Summary:
The Senior Logistics Engineer is responsible for the design and planning of routes that account for customer service, operations support, efficient routing, truck and facility capacity, customer constraints, and cost management. This person understands data development for forecasts and capacity planning, builds flexible routing models for multiple customers, focuses on providing service required with cost management alternatives, and interfaces with operations management to account for local conditions. Accuracy, speed, reliability, and design creativity are the competencies required for a person within this role.
Job Description:
Develop and utilize forecasts to allocate capacity and adjust routing.
Route design for asset management, hours management, and capacity.
Develop and maintain flexible logistics models for rapid design and adjustment to business changes.
Provide cost and price analysis for potential customers
Plan route changes between business cycles (seasonality)
Account for DOT requirements when designing routes
Measure capacity requirements of various product types for logistics models
Coordinate with Routing team for input and system support
Maintain files and historical records of projects, models, and data
Develop and maintain reporting of logistics results
Monitor logistics results to identify areas of opportunity
Requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science/Mathematics/Engineering