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Republic Services

Waste management and recycling services provider

Logistics Analyst

Logistics & TransportationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePeosta, IA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Be able to work in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities.
  • Be skillful with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
  • Be able to understand and execute time-sensitive tasks.
  • Have experience in a customer-facing position.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate and oversee drivers, trucks, and containers to create capacity, maximize productivity, and ensure prompt, courteous, and efficient customer service.
  • Ensure compliance with all required safety policies and procedures.
  • Analyze daily route information and implement changes to improve route standardization, efficiency, and accuracy using the internal routing platform.
  • Use routing system visibility and flexibility to analyze and respond to same-day changes or next-day planning, improve on-route efficiencies, and improve route design by identifying patterns and opportunities.
  • Ensure all routes are closed on time by verifying data accuracy and making the route-closing process durable.
  • Quickly and proactively evaluate and resolve problems that arise while trucks and drivers are in transit.
  • Proactively manage driver safety and the security of company assets, and provide direction to drivers.
  • Collect, interpret, and analyze logistics data, including inventory, asset reliability, and route data, to make decisions that improve overall routing accuracy.
  • Communicate regularly with drivers to evaluate route progress and ensure they have necessary information.
  • Evaluate and escalate driver performance issues or concerns for resolution.
  • Understand route sequencing to drive efficiency.
  • Respond to missed pickups and service commitments by scheduling customers accordingly.
  • Evaluate and educate drivers regarding missed pickups and develop strategies to prevent future missed-pickup failures.
  • Create routes that maximize capacity and review loads-per-driver-per-day goals to maximize profitability.
  • Monitor daily routing activities and resolve issues to ensure on-time pickup and delivery; assess the need for swing routes and verify that swing opportunities have been identified.
  • Analyze trends in swing percentage to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Monitor and adjust current- and next-day plans throughout the day as circumstances change.
  • Understand daily disposal plans to help identify optimal disposal sites for each load and hold drivers accountable for using assigned disposal sites.
  • Discuss disposal plans and recommendations with the Operations Manager and update them when intercompany or third-party changes occur.
  • Determine whether service requests can be moved forward to improve efficiency while providing the best customer experience.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
  • Interact courteously with customers as required.
  • Design routes to prevent customer-service issues and support driver safety, success, and efficiency while complying with hours-of-service and weight requirements.
  • Analyze and prioritize customer commitments to ensure customers are serviced and promises are kept.
  • Update call-center communications daily and continually assess and communicate to reduce missed pickups and improve communication between the division and customers.
  • Evaluate route issues that may cause delays and use available tools to communicate with affected customers.
  • Continually review routing media and process service exceptions, general messages, and extra-service information to meet customer needs.
  • Adhere to and execute universal service commitments to ensure customer satisfaction.

Desired Qualifications

  • Two years of prior experience working as a dispatcher or in a similar leadership role is preferred.

About the Company

Republic Services

Waste management and recycling services provider

Republic Services provides environmental services focused on waste and recycling, including solid, special, and hazardous waste management, advanced recycling, field and industrial services, 24/7 emergency response, equipment rental, and cleaning. It leverages a nationwide network of recycling centers and a large workforce to collect, process, recycle, treat, and dispose of waste under a single-source solution, and it captures landfill gas to generate renewable energy. Unlike fragmented providers, it offers a broad, integrated suite of services through one partner and pursues sustainability initiatives like circular economy programs. Its goal is to help customers meet environmental goals and improve environmental and economic sustainability by reducing waste, boosting recycling, and generating renewable energy.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Phoenix, AZ
Founded
1998

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