Sr. Transportation Analyst - Design & Optimization

Work Location Type: Hybrid

As a leading industrial distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom, We Keep The World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. With 2023 sales of $16.5 billion, we're dedicated to providing value for customers, fostering an engaging culture for team members and driving strong financial results.

Our welcoming workplace enables you to learn, grow and make a difference by keeping businesses running and their people safe. As a 2024 Glassdoor Best Place to Work and a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company, we're looking for passionate people to join our team as we continue leading the industry over our next 100 years.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $78,200.00 to $130,400.00. This position is eligible for participation in our short-term incentive program in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan.

The range provided is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills. The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.

Position Details:

The Senior Transportation Analyst, you will be responsible for supporting transportation projects and strategies aimed at developing new solutions and/or revisiting current solutions to improve service and/or costs. This role will require a high degree of project management aligned to all directions and modes of transportation. The role will also require a strong analytical ability, cross-functional project leadership, and communication skills relevant to all levels of leadership.

This role will report to the Sr Manager, Transportation Strategy. This role is based in Lake Forest.

You Will:

• Understand and support the Grainger transportation strategy and long-term goals.
• Analyze data for opportunities of improvement, develop a recommended course of action, implement a successful solution, and monitor results.
  • Manage projects to ensure timelines and outcomes are met.
  • Work with internal and external partners towards a shared goal.
  • Lead change management with impacted partners.
  • Communicate project status, timelines, and benefits to supply chain leaders.
  • Hand-off new, but established processes to the transportation operations team once project is completed and considered a standard process.
• Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements, recommendations, and implement solutions that help the organization to achieve its goals.
• Understand industry trends and recommend opportunities to keep Grainger up to date on transportation best practices.
• Be comfortable working with ambiguous opportunities and exploring outside-of-the-box solutions.
• Have financial acumen to appropriately analyze and communicate financial implications of projects.

• Can identify, recommend/select, and negotiate with external suppliers that align with Transportation Procurement projects and goals.

You Have:

• 3-5 years experience in related field
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Project management experience
• Intermediate software skills such as MS Office family programs, SAP, and Teradata highly preferred.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in:
  • Working understanding of the supply chain tradeoffs between transportation, DC operations processes, and inventory costs and availability
  • Analyzing data, developing a recommended course of action and implementing a successful solution
  • Leading team efforts on a specific assignment in an indirect reporting capacity
  • Working through challenging issues in a constructive manner

• Excellent written, verbal, and electronic communication skills.
• Ability to communicate confidently and effectively in various ways up to VP level of management (e.g. written, oral, and presentation)

Rewards and Benefits:

With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health, and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice to meet our team members' individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage starts day one.
• Paid time off (PTO) days and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period.
• Education assistance, including financial counseling, tuition reimbursement and low-cost degree options.
• Employee discounts, parental leave, and more

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one's employment. With this in mind, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.