Senior Transportation Analyst

Location: Detroit, MI, United States

Base salary: $90,000–$100,000 annually, plus benefits, equity, and discretionary bonuses.

Company

hirify.global is a Detroit-based technology company operating a global online marketplace for sneakers, apparel, accessories, electronics, collectibles, and trading cards, connecting buyers and sellers through dynamic pricing and real-time data.

What you will do

• Analyze transportation costs, carrier rate agreements, freight charges, cost deviations, and root causes; implement process improvements with internal and external stakeholders.
• Build freight cost forecasts, trend analyses, business cases, and reporting for Finance, Operations, Revenue, and Planning teams.
• Support carrier negotiations by evaluating offers and analyzing their short- and long-term impact.
• Design and improve end-to-end logistics KPI monitoring for service levels, carrier management, cost efficiency, and process efficiency.
• Build automated tools and dashboards, align data across internal systems and partner platforms, and monitor initiative performance.
• Create BRDs and FRDs for transportation solution development, provide leadership with analytical insights, and solve exceptional transportation problems.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant industry experience, including senior leadership assignments and/or direct people management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Strategic vision with experience using existing and emerging technology and transportation services to improve customer experience and optimize costs.
• Strong transportation industry knowledge across all modes, including eCommerce, small-parcel transportation, and international cross-border operations.
• Experience leading complex projects and/or people, influencing stakeholders, building relationships, and driving cross-functional change.
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, creative-thinking, multitasking, and independent-working skills.
• Proficiency with Google and Microsoft Office suites; business intelligence tools such as Tableau and Power BI; and data analysis tools such as SQL, R, Python, dbt, and advanced Excel.
• Familiarity with optimization, databases, financial reporting, TMS, WMS, Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, operations research models, and structured project management tools such as MS Project, Trello, or Visio.
• Strong customer focus, attention to detail, follow-through, and ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, frequently changing environment.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in a related field.
• Passion for hirify.global’s business model and product categories.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefits may include medical and dental coverage.
• Equity and discretionary bonus opportunities are available.
• hirify.global employs approximately 1,000 people across offices and verification centers worldwide.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants consistently with applicable fair-chance hiring regulations.