Analyst

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Job Description

About Dotdash Meredith:
Dotdash Meredith is the largest digital and print publisher in America. From mobile to magazines, nearly 200 million people trust us to help them make decisions, take action, and find inspiration. Dotdash Merediths over 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Better Homes Gardens, Verywell, FOOD WINE, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. Dotdash Meredith is based in New York City and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC)
(www.dotdashmeredith.com).

Meredith India Services Pvt. Ltd. (a Dotdash Meredith Company):
Meredith India Services Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of Dotdash Meredith (USA), the parent company of over 40 iconic brands like PEOPLE, Better Homes Gardens, Verywell, FOOD WINE, The Spruce, Allrecipes, Byrdie, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, Southern Living and many more. We provide offshore support to Dotdash Meredith within Research Analytics, Technology, Finance, Operations, Consumer Marketing Revenue, and Shared Services domains.
Operating out of Bengaluru, Dotdash Meredith India employs a diverse and vibrant workforce with an engaging workspace. We re energetic, strong dynamic and form a solid foundation that celebrates our work culture. We re looking for bright, engaged, creative and fun people to join our inspiring team.

Our Core Values:
Champion Accountability
Respect
Expect Integrity
Act Now, Not Later
Make it Matter

Job Summary:
The Supply Chain Analyst/Sr. Analyst (SCM) is responsible for the distribution and logistics of inhouse third-party weekly magazine titles manufactured at multiple printing plants. The SCM role interacts with the magazine production teams, transportation vendors, print manufacturing personnel, national retail distribution and wholesale distribution partners, United States Postal System operations personnel and other production group employees on a regular basis.

Primary responsibilities:
1. Creating distribution plans for the Weekly magazine titles
2. Managing weekly plant production schedule to meet delivery requirements
3. Managing transportation vendors including negotiating rates, service levels and approving invoices.
4. Reporting / resolving issues with USPS deliveries and operations
5. Identifying cost savings through routing schemes, alternative carriers, load planning, and postal entry point changes,
etc.
6. Identifying and implementing distribution plans that improve newsstand and subscriber delivery timeliness
7. Approving Carrier invoices clients invoicing
8. Participation in various distribution team optimization initiatives / studies

Required Skills
Mandatory Skills:
1. A college degree in Logistics / Distribution
2. Relevant experience of 3+ years
3. Analytical Project Management skills
4. Strong written verbal communication skills
5. Customer focus orientation
6. Ability to think clearly under pressure act decisively
7. Ability to build effective working relationships across internal external work groups
8. Intermediate Excel

Good to Have:
1. Exposure to transport management system (TMS)
2. Exposure to US geography, US Logistics industry, US Postal Service

What will you learn on this job
1. Magazine Print Business
2. High Volume Time Critical Distribution planning
3. Exposure to highly dynamic, multi team environment
4. Responsibility of one the main cost drivers for any magazine print business

Designation : Analyst/Sr. Analyst
Working Hours : 5 PM to 1 AM
Work Location : Ecoworld, Bengaluru

It is the policy of Dotdash Meredith to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.