Manager, Capacity Analytics

Overview

As a Manager Capacity Solutions Analytics, you will lead a collaborative data and analytics team that focuses on carrier procurement strategy. You will partner closely with the Managed Freight organization and our Procurement Execution teams to deliver reporting, insights, and advanced analytics that drive operational and strategic decisions. Our teams include analysts, data leads, and pricing experts, blending business context, technical expertise, and innovation to evolve how data is used across the organization and create a competitive advantage for KBX and our customers alike.

The KBX Global Capacity Solutions team leads the company's strategic sourcing and carrier partnership programs across all transportation modes. Our primary objective is to deliver capacity solutions to the business that are creative, cost effective, service focused, and add value to our KBX teammates, our customers, and our carrier partners.

• Lead and develop a team of capacity solutions analysts
• Identify and define procurement strategy opportunities
• Market research to predict market trends and outcomes
• Ensure data governance and data integrity
• Influence across and up the organization by providing recommendations and target key areas for bid strategies, carrier profile diversification and core‑carrier relationship building
• Partner with leadership in the procurement and managed freight teams to understand reporting needs and standardize KPIs, metrics, and dashboards
• Develop KPIs for internal carrier scoring
• Support in the setup and design of dedicated fleets, including defining the scope, mileage, service, and utilization goals
• What‑if analysis on fleet adjustments and one‑way alternatives
• Proactive analysis alongside your team
• Work with our Data Ops teams to support long‑term data infrastructure strategy
• Improve self‑service analytics and decision support

• Experience managing, coaching and mentoring a team
• Experience building KPIs to identify performance trends
• Experience translating business problems into analytical solutions
• Experience with in transportation logistics

• Experience with API and/or EDI data flows
• Experience conducting analysis on carrier performance
• Experience analyzing market and historical trends of transportation cycles
• Experience working with data engineers or analytics engineers
• Experience working for a Third‑Party Logistics company

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

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