Logistics Analyst
Profile Personnel
- Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape
- Permanent
- Full-time
- A relevant qualification will be preferred
- Three years relevant experience in which competency has been gained
- Must be well organized person, capable of handling a variety of issues and assignments
- Position requires strong analytical, interpersonal and project management skills.
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to work on Syspro
- Will identify logistics areas for process improvement and cost savings to ensure expectations are met and identify opportunities for inventory reductions
- Monitor industry standards, trends, or practices to identify developments in logistics planning
- Enter logistics-related data into databases (Syspro)
- Develop or maintain payment systems to ensure accuracy of vendor payments
- Determine packaging requirements
- Contact potential vendors to determine material availability and carriers for rates or schedules
- Track product flow from origin to final delivery
- Prepare reports on logistics performance measures and submit reports to management
- Maintain databases of logistics information and records in accordance with company policies
- Develop or maintain freight rate databases to determine the most economical modes of transportation
- Responsible for maintaining, tracking and analyzing all inbound shipments
- Review procedures, such as distribution or inventory management, to ensure maximum efficiency or minimum cost
- Provide ongoing analyses in areas such as transportation costs, parts procurement, back orders, or delivery processes
- Manage systems to ensure that pricing structures adequately reflect logistics costing
- Monitor inventory transactions at warehouse facilities to assess receiving, storage, shipping, or inventory integrity
- Develop or maintain models for logistics uses, such as cost estimating or demand forecasting
- Confer with management to determine ways to optimize service levels, maintain supply-chain efficiency, or minimize cost
- Compute reporting metrics, such as on-time delivery rates, order fulfilment rates, or inventory turns
- Evaluate existing capabilities and establish new systems and processes for the tracking, measurement, reporting, and analysis of all traffic
- Analyze logistics data, using methods such as data mining, data modeling, or cost or benefit analysis
- Remotely monitor the flow of vehicles or inventory, using Web-based logistics information systems to track vehicles or containers
- Reorganize shipping schedules to consolidate loads, maximize vehicle usage, or limit the movement of empty vehicles or containers