Transportation Analyst
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Job overview
The Transportation Analyst supports and develops transportation operations within Milwaukee Tool’s Supply Chain-Transportation Department. The role manages carrier operations, freight claims, shipment activity, scheduling, routing, transportation issues, cost mitigation, and performance metrics. It works with internal teams, international stakeholders, freight carriers, and business partners to improve compliance, service, and transportation efficiency.
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Transportation Analyst
Job Description:
Transportation Analyst
INNOVATE without boundaries! At Milwaukee Tool we firmly believe that our People and our Culture are the secrets to our success -- so we give you unlimited access to everything you need to provide….
Behind our doors you'll be empowered every day to own it, drive it, and do what it takes to support the biggest breakthroughs in the industry. Meanwhile, you'll have the support and resources of the fastest-growing brand in the construction industry to make it happen.
Your Role on Our Team:
The Sr. Transportation Analyst is a key player in the Supply Chain-Transportation Department at Milwaukee Tool. The role shares responsibility for the day-to-day support and development of transportation operations and KPI’s, including carrier operations management, freight claims management, daily review of shipment activity, shipment analysis, customer service, coordination of inbound and outbound transportation scheduling, routing shipment impacts, resolution of transportation issues and cost savings / mitigation calculation and performance metrics management
You’ll be DISRUPTIVE through these duties and responsibilities:
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Work cross functionally with Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Channels and Distribution teams to meet the needs of the business
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Works cross functionally with international stakeholders for import visibility, network changes and overall performance
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Communicates with preferred freight carriers and the business on lost freight, misrouted freight, damaged freight and future shipment coordination
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Develops and maintains routing guides and operations compliance rules for the business and suppliers to maintain cost and service constraints and manages the governance of those activities
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Support manufacturing and operations with transportation support for scheduling, expediting and maintaining shipment compliance as established through the organization
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Provides price quotes and bookings for business partners for expediting and one-off shipment scheduling
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Reviews expedited shipment requests to ensure adherence to the most cost-effective transportation alternatives. Presents transactions involving excess costs to proper approval levels for review
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Maintains KPI’s and dashboard compliance to generate opportunities, mitigation and cost control.
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Streamlines network design in collaboration with business partners and outside analysts to adhere the best-in-class network design
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Ensure that customer concerns are researched and corrected with freight carriers and network
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Drives costs mitigation projects through data analysis and dashboard and KPI management
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Review freight data appropriately to assure routing compliance is met and work corrective actions with business on process improvements
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Track import shipments via forwarders and dashboards to measure performance and business support through Supply Chain and Operations
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Develop and maintain lead time compliance in planning systems and communicate with business on changes necessary
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Support and develop technology enhancements into network to improve efficiency
Performs other duties as assigned.
The TOOLS you’ll bring with you:
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Ability to extract, manipulate, and organize data
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Ability to recognize opportunities and provide analytical support for fact-based decisions
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Ability to work cross functionally and within a team environment
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Thought leader to drive continuous improvement in operations
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A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI and Microsoft PowerPoint is required
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3-5 years of Transportation experience required.
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Bachelor’s degree in Transportation, operations, logistics, supply chain management preferred, but BS in other areas acceptable with work experience in these areas.
Working Conditions:
Manufacturing Plant
We provide these great perks and benefits:
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Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
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Generous 401 (K) savings plan
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Education assistance
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On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
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And many more, check out our benefits site HERE (https://www.milwaukeetool.jobs/Benefits) .
Milwaukee Tool is an equal opportunity employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 849 open Supply Chain Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$80–125K/yr461 salary ranges
- US median$30–35/hr148 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 849 open Supply Chain Analyst jobs across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Supply Chain Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (623 postings).
- Education
- 367 of the 849 open Supply Chain Analyst jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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