Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hapag-Lloyd AG is a global transportation and logistics company. The Specialist, Regional Supply and Demand Analytics provides analytical leadership and decision support for regional supply-and-demand planning, cost optimization, and operational performance. The role analyzes complex operational and financial data, develops dashboards and recommendations, and partners with cross-functional teams to improve planning, cost control, and business performance.
Responsibilities
- Own regional supply-and-demand analytics and cost-optimization initiatives, exercising independent judgment within delegated authority to prioritize opportunities, evaluate operational trade-offs, and recommend actions aligned with regional business objectives, approved budgets, and monthly performance targets
- Analyze complex operational, commercial, and financial data to develop actionable recommendations that influence equipment-planning, positioning, utilization, forecasting, and other day-to-day regional operating decisions
- Evaluate equipment flows, utilization patterns, forecast accuracy, capacity requirements, and cost drivers to identify risks, inefficiencies, and cost-saving opportunities; assess alternatives and quantify expected operational and financial impact
- Monitor and interpret operational and financial KPIs, identify material variances and emerging trends, conduct root-cause analyses, and recommend corrective actions or escalation paths to regional leadership and relevant stakeholders
- Design, develop, and maintain dashboards, analytical models, and management reporting that translate complex data into clear insights for operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making
- Support regional planning processes, including budget development, cost forecasting, scenario analysis, monthly performance reviews, and timely submission of data and analyses for global cost-savings and performance-management programs
- Independently challenge planning assumptions and execution decisions by comparing viable operational alternatives, assessing risks and dependencies, and communicating the financial and customer-service implications of recommended actions
- Serve as a cross-functional analytical partner to Operations, Commercial, Finance, Logistics, and Global Equipment teams; facilitate alignment on priorities, influence decisions through fact-based recommendations, and support execution of approved initiatives
- Lead analytical process-improvement, automation, and standardization initiatives that strengthen data quality, governance, reporting consistency, operational controls, and team productivity
- Establish and maintain documentation, reporting standards, and analytical best practices to promote transparency, repeatability, and effective decision support across the region
Skills
- University degree in the field of business administration, operations-/logistics-/or transportation management, (industrial) engineering, finance, or information technology
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to analyze large datasets, identify trends, and highlight anomalies and exceptions
- Proven experience in financial controlling and network optimization
- Proactive, solution-oriented approach with a strong drive to implement changes that achieve cost-efficiency targets
- Ability to translate financial data into operational insights by identifying cost drivers and clearly presenting complex information to a broad range of stakeholders
- Experience in designing and maintaining cost reports, calculations, and dashboards for both EQ and non-EQ users across the organization
- Extensive knowledge of, or strong willingness to learn, end-to-end cost controlling processes—from operational activities to high-level cost reporting—and the supporting systems across organizational layers
- Excellent communication skills, enabling effective alignment with diverse stakeholders across multiple departments and organizational levels
Benefits
- Hybrid workplace
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