Remote Senior Analyst, Transportation

THE ROLE: Senior Analyst, Transportation (REMOTE)

Rue Gilt Groupe is seeking an analytical and technically skilled individual to lead our Transportation analytics and data mining efforts.  This position will be responsible for developing metrics and reporting, understanding and managing data structure, strategic analysis, and rigorous deep dives to inform business decisions.  In addition to developing and delivering dashboards that help us manage the movement, tracking and shipping of goods to our members, the role will also work with business teams on how to surface member insights.  They will work cross functionally with key stakeholders in Business Intelligence, Operations, Customer Service, Product, Finance and program teams, to drive process improvement and track progress against goals. This role requires an individual with excellent analytical abilities as well as outstanding business acumen and comfort with operational metrics and systems. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.   

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Drive standard business reporting processes, including weekly/quarterly business reviews, and annual goal reviews
• Utilize statistical analysis and modeling techniques to inform data-driven decision-making.
• Accountable for generating key business insights required to deliver against core input/output metric goals
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction and performance enhancement within our transportation network
• Create KPI dashboards for our internal site performance as well 3rd party shipping partners, ensuring data is presented in an easily understandable manner for performance management
• Complete analysis (regression, correlation, etc.) to determine contributing factors to KPI results, providing insights into mitigation 
• Proactively seek to identify areas of opportunity for process improvement and provide solutions based on a broad and deep knowledge of data resources, industry best-practices, and determine ROI
• Lead and/or support execution of new projects required to support strategic initiatives, efficiencies, quality initiatives and ongoing process improvement
• Evaluate transportation costs, including shipping rates, last-mile delivery expenses, and operational costs.
• Develop cost-saving strategies and conduct cost-benefit analyses for e-commerce transportation initiatives.
• Provide ad hoc reporting as needed to support program launches and employee engagement initiatives
• Provide crucial customer feedback and insights to our Management Team

ABOUT YOU:

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• + years of direct analytics experience, or equivalent combination of degree and experience
• 5+ years of direct experience working with parcel and freight carrier data
• Prior experience working with Transportation (Parcel, TL/LTL), Logistics, and Operations KPIs and data sets
• BA/BS degree in Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science, Operations Research, Business Analytics, Information Systems or related field
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel (e.g., complex statements, VBA, conditional formatting)
• Experience with visualization tools such as Tableau
• Familiarity with SQL, relational databases, and ETLM
• Familiarity manipulating large sets of data, summarizing into metrics, and conducting appropriate statistical tests (e.g., regression, t-test, chi-square)
• Experience in designing and implementing custom reporting systems and dashboards
• Excellent written and verbal communication; high quality document and report preparation

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience with Transportation Management Systems
• An ability and interest in working in a fast-paced and rapidly-changing environment
• Experience conducting large scale data analysis to support business decision making
• Project management experience 
• Expertise with DTC (Direct to Consumer) and e-commerce

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