About The Position
This role supports parcel cost performance across the Gap Inc. North American market, consisting of all parcel movement (inbound and outbound from DCs, Stores, HQ and Vendor locations). Success will require a strong ability to process and present data, interact technically with internal and external system products, as well as responsibilities for cross-functional and carrier data gathering. This candidate must be able to leverage understanding of financial data and create analytical business cases, models, and forecasts against this data, as well as support the design and implementation of operational process improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required. Masters or equivalent preferred
- 3 - 5 years transportation, supply chain operations, or statistical analytics and network modeling (retail industry preferred)
- Highly analytical; proficient in MS Office and data visualization tools
- Familiarity with OMS, WMS and TMS operating systems
- Understanding of parcel operations, costing, systems, financials, and contracts
- Curiosity and self-starter mentality with aptitude to uncover hidden cost opportunities within large data sets
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written are required
- Ability to summarize and present across various levels of leadership
- Geographic Location Requirement – Erlanger, KY
- Travel Requirement – Less than 10%
Responsibilities
- Ownership of internal and external partner reporting supporting parcel operations through analytics and forecasting
- Prepare documentation and lead carrier performance reviews – to ensure operational excellence
- Prepare documentation and lead executive discussions regarding carrier cost and performance
- Systems maintenance, monitoring, and influence of system (TMS) development and design
- Project manage improvement initiatives and strategic projects aimed at parcel efficiencies – cost reduction and performance improvement
- Build and model scenarios in conjunction with finance and key business partners to ensure cost predictability.
- Manage and leverage external vendor relationships, consulting and data as part of these scenarios.
- Provide parcel data inputs to cross-functional projects and programs.
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure output drives clear and consistent business outcomes directly linked to margin/ profitability
- Develop strong relationships with internal business partners and external suppliers.
- Manage existing relationships and utilize external network to develop new supplier relationships for Gap Inc
- Liaison between shipping operations and technical (IT and Product Management) teams to ensure carrier system integration, reliability and continuity
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
