Data Analyst- Transport

Job Title: Data Analyst (Solutions)

Location: Normanton, Wakefield

Salary: £45,000 base + benefits

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Loom Talent is exclusively partnering with a leading UK transport, warehousing and distribution business to recruit a Data Analyst into their Solutions team, based at their Normanton site.

The Solutions team designs the operational and commercial answer to new customer opportunities, taking a prospect's data, working out how their freight should be moved and stored and costing it.

What you'll be doing:

Profiling data received from customers and prospects: cleaning it, understanding volumes, flows and service requirement and turning it into a clear picture for the team
Supporting the Solutions team through the early stages of each opportunity, including data profiling and gaining commercial and operational sign-off
Working alongside the Head of Solutions Design on new business opportunities and smaller projects
Building the skills to design solutions and present them to the operational and commercial teams

What we're looking for:

Strong Excel skills, comfortable working with large datasets, formulas, lookups and pivot tables
A background in transport or warehousing, for example transport coordination, planning or supervision, or a warehouse role
A basic understanding of transport operations, such as vehicle and trailer types and how loads are moved
Experience using a warehouse management system (WMS) or managing operational data in Excel
Curious, analytical and keen to learn, with a real interest in moving into solutions design

Desirable:

A degree or technical background (e.g. maths, data, engineering, supply chain or logistics)
Experience of Paragon or another routing/planning system
Exposure to costing, pricing or commercial analysis in logistics

As the exclusive partner on this search, all applications come directly to us. To apply, or for a confidential conversation about the role, contact Kieran Hayes at Loom Talent, (url removed)