Freight Payment & Audit Associate

Job Title:

Freight Payment & Audit Associate Location :

Rahway, NJ -

Hybrid Duration:

08 Months+ (Possible Extension)

Shift & Timing:

Regular Business Hour, Monday to

Friday Pay Range:

$28.70/Hour on W2

Job Description:

Execution of internal and external processes supporting freight payment, management of third-party freight audit providers, responsibility for logistics reporting processes, and communication of program performance. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the timely payment of freight invoices in accordance with contracts. Drive deployment of standard freight audit and pay practices. Develop a transportation budget overview and reporting to monitor and explain monthly performance aProductst the plan. Measure and report the effectiveness of the audit and payment processes. Ensure the transfer of freight payment data from the audit and/or payment provider into reporting system. Determine metrics, implement changes to drive business improvements and maintain dashboards to achieve targets and communicate progress monthly, quarterly, annually. Conduct regular process improvement reviews to identify automation or enhancement opportunities. Manage relationship and ongoing improvement projects with third-party freight audit provider. Manage month end accrual and journal entry in a timely manner. Support carrier on-line shipping application.

Skills & Requirement:

Extensive experience with MS Office applications. Experience with analytics and dashboarding tools. Experience with SAP ECC and SAP Ariba in the context of purchase order management and accounting. Strong customer service mindset. Comfort working with a diverse stakeholder panel with widely varying levels of understanding of logistics and freight payment. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with creating and using PowerBI reports and dashboards. Pharma industry experience. Intense attention to detail, while working with large data sets and individual documents.