Description
As a Logistics Sourcing Analyst at 3M, you will support regional and global logistics sourcing activities by partnering with various teams.
Your main responsibilities will include:
- Supporting logistics sourcing and transportation operations teams in developing and standardizing processes across transportation modes
- Managing supplier and vendor support activities, including vendor creation, documentation collection, and supplier data maintenance
- Assisting with contract management activities, including amendments, expiration tracking, and contract repository organization
- Supporting rate management activities, including rate card creation, updates, and repository maintenance
- Maintaining regional and global rate repositories to support operations, freight audit, and audit readiness
- Reviewing invoice discrepancies, coordinating supplier follow-up, and escalating material variances as needed
- Responding to freight audit and payment inquiries
- Creating monthly summaries of warehouse space utilization and spend to identify potential cost-reduction opportunities
- Supporting audit activities by maintaining accurate supplier, sourcing, contract, rate, and transactional documentation
- Providing global transactional support for logistics sourcing processes and regional operational requirements
- Maintaining logistics sourcing policies, procedures, and related process documentation
The ideal candidate will have:
- A Bachelor's degree or higher
- Three years of experience in transportation, logistics sourcing, supply chain, procurement, or a related field
- Fluency in English
Preferred qualifications include:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Experience with supplier management, contract management, rate management, freight audit, or sourcing systems
- Ability to collaborate across teams, functions, regions, and levels of the organization
- Experience with tools such as GEP, SACR, AS400, Orion, e-billing systems, or transportation management systems