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Timberland · 1 day ago

Timberland: Senior Analyst, Global Logistics Freight & Audit Pay

Stratham, NH

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$63K/yr - $79K/yr

3+ years exp

Timberland is a company within the VF Corporation focused on global logistics and audit pay processes. The Senior Analyst role is critical in driving operational excellence, overseeing freight and carrier service invoices, and improving invoice processing efficiency across various VF regions.

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Responsibilities

Actively contribute to the design and implementation of the global freight invoice submission and audit process across all transport modes (ocean, air, truckload, and parcel) and VF regions (AMER/EMEA/APAC)

Build and develop collaborative partnerships with CASS and internal and external VF stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvements in invoice processing efficiency and reductions in client approval, exception management and invoice disputes. Target key areas such as match pay, rate out of tolerance, missing shipment reference data, etc

Identify opportunities to streamline the onboarding process between new logistics service providers and CASS and improve the overall end-to-end invoice processing and payment cycle time. This includes working closely with the carrier to ensure they fulfill the EDI requirements for invoice submission efficiency and timeliness

Support freight savings initiatives by detecting inefficiencies and using data analysis to address improvements. Use business intelligence tools to analyze transportation expenses, identify cost savings opportunities, and make informed decisions

Collaborate with the global logistics team on building and reporting key freight spend metrics. Track key performance indicators like audit savings, on time invoicing, spend by mode/carrier, and overall service provider performance to identify areas of improvement

Support the monthly financial close and accruals process through reporting and analysis and provide direct support to the Sr Manager-Freight Audit and Pay in their absence

Work closely with internal VF business partners around key initiatives and ad hoc requests through data gathering, analytics, and being a critical team member by creating business cases for review by Senior Management

Partner closely with CASS on enhancements to the business analytics tool in CassPort. Identify areas to improve data quality and access to lower-level data to improve the level of freight spend analysis across VF

Host and drive regular meetings with global logistics service providers, finance, and global logistics teams, ensuring visibility to spend and invoice processing metrics that drive future strategies and actions

Demonstrate strong knowledge of end-to-end freight audit and pay systems. Troubleshoot data issues that create invoice process failures and understand ways to leverage the CASS platform and functionality to quickly resolve pending issues

Create and maintain Power BI dashboards on global freight spend and accessorial charges for both summary level and easily accessible deep dive analytics

Actively review CASS invoice processing tables to ensure VF location tables and other audit tools are updated with accurate data. Additionally, work directly with CASS to ensure the relevant rate cards are active across all carriers and regions

Serve as the escalation contact between service providers, CASS, and VF finance around monthly payment and GL posting issues