Transportation Network Operations Analyst

As the Transportation Network Operations Analyst at Brooks, you will support North America transportation

As the Transportation Network Operations Analyst at Brooks, you will support North America transportation strategies and operational execution related to our footwear and apparel sourcing. The focus of your role is both analytical and operational in nature. You will rely on your analytical skills to understand business problems, identify risks, trends, and opportunities, and make recommendations to reduce costs and optimize transportation processes.

You will support the development of new transportation capabilities based on evolving provider services, technologies, or market conditions as needed. On the operational side, you will manage the day-to-day procedures executed by our transportation providers, ensuring that orders are delivered from factories to the North America distribution centers on time. You will play an active role collaborating with other business functions in supporting supply chain initiatives within the organization.

Your overall goal in this role is to ensure operational execution successfully delivers against KPI targets by leveraging analysis, collaboration, and process optimization.

• Execute and monitor daily transportation operations, ensuring product moves efficiently through the network and arrives on schedule.
• Serve as a point of contact for operational escalations, providing timely support to distribution centers, internal stakeholders, carriers, and logistics partners.
• Coordinate with carriers, distribution centers, and cross-functional teams to resolve shipment exceptions, manage transportation risks, and maintain continuity of operations.
• Monitor shipment activity, transportation provider performance, and exception reporting to proactively identify and resolve issues impacting service, delivery timelines, or data accuracy.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with transportation providers and logistics partners, acting as the company's representative for day-to-day operational execution.
• Develop and maintain operational metrics, dashboards, and reporting to provide visibility into transportation performance, lead times, service levels, and cost efficiency.
• Analyze transportation and supply chain data to identify trends, determine root causes of performance gaps, and suggest corrective actions that improve service and operational reliability.
• Identify and implement opportunities to optimize transportation performance, lead times, distribution flow, inventory velocity, vendor compliance, and freight costs.
• Partner across Supply Chain, Trade Compliance, Product, Planning, Distribution, Finance, IT, and external logistics providers to drive cross-functional process improvements and operational excellence.
• Support transportation sourcing, network optimization, and cost-reduction initiatives through data analysis, business case development, and project execution.
• Assist with transportation compliance efforts by supporting training, documentation, and adherence to transportation regulations, routing guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Support the implementation, enhancement, and ongoing maintenance of transportation and supply chain systems, including TMS, WMS, ERP, EDI, and carrier technology solutions.
• Support cross-functional transportation and supply chain projects, managing work streams, coordinating stakeholders, and helping drive implementation of new processes and programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Computer Science, Finance, or related field; equivalent combination of education and years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree(s)
• 3+ years of experience in analytics with a focus on international trade, logistics, or supply chain
• Experience working in Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
• Advanced knowledge of SQL preferred
• Experience building data visualizations (i.e., Tableau, Power BI, and/or other tools)
• Working knowledge of Incoterms and letter of credit
• Understanding and experience operating with Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) is a plus
• Proven ability to collect, clean, transform, and analyze data to generate actionable insights and drive informed business decisions
• Able to demonstrate strong understanding of international trade
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Access, etc.)
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
• Excellent verbal and written…