Senior Transportation Analyst

Want to help pets live their best lives?

We're proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you.

Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets and people.

• Pet First - Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do.
• Foster the Fun - Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services.
• Let's Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success.

We're proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years - from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood - the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we're here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events.

Essential Job Functions

• Working with the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution and the Directors, of Domestic Transportation and International Logistics and appropriate Finance personnel, incumbent will lead the physical assimilation of information and data to build and validate the annual transportation budgets. Duties will include the organizational process of review of history, rationalize the proposed expenditures versus requirements, insure any capital expense charges are included or considered in the annual process, all pro-forma report design for defining the impact of proposed budget to current and prior year budgets and dissemination of information back to the field for review, check-offs and budget utilization. Incumbent will be the primary person to go to for review and validation of annual plan numbers defined in the budget.

• Incumbent will be responsible for the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual review of actual performance versus plan and/or budget. This will include location specific variance reporting and identification of favorable or unfavorable variances. In addition, all future projections will be reviewed through this position, quantified and then reviewed with the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution, the Directors of Domestic Transportation and International Logistics. Incumbent will do any additional analysis or report generation as directed by the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution or the Directors of Domestic Transportation and International Logistics to validate, substantiate or "what-if" involved financial numbers, projects, capital projects or logistics analysis as requested.

• Responsible for the proper application of rates, accessorial charges, incremental charges and establishment and accuracy of all pertinent data needed to effectively and efficiently operate the Transportation Management System. Main control point (Super User) for all input information in the TMS system and its accuracy and the day-to-day operation of the TMS.

• Analyze and determine appropriate terms of sale and corresponding reductions in cost of goods sold to offset the cost of transportation in the conversion of terms of sale from "delivered" or "prepaid & add" to the desired level of F.O.B. Origin and that proper procedures and processes are in place to assure that proper charges and credits are gained through these changes in terms of freight charges. These processes will be in compliance with financial GAAP rules and processes as well as Sarbanes-Oxley procedures and requirements. All processes to be performed accurately and timely within the requirements of the rules, processes and law.

• Interface with senior management to determine analytic and reporting needs. Define the needs to identify the sources and recommend action to accomplish objectives. Incumbent will be responsible to assure that Logistics & Distribution Directors comply with defined time lines on budget and reporting timeliness and to assure accuracy and compliance with defined deadlines and set goals.

• Prepare and publish measurements that support key metrics. Incumbent will be responsible for all department transportation reporting and presentation of information to appropriate department members, financial associates, senior management and other appropriate individuals as directed by the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution or by the Directors, Domestic Transportation and International Logistics.

• Oversee and/or provide proper training of transportation procedures and applications to new hires ensuring procedures are being followed consistently in accordance with established guidelines. This position may require some travel to distribution centers, carrier operations, ports or vendor operations to overview processes, validate applicable transportation rates, charges, interpretation, reporting and training of new or current associates in the area of budgeting, reporting, tracking, forecasting or overall performance measuring.

• Special projects as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Requires a B.S./B.A. in Business, Logistics, Transportation or other related discipline; MBA desired.
• Five years experience in transportation or logistics role in a retail environment preferred.
• Must have strong knowledge of standard Transportation import and export processes and D.O.T. requirements.
• Requires prior experience with Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and a strong background with modeling tools and freight payable systems.
• Must possess excellent customer service skills and have the ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Qualified candidates will possess strong analytical skills and have advanced skill level with MS Excel and Access.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills are necessary due to the nature and level of interaction with management and other department personnel a well as negotiations with vendors and carriers.

Note: Current responsibilities are impacted by company and team priorities that may have evolved from what is displayed in the Workday job profile. The description provides general job duties and requirements, but the partner's manager may assign additional responsibilities or tasks depending on business needs.

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Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification.

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