Consultant Engineer - Finished Vehicle Logistics

Ryder

$85K — $95K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, program management, logistics, or product development (no internships or co-ops)
  • Proven project management skills
  • Strong cross-functional communication and interpersonal skills
  • Expert-level proficiency in analytics tools
  • Experience with data analytics (e.g., SQL, R, Python)
  • Data visualization experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
  • Ability to execute long-term projects to completion

Responsibilities

  • Manage routing and distribution of finished vehicles across North America, Mexico, and Canada
  • Validate network performance against forecasts
  • Define transportation methods considering cost, service, and quality
  • Track network redesign impacts
  • Model using optimization tools such as Optilogic
  • Analyze large data sets for transportation studies
  • Develop business cases with cost-saving projections

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life and disability insurance options
  • Paid time off for vacation, illness, and family leave
  • Tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Opportunities for bonuses and commissions based on performance
Full Job Description

Job Description:

Summary
The Consultant Engineer is responsible for analysis and utilization of continuous improvement tools to design Supply Chain Solutions in current and future operations.

The Role
  • Seeking a motivated individual to help drive the North America Finished Vehicle Logistics team on new projects and on-going support of outbound finished vehicle network engineering
  • The Finished Vehicle Logistics team will focus on:
    • Ensuring systems are accurate
    • Tactical design changes
    • Cost savings analysis and optimizations
    • Creative solutions and purchasing support
What You'll Do
  • Manage finished vehicle routing and distribution across North America, Mexico, and Canada
  • Validate network performance — Actual vs. Forecast
  • Define transportation methods balancing cost, service, and quality
  • Track impact files before and after network redesigns
  • Model using supply chain optimization tools (e.g., Optilogic)
  • Manage large data sets to perform transportation studies
  • Develop business cases with projected cost savings and volume impact
  • Ensure project alignment and timing with other current and deployed initiatives across logistics
  • Ensure regional/global input is received for all major decisions related to logistics processes and systems
  • Root cause issues to identify initiatives that improve process and cost competitiveness
  • Design and run network modeling tools

Required Qualifications
  • 2+ years relevant experience in purchasing, supply chain, program/product management, logistics, or product development (internship or co-op experience will not be considered)
  • Project management skills with proven experience leading projects
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work cross-functionally with purchasing, engineering, manufacturing, and sales
  • Expert-level proficiency in analytics tools with ability to learn new tools/systems quickly
  • Data analytics experience (e.g., SQL, R, Python)
  • Data visualization experience (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
  • Ability to drive long-term projects through to completion
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Purchasing, Supply Chain Management, Finance, or related field
  • Business process optimization and re-engineering experience
  • Logistics software experience


Essential Functions

  • Collects data and performs statistical analysis

  • Maps and documents processes. Recommends and implements process improvement

  • Establishes and implements performance measures

  • Manages small and medium size projects

  • Conducts Supply Chain and/or inventory analysis

  • Re-designs and/or re-engineers logistics processes

  • Supports business development and creates efficient designs and solutions

  • Determines efficient utilization of resources by analyzing layouts, labor force, driver and equipment utilization charts


Additional Responsibilities

  • Applies company methodologies and tools to design transportation operations

  • Confers with the Engineering and Operations Managers to implement efficient and competitive solutions

  • Applies Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Statistical Process Controls (SPC) tools

  • Assists in the development and delivery of presentations to customers as part of the sales team effort

  • Performs other duties as assigned.


Skills and Abilities

  • Able to work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors

  • Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluations criteria for obtaining results

  • Performs work independently with minimal supervision

  • Possesses strong technical aptitude

  • Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)Comfortable around higher management

  • Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills

  • Demonstrates problem solving skills

  • Able to deal with ambiguity

  • Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

  • Fast learner with business acumen

  • Builds and manages effective teams

  • Manages Diversity and Inclusion

  • Possess Managerial courage, approachability

  • Ability to build strong customer relationships

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

  • Develops and delivers effective presentations

  • Total Work Systems (TQM)


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required Engineering, Business, Supply Chain or a minimum of 8 years relevant work experience

  • Master's degree preferred Industrial Engineering and/or Masters Degree

  • Four (4) years or more related work experience required

  • Total Work Systems (TQM)

  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

  • Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)


DOT Regulated
No

Job Category

Engineering

Compensation Information:

The compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience; education, including relevant degrees or certifications; work location; market data/ranges; internal equity; internal salary ranges; etc. The position may also be eligible to receive an annual bonus, commission, and/or long-term incentive plan based on the level and/or type. Compensation ranges for the position are below:

Pay Type:

Salaried

Minimum Pay Range:

85000

Maximum Pay Range:

95000

Benefits Information:

For all Full-time positions only: Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options, as well as paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave, and a tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan.

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