Transportation Analyst

About the role

The Transportation Analyst will oversee daily transportation operations across Brazil, ensuring service levels, transit times, and cost targets are met. Acting as a subject‑matter expert, the analyst supports carrier management, procurement activities, performance analysis, and logistics optimisation initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Manage daily transportation operations and monitor carrier, broker, and logistics partner performance.
• Support procurement processes including RFQs, bidding, pricing analysis and contract evaluation.
• Analyse freight costs, KPIs and logistics trends to identify optimisation opportunities.
• Drive continuous‑improvement projects related to network design, routing strategies and operational efficiency.
• Maintain transportation contracts, validate service scopes, follow up on SLAs and conduct commercial analysis.
• Develop market intelligence, benchmark best practices and pricing structures.
• Collaborate with Customs, Distribution, Finance, Procurement and Customer Service teams to ensure smooth execution.
• Identify operational risks, propose mitigation plans and ensure compliance with regulations and company policies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in transportation, logistics, freight management or supply‑chain operations.
• Proven experience managing transportation providers and logistics operations in Brazil.
• Strong knowledge of transportation operations, freight pricing and carrier management.
• Analytical mindset with ability to evaluate costs, KPIs and performance.

Required skills