Amazon.com Services LLC Looking For Logistics Specialist, Amazon Freight at Tempe, AZ Full Time

• High school or equivalent diploma
• Experience with MS Excel based tools; familiarity with Excel spreadsheets and ability to navigate and interpret data
• 2+ years work experience in logistics/transportation industry

Job summary

Amazon Freight Less-Than-Truckload (AF-LTL) is seeking a Logistics Specialist to improve the experience who ship with Amazon Freight Less-Than-Truckload.

As Amazon continues to drive innovation within transportation and logistics, we need to monitor our current network for defects and opportunities to drive improvement while maintaining a high bar for operational excellence. In this role the Logistics Specialist will monitor, mitigate, and manage events impacting the end to end flow of freight through Amazon Freight Less-Than-Truckload’s network.

Key job responsibilities

• Continual, tactical communication with external customers (Carriers, Vendors/Suppliers) and internal customers (Fulfillment Centers, Consolidation Centers)
• Pulling data from numerous databases (using Excel, Access, SQL and/or other data management systems) and to perform ad hoc reporting and analysis as needed
• Publish performance metrics to assist with driving business results
• Identify and eliminate root causes of defects in order to drive efficiency in AF-LTL operations
• Systematically escalate problems or variance in the information and data to the relevant owners and teams and follow through on the resolutions to ensure they are delivered
• Work within various time constraints to meet critical business needs, while measuring and identifying activities performed
• Work shifts day or night and some weekend shifts as needed, as this team provides tactical support to Amazon’s fulfillment network 24 hours/day 7 days/week; *Note- this position may require working weekends long term

About the team

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• A completed Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or 4+ years of equivalent experience
• Expertise in MS Access and SQL
• Proficiency in Lean and Six Sigma
• Experience in manufacturing, transportation, customer service, and/or distribution environments
• Data management & data quality control experience with experience pulling and analyzing large sets of data
• Demonstrated experience using data to drive root cause elimination and process improvement.

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