Analyst - Supply Chain Management

Job Description

Job Title
Analyst - Supply Chain Management

The Supply Chain Analyst/Sr. Analyst (SCM) is responsible for the distribution and logistics of inhouse & third-party weekly magazine titles manufactured at multiple printing plants. The SCM role interacts with the magazine production teams, transportation vendors, print manufacturing personnel, national retail distribution and wholesale distribution partners, United States Postal System operations personnel and other production group employees on a regular basis.

Primary responsibilities:
• Creating distribution plans for the Weekly magazine titles
• Managing weekly plant production schedule to meet delivery requirements
• Managing transportation vendors including negotiating rates, service levels and approving invoices.
• Reporting / resolving issues with USPS deliveries and operations
• Identifying cost savings through routing schemes, alternative carriers, load planning, and postal entry point changes,
• etc.
• Identifying and implementing distribution plans that improve newsstand and subscriber delivery timeliness
• Approving Carrier invoices & clients invoicing
• Participation in various distribution team optimization initiatives / studies
• Required / Mandatory Skills:
• A college degree in Logistics / Distribution
• Relevant experience of 3+ years
• Analytical & Project Management skills
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Customer focus orientation
• Ability to think clearly under pressure & act decisively
• Ability to build effective working relationships across internal & external work groups
• Intermediate Excel

Good to Have:
• Exposure to transport management system (TMS)
• Exposure to US geography, US Logistics industry, US Postal Service

It is the policy of Meredith Operations Corporation (''Dotdash Meredith'', ''the Company'') to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3q67n-18-218-199-14-42 in your application.