions
- Ability to work cross functionally and within a team environment
- Thought leader to drive continuous improvement in operations
- A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI and Microsoft PowerPoint is required
- 3-5 years of Transportation experience required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, operations, logistics, supply chain management preferred, but BS in other areas acceptable with work experience in these areas.
Working Conditions:
Manufacturing Plant
We provide these great perks and benefits:
- Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
- Generous 401 (K) savings plan
- Education assistance
- On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
- And many more, check out our benefits site HERE .
Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.
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