Specialist, Outbound Systems
Your analytical mindset, technical expertise, and ability to leverage technology to improve transportation operations make you a great fit for our Specialist, Outbound Systems position. Join our dynamic team and play a key role in developing and supporting transportation systems, reporting solutions, and process improvements that enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen supply chain performance.
About Your Role:
As a Specialist, Outbound Systems at Dollar Tree, you'll support the development, implementation, and execution of outbound transportation systems, processes, analysis, and reporting solutions. You'll work closely with Outbound Transportation teams, Supply Chain leadership, IT, Finance, and other business partners to improve transportation efficiency, support service requirements, and help achieve the lowest possible landed cost of goods.
You'll play an important role in identifying technology solutions, supporting system enhancements, analyzing operational performance, and ensuring transportation systems effectively meet evolving business needs.
Your day-to-day job duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Transportation Systems & Technology Support
- Communicate, implement, and support domestic outbound transportation systems, programs, procedures, and policies.
- Develop automated solutions and processes that improve transportation efficiency by gathering business requirements, enhancing existing tools, or identifying new technology solutions.
- Execute system testing for upgrades, equipment changes, new locations, and system implementations to ensure solutions meet departmental and organizational requirements.
- Research emerging and existing technologies to identify opportunities for system enhancements and operational improvements.
- Support system and data disaster recovery processes to help ensure business continuity.
Data Analysis & Financial Reporting
- Partner with Finance to evaluate project return on investment (ROI), budgets, and financial performance.
- Support post-project evaluations and reporting to assess project outcomes and identify improvement opportunities.
- Utilize operational and financial analysis to support transportation systems initiatives and business decisions.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting, analytical capabilities, and overall transportation performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Business Solutions
- Represent Outbound Transportation in IT business solutions meetings to communicate system requirements, operational needs, and project priorities.
- Collaborate with functional transportation teams, Supply Chain leadership, IT, Finance, and other business partners to support systems and analytical requirements.
- Organize and prioritize workloads to ensure the timely flow of operational and tactical information in alignment with business needs.
- Support effective communication and timely customer service responses from the analyst team.
- Build strong working relationships with internal and external business partners to support successful project execution.
Process Improvement & Project Execution
- Identify opportunities to streamline transportation processes, enhance system functionality, and improve operational efficiency.
- Support the development and implementation of new procedures, tools, and technology solutions.
- Manage multiple projects and competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, organization, and timely execution.
- Promote continuous improvement through proactive problem-solving and evaluation of existing processes.
- Complete additional projects and assignments as needed.
Your Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems, Business Analytics, Supply Chain, or a comparable field.
- Two to three years of systems and analytics experience.
- Strong understanding of transportation software applications from both operational and functional perspectives.
- Practical working knowledge of Manhattan Transportation Management System (TMS).
- Ability to interpret and understand Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions.
- Ability to write and understand SQL.
- Experience or education in statistics and/or financial reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement new ideas, procedures, processes, and technology solutions.
- Strong operational and financial analytical skills with the ability to think critically and solve complex problems.
- Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative, and manage responsibilities with minimal supervision.
- Strong organizational, administrative, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with individuals at various levels within and outside the organization.
- Strong professional integrity, discretion, dependability, and work ethic.
Preferred Requirements:
- Master's degree.
- Experience in retail transportation management.
- Previous transportation experience within a multi-billion-dollar organization.
- Experience in the retail industry and/or with a large transportation company.
Start Rate = $70,000-$83,000 based on experience plus 10% bonus.
The company offers Health, Dental, & Vision, a flexible spending account, life and disability insurance benefits, a 401k plan, PTO, paid holidays annually, and an employee stock purchase plan.
Our success is a team effort —
when we reach our goals, you'll be eligible for a yearly bonus!
Your Perks and Benefits:
We offer a wide variety of rewards to support your health, wealth, and mental well-being. In addition to medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance, we offer:
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement plans with matching contribution
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Educational Assistance
- Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
- And much more!
Who We Are:
At Dollar Tree, we make a difference in the lives of our customers every day by exceeding their expectations and delivering value—it's what our business is built on. Our associates play an important role in this commitment by embracing change and showing up for their teams and their communities.
We see an exciting path forward as our company continues to grow and transform—and we know that this path starts with you.
Join our team today and discover The Value of You.
Dollar Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, which may be amended from time to time at the discretion of Dollar Tree. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.
Please note, this job description is not a contract of employment and may be modified to meet evolving business needs. Employment at Dollar Tree is at-will, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.
Full time
500 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320
IT Operations
Dollar Tree
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