Advisor-Operations Research

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Position Overview: Responsible for formulating and applying sophisticated modeling and other advanced analytic methods using a computer to develop and interpret information that assists management with decision making, policy formulation, or other managerial functions; Concentrate on collecting, cleansing and analyzing data, developing decision support software and producing actionable information for decision making

Essential Functions:

• Identify business opportunities or expand ideas obtained from management in order to conceptualize and define and model operational problems to assess feasibility and impact
• Identify performance improvement opportunities via data analysis and develop decision support tools to ensure most cost conscience, efficient use of company resources that supports service objectives
• Develop concepts into business plans utilizing appropriate research techniques, methodologies, and experience and present them to senior management with recommendation for implementation
• Lead the evaluation of alternative systems or transportation networks employing financial, computer, geographic or operational models as appropriate
• Develop and implement data collection systems from primary and secondary sources and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and data quality
• Identify, analyze, interpret and visualize trends or patterns in complex data sets
• Research cutting edge technologies in support of the "best practices" in any transportation or network related question
• Individually, or as a project lead, design and develop models for testing, validation and evaluation of strategic proposals
• Prepare decision analysis and reports for presentation to senior management
• Utilize multi-media presentations and formal reports for presenting analyses to senior management
• Coordinate personnel involved in project administratively and technically
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to other operations research professionals
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations as well as company policies/procedures
• Perform other duties as required

Disclaimer: This job description is general in nature and is not designed to contain or to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Math/Statistics or related quantitative discipline or Bachelor's Degree (aforementioned disciplines) with 2 years' experience
• Five (5) years' experience in engineering, statistics, forecasting, or data analysis
• Intermediate programming skills and ability to learn new languages, including but not limited to: JAVA, SQL, SAS
• Intermediate knowledge of relational database systems Oracle, DB2 and Terradata
• Intermediate knowledge of big data implementations (hadoop), preferred
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) with experience using statistical software and reporting interfaces, data mining tools, machine learning techniques and data visualization
• Leadership, analytical, problem solving, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills

Working Conditions:

Hours may vary due to operational need

Preferred Qualifications:

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Additional Details:

FedEx Freight is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.

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