Logistics Specialist

The Logistics Specialist - Analytics and Reporting supports logistical efficiency, reduces transportation and warehouse costs, and improves service through accurate data and insights. Working with the North America Corporate Logistics team, this role collects, synthesizes, analyzes, and interprets data from various sources. It also creates and maintains key reports for internal stakeholders.

This position builds relationships with internal and external stakeholders and effectively uses systems like SAP, Tableau, and Power BI to identify areas of improvement. Self-motivation and the ability to work independently to meet deadlines are crucial. A basic understanding of Avient's transportation processes, SAP transactions, and financial flows is required. Proven analytical skills are required. Success is achieved by meeting goals through Avient's leadership behaviors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• This individual will be responsible for prioritizing and focusing on the specific analytical and reporting objectives including:
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Logistics within the OTA system and reporting flows. Stay informed about global processes and evaluate the tools used by the logistics team to enhance operations.
• Provide accurate and prompt monthly data from multiple sources for month-end reporting and dashboards.
• Manage external reports, ensuring clarity of purpose, identification of audience, timely receipt, and thorough data review. Utilize analytical skills to recommend improvements based on these reports.
• Act as a key stakeholder for all carrier bids, holding all parties accountable for data integrity, accurate baselines, and appropriate analytics application. Be capable of discussing the process and results by business segment. Drive the creation of accurate and meaningful bid summary reports.
• Distill critical data, prepare detailed reports, and develop executive talking points.
• Cleanse complex datasets and address incomplete data to drive improvements.
• Clearly communicate with all levels of the organization and create corresponding presentations as required.
• Maintain primary and secondary key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the efficiency and effectiveness of logistics and warehouse operations.
• Generate regular reports and dashboards to provide insights into performance against KPIs.
• Create clear and concise data visualizations, charts, and graphs to effectively communicate findings.
• Participate in Quality Audits as needed.
• Attend and actively participate in meetings with internal and external stakeholders as required.
• Appropriately escalate issues to relevant stakeholders.

• Complete ad hoc reports and analysis, as necessary.

Physical/Environ. Demands

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time (up to 60% of the work day). Must be able to traverse to/from required meetings. Must be able to input data into a computer. Typically work is in an office environment where the noise level is low to moderate.

• Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Data Science, Supply Chain Management, or Business Analytics required
• 3+ years logistics experience required
• Proven logistics analyst experience
• SAP experience
• Microsoft Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word skills experience

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

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