Senior Analyst - Freight Conversion
Company
KeHE Distributors
Location
Naperville, IL
Other
Supply Chain/Logistics
Why Work for KeHE?
- Full-time
- Pay Range: $77,388.00/Yr. - $113,427.00/Yr.
- Shift Days: , Shift Time:
- Benefits on Day 1
- Health/Rx
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
- Supplemental life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
- Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
- Holiday pay for company designated holidays
Overview
Good people, working with good people, for our common good.
Sound good?
KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about "good" and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you!
Primary Responsibilities
The Sr. Analyst will support freight conversion activities, convert freight new freight into the inbound system and manage the margins. Adding new freight into the inbound collect program of all sizes and supporting the freight conversion manager. freight. Additional responsibilities include analytics, ad hoc report building, special projects, problem solving and managing relationships with a diverse supplier community, a growing customer base, and all relevant internal departments. As with all positions at KeHE, we expect that all actions will be consistent with
Essential Functions
- Support the freight conversations and margin management activities w/in inbound collect.
- Collaborates w/ Freight Conversion Manager and other department leads to support strategy and growth inbound collect dollars contribution and freight under management.
- Provide data driven insight and actionable feedback to key account teams.
- Ability to translate strategic goals into specific actions and team objectives.
- Works to maximize conversion and margin within the KeHE Inbound space.
- Partners with supplier community and KeHE (warehouse, operations, buyers) teams to problem solve, streamline processes and to maximize customer satisfaction.
- Creates and fosters an environment of trust, teamwork, continuous improvement, accountability, and innovation.
- Drives strategic meetings, projects, and improvements with key vendors.
Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Business, Operations, Logistics, or related field preferred.
- 5+ years of related supply chain experience desired.
- Minimum 3 years of experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating, directing work, and setting priorities.
Qualifications/Additional Skills/Aptitude
- Outstanding analytic skills with demonstrated success organizing, analyzing, and accurately interpreting large amounts of data.
- Capable of influencing & educating organization on supply chain and freight conversations activities.
- High comfort level negotiating with suppliers and key business partners.
- Outstanding communication (both verbal and written) and relationship management skills.
- Ability to prioritize workload to have the most significant impact on customer satisfaction and performance to KPI's.
- Experience with business intelligence tools like Power BI and Transportation systems.
Requisition ID
2025-26507
Equal Employer Opportunity Statement
KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.