Job Summary
Serve as a senior consultant specializing in transportation and logistics guiding clients through complex supply chain optimization network design and digital transformation initiatives in a hybrid work model. Apply eight to ten years of domain experience to improve operational efficiency service reliability and sustainability while aligning solutions with business strategy and measurable value.
Responsibilities
- Lead end to end consulting engagements in transportation and logistics that diagnose client challenges and deliver actionable roadmaps for operational and financial improvement.
- Analyze multimodal transportation networks to identify opportunities for optimized routing carrier mix and consolidation that reduce cost while maintaining or improving service levels.
- Design scalable transportation planning and execution processes that align with warehouse operations inventory strategies and customer service commitments.
- Develop data driven performance dashboards and key performance indicators that provide clear visibility into freight cost transit time and on time performance for client stakeholders.
- Collaborate with client operations procurement and finance teams to define requirements for transportation management solutions and ensure that process changes are practical and sustainable.
- Configure and validate transportation and logistics system capabilities in partnership with technical teams so that functional designs translate into robust and user friendly solutions.
- Conduct detailed current state assessments through stakeholder interviews process mapping and data analysis to uncover root causes of inefficiencies in logistics operations.
- Prepare and deliver clear client presentations including business cases and scenario comparisons that explain complex transportation topics in accessible and persuasive terms.
- Guide clients through change adoption by creating training content defining new ways of working and supporting hypercare activities after go live.
- Coordinate with global delivery and analytics teams in a hybrid work model to ensure timely execution of project tasks and consistent quality of deliverables.
- Document standard operating procedures playbooks and best practices that institutionalize improved transportation and logistics processes across client organizations.
- Advise clients on sustainability levers in logistics such as mode shift network redesign and improved asset utilization that support environmental and social objectives.
- Align consulting recommendations with the company mission by demonstrating how more resilient logistics networks benefit communities through reliable delivery of goods and reduced environmental impact.
Qualifications
- Demonstrate eight to ten years of hands on experience in transportation and logistics operations or consulting including exposure to line haul planning last mile delivery or freight management.
- Exhibit strong knowledge of core transportation processes such as order management load planning tendering tracking carrier settlement and freight audit in regional and global contexts.
- Show experience working with transportation management or logistics systems and related tools such as route optimization engines and analytics platforms to support decision making.
- Display familiarity with industry practices across trucking ocean air and parcel movements including common service metrics contractual structures and service level expectations.
- Apply proven analytical skills using spreadsheets and business intelligence tools to interpret large transportation datasets identify patterns and translate insights into concrete actions.
- Communicate effectively in hybrid team environments through structured documentation virtual workshops and stakeholder meetings to maintain alignment across dispersed groups.
- Work independently with minimal supervision while coordinating closely with cross functional colleagues to deliver predictable project outcomes within agreed timelines.
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
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