Overview: The Senior Supply Chain Engineer will assist in development of innovative solutions to solve supply chain problems. These initiatives will lower cost, improve service and enhance operational effectiveness. The successful candidate will possess excellent technical skills and leadership experience combined with demonstrated interpersonal and teamwork skills. Responsibilities:

• Collects data and perform statistical analysis.
• Maps and documents processes.
• Develop responses to Requests for Proposal.
• Provide analytical support for development of operational pricing and transportation solutions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Sales to define client requirements and solution alternatives.
• Identify and define business process improvement opportunities.
• Recommend continuous improvement opportunities for existing clients
• Work closely with Engineering and Pricing to determine the best opportunities to serve our customers.
• Present internal and external solutions to NFI operations and customer leadership.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Economics, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or other quantitative field of study
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in any of the following areas; transportation management, dedicated fleet operations, distribution center management, materials handling, decision support systems and technology
• Master’s Degree preferred
• Knowledge of transportation operations.
• Data management and manipulation skills
• Programming skills to manipulate large data-sets
• Experience with routing and scheduling packages and transportation optimization software
• Strong financial conceptual skills
• Strong computer proficiency in MS Office applications
• Demonstrated data manipulation skills with the ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
• Excellent communications skills. Experience preparing and presenting oral and written presentations to management and clients
• Experience with supply chain technology (Appian, JDA, LLamasoft, Manugistics).
• Well organized with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to learn technical skills quickly
• Understanding of optimization and/or simulation algorithms
• Database skills, especially through SQL or Access
• Basic knowledge in: VBA, Python, R, Matlab, Java, C++, or C# is a major plus

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER/PROTECTED VETERANS/INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
LA County Applicants: The Company will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws

• Collects data and perform statistical analysis.
• Maps and documents processes.
• Develop responses to Requests for Proposal.
• Provide analytical support for development of operational pricing and transportation solutions.
• Collaborate with Operations and Sales to define client requirements and solution alternatives.
• Identify and define business process improvement opportunities.
• Recommend continuous improvement opportunities for existing clients
• Work closely with Engineering and Pricing to determine the best opportunities to serve our customers.
• Present internal and external solutions to NFI operations and customer leadership