Job Description

The Supply Chain Engineer will design solutions and develop capabilities to support the strategic vision.These solutions include continuous improvement and optimization of a customer’s supply chain including but not limited to sourcing, transportation, network layout, inventory, facility layout, order management, warehouse, material flow, etc. Key tasks include data gathering and cleansing, trend analysis, problem solving, solution design, process documentation, stakeholder communication and development of financial baselines and savings calculations.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze historic and forecasted data to generate summaries, baselines and cost improvement opportunities
• Can develop moderately complex solutions and recommendations for customer issues or opportunities using technical expertise and judgment
• Self-guided and can work independently to implement customer solutions including documenting customer procedures, training and resolving operational issues
• Manage projects including defining scope, developing project plan, tracking activities, reporting on progress and milestones and measuring results
• Align and communicate with customer or internal stakeholders to gather information, voice of customer, scope, opportunities, deliverables and project milestones
• Generate appropriate communications for delivering project updates and summaries to internal and external audiences
• Assist in the development and continuous improvement of department strategies for team skill and capability development or enhancement
• May lead small project teams within department or function
• Receive coaching, guidance and feedback from others to support personal and technical skill development
• Provides coaching and guidance to less experienced team members for onboarding, training and skill development
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Education
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or STEM related field
• Experience
• Minimum 2 years of operations or related work experience including internships or advanced education/degree
• Experience in the following tools:
  • Data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
  • Supply chain optimization tools such as Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru
  • SQL, Access or other tools
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Comfortable using Microsoft Excel to analyze and summarize data, including graphs, charts, formulas, functions, solvers and regression analysis
• Able to identify trends, patterns and outliers in supply chain data and form insights and recommendations
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office tools to generate communications
• Strong organization and task management skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment while managing multiple projects/priorities simultaneously
• Understanding of end to end supply chain functions and relationships
• Knowledge of lean processes and tools for continuous improvement
• Must contribute to our culture focused on trust and respect for all team members, Customer-first strategies, and continuous improvement
• Up to 10% travel may be required (domestic and/or international)

Why Do You Belong at C.H. Robinson?

Standing out among the world’s largest logistics platforms, C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. For 100+ years, our global suite of services has innovated trade to seamlessly deliver the products and goods that drive the world’s economy. With 19 million shipments annually for 105,000 customers, our people and technology literally move the world.

As a FORTUNE 200 company, FORTUNE has also named C.H. Robinson one of the World’s Most Admired Companies 2021. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, we are proud to be recognized as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies in Minneapolis-St. Paul 2021. And we’re not stopping there... Join us as we collaborate, innovate, and work as one global team to make life better and more sustainable for our customers, communities, and world.