Belden Inc.

Freight & Logistics Engineer

Belden Inc.  •  $75k - $100k/yr  •  Tucson, AZ (Hybrid)  •  5 hours ago
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Job Description

Innovation Starts With You

Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us.

Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.

Job Purpose

The Freight & Logistics Engineer supports the Global Freight & Logistics roadmap by improving freight visibility, analytics, carrier performance, lane optimization, routing guide compliance, and regional execution across the Americas. This role translates freight data into actions that reduce cost, improve service, strengthen governance, and support continuous improvement. This persson will also be responsible for Americas freight analytics, visibility, performance tracking, and optimization across road, parcel, LTL/FTL, air, ocean, and intermodal. The role supports House of Freight governance, global freight standards, carrier governance, sourcing, reporting discipline, and regional execution.

Ideally, this person could be located in Greater Tuscon or Richmond, IN with travel to various sites in the US.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build freight analytics, dashboards, and KPI reporting for spend, lane, carrier, mode, service, accessorials, premium freight, and compliance.
  • Ensure freight data accuracy across TMS, ERP, BI tools, carrier portals, freight audit sources, and reporting standards.
  • Identify and execute optimization opportunities, including lane consolidation, mode shift, load planning, accessorial reduction, routing guide compliance, and premium freight reduction.
  • Develop savings business cases, track implementation, validate financial impact, and document results against the roadmap.
  • Monitor carrier performance through scorecards, SLAs, QBR support, tender acceptance, OTD/OTIF, claims, invoice accuracy, and corrective actions.
  • Support carrier sourcing, RFQ/RFP analysis, lane profiles, rate benchmarks, award recommendations, routing guides, playbooks, and process documentation.
  • Partner with Operations, Manufacturing, Distribution Centers, Finance, Procurement, Customer Service, Trade Compliance, Digital/IT, and carriers to improve cost, service, visibility, and governance.
  • Monitor freight risk, compliance, invoice accuracy, Incoterms/customs handoffs, claims, disruptions, and ESG-related freight visibility where data is available.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Business, Operations, Finance, or related field.
  • 3–5 years of experience in freight, logistics, transportation, supply chain analytics, or procurement operations.
  • Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to build freight cost models, KPI dashboards, and spend analyses.
  • Experience with BI/reporting tools and advanced proficiency in Excel.
  • Knowledge of freight modes, cost structures, Incoterms, carrier economics, and supply chain fundamentals.
  • Fluent in English; Spanish is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA preferred).
  • Knowledge of freight audit, invoice validation, and rate management processes.
  • Experience supporting or executing carrier RFQ/RFP processes.
  • Familiarity with freight optimization methodologies: load planning, mode shift, lane consolidation, network design.

Core Competencies

Strong analytical capability, data discipline, business acumen, stakeholder communication, and continuous improvement mindset; able to translate freight, lane, carrier, mode, spend, and service data into clear insights and measurable actions.

Success Measures

  • Improved freight spend visibility, dashboard coverage, and data quality across Americas lanes, modes, carriers, plants, and business units.
  • Validated savings from freight cost, premium freight, accessorial leakage, and routing guide compliance improvements.
  • Improved carrier SLA performance, including OTD, OTIF, tender acceptance, claims, invoice accuracy, and transit performance.
  • Adoption of freight playbooks, routing guides, global standards, reporting controls, and regional execution discipline.

Let’s Create Possibilities Together.

Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.

These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.

Applicants can expect a base compensation range of $75,000.00 to $100,000.00, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role. This is the reasonable estimate that Belden believes it might pay for this job based on applicable circumstances at the time of posting. Belden may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law, and commensurate with the applicant’s experience, qualifications, and geographical location.

Belden also offers hybrid and remote work practices where feasible and provides employees with benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability!

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About Belden Inc.

Belden Inc. delivers complete connection solutions that unlock untold possibilities for our customers, their customers, and the world. We advance ideas and technologies that enable a safer, smarter and more prosperous future. Throughout our 120+ year history, we have evolved as a company, but our purpose remains – making connections. By connecting people, information and ideas, we make it possible. We are headquartered in St. Louis and have manufacturing capabilities in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
St. Louis, Missouri
Year Founded
1902
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