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Summary:
The Senior Analyst, Global Transportation is responsible for managing projects, establishing global standard work, translating & prioritizing requirements, supporting transportation value improvement projects, reporting metrics & identifying trends. This role will work closely with global service providers and regional functional stakeholders to simplify transportation processes. We encourage an independent thinker with diversity of thought to support a culture of agility and collaboration. Data collection, reporting, analysis, and project management are key to success in this role.
Essential duties and responsibilities:
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Drive global standardization of logistics processes
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Execute value improvement projects against ~$750M of freight under management
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Manage all aspects of multiple medium sized and/or complex projects from initiation through closure
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Develop, sell, and implement comprehensive project plans, encompassing project team structure and resource assignment, implementation, testing and training plans, creation of a control plan identifying both business process metrics and ensuring successful transition to operations teams
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Own all project risk; including time, budget, and scope, and the associated plans to contain and/or mitigate risk
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Responsible for translating high-level business requirements into detailed functional specifications and managing requests for changes to the specifications
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Assist the business in determining which business requirements can and should be automated and how they are then integrated with other business and technical processes
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Overcome roadblocks to ensure project delivery is made in line with internal and external customers’ requirements
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Develop, coach and lead operations teams, setting measurable goals and objectives to evaluate success
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Maintain functional peer relationships and detailed working knowledge of logistics systems, organization, and business processes
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Drive continuous improvement culture with a pipeline of ideas for service improvements, cost reduction, efficiency and/or optimization
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Expertise in pulling, validating, analyzing, and presenting key data to facilitate decision making
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Present updates to Transportation Leadership Team with clear timing and deliverables
Qualifications:
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4+ Years of Transportation experience in a matrixed organization
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Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
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Strong communication skills (with team, peers, and upper management) and ability to develop rapport with other functional leaders inside Baxter and external partners
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Thinks strategically, innovates, and makes recommendations for improvements consistently
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Analytical experience for solving complex problems with clear fact-based solutions
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Strong oral and written communication skills
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Excellent project management, communication, and analytical skills. Ability to document, plan, market & execute projects
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Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
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Proven ability to work on cross-functional, multi-cultural teams
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Proven ability to meet deadline in a fast-paced changing environment
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