Freight & Audit Analyst - North American Transportation

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Reporting to the Associate Director, North America Transportation Compliance, Freight Pay/Audit & Analytics, this position is responsible for supporting freight audit, payment, carrier rate management, and transportation analytics Freight Wise Dashboard activities across North America. The role oversees transportation invoice audit and payment processes, ensures the integrity of freight reporting and carrier rates, and serves as a key liaison between BD, transportation providers, and third-party freight payment partners.

Working closely with business operations and cross-functional stakeholders, this position drives compliance, operational excellence, cost management, and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance service performance and deliver sustainable transportation savings.

• Manage and oversee third-party freight audit and payment providers responsible for processing domestic and international transportation invoices across the North American network.
• Ensure timely and accurate audit, approval, payment, and reconciliation of transportation invoices, including invoices processed outside of third-party payment platforms.
• Monitor freight audit and payment operations to ensure compliance with established business controls, audit requirements, contractual terms, and payment procedures.
• Collaborate with transportation operations, carriers, and freight payment providers to resolve billing discrepancies, payment issues, and process-related inquiries.
• Monitor carrier invoice aging and open invoice reporting to ensure timely payment execution and effective working capital management.
• Support carrier rate management activities by ensuring transportation rates, terms, and business rules are accurately maintained and communicated across operational and payment systems.
• Develop, analyze, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure freight audit and payment performance, identify trends, and drive corrective actions.
• Leverage freight data analytics to identify cost-saving opportunities, improve process efficiency, standardize business practices, and reduce operational variability.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance compliance, financial controls, customer experience, and transportation cost performance.
• Serve as a key point of contact and escalation for transportation providers, ensuring effective resolution of invoice, payment, and operational issues.

• Bachelor's degree required. BS in Supply Chain, Business Management, or similar preferred.

• 2 years of experience in Supply Chain or a related field preferred, with interest or exposure to areas such as Transportation, Freight Payment, Analytics, Business Systems, Financial Analysis, or Customer Support. Internship and co-op experience will be considered.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, establish clear targets and objectives, and deliver accountabilities on time, including oversight of third-party providers through defined KPIs and performance metrics.
• Strong understanding of enterprise systems such as SAP, JDE, BI, BY TMS, and other relational database sources to support metrics, dashboards, management reviews, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for North America Transportation Operations.

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you'll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

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