Sr. Analyst, Logistics

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

Your Role at Baxter:

In this role, you will be responsible for financial, operational, and system analysis within the Logistics department. You will be the point of contact for validating and approving all departmental invoices, entering purchase requisitions as well as tracking and reporting on department spend. Responsible for building tools to support analytics and understanding cost to serve. In addition, a key component of this role is to analyze both operational and financial performance within the Logistics area and recommend improvements and proactively implement solutions designed to maximize asset utilization, drive costs out of the warehousing and transportation network and efficiently ensure customer service expectations are consistently attained.

What you'll be doing:

3PL Management and Reporting

• Work directly with 3PL to review KPIs and identify gaps with aligned corrective actions

• Perform a variety of operational activities including the audit of freight bills, preparing and negotiating claims, and selecting and recommending carriers.

• Lead and participate in Monthly meetings where KPIs and project action plans are reviewed

• Lead and support QBRs with 3PL

• Support Operational Excellence/continuous improvement initiatives

• Work with 3PL to ensure spending is approved and tracked

Financial, warehousing, and transportation operations

• Work with the finance team to support preparation for the monthly financial and operational reviews with the 3PL provider.

• Compile and present monthly logistics dashboard including financial and service metrics as specified

• Identify and implement various VIPs designed to optimize costs across the distribution and warehousing network including off-schedule and expedite delivery mitigation

• Serve as an SME on assigned projects and tasks

• Support the commercial team in preparing customer RFP responses relating to logistics/distribution

• Provide total logistics support as required for all Baxter transportation and warehousing including frozen, chilled and ambient product.

• Coverage for Logistics Analysts as required

What you'll bring:

• College/University Education
• 3+ years experience in transportation, distribution or warehousing
• Logistics management operational expertise
• Intermediate to expert level of MS Excel
• Basic understanding of data import, manipulation and file/report development
• Detailed understanding of domestic and international logistics and transportation
• Strong process improvement and development
• Systems experience including routing, load planning and scheduling
• Strong ERP understanding as it relates to TMS, WMS and transportation and logistics planning
• Operations financial analytics capability

Nice to have:

• Logistics Analyst experience in CPG or Pharma industry

• Supply Chain experience in inventory management, supply planning

• Six Sigma Certification

Baxter is committed to supporting the need for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

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