Expeditors is a Fortune 500 Company.  Our global network offers a broad range of logistic services including air and ocean transportation, customs brokerage, distribution, cargo insurance, duty drawback and consulting.  For the last 5 years, we have grown at a minimum of 25% each year.  Expeditors hires the best in the industry and the financial results are a direct result of its people and unique culture.

Scope of position:

This position will entail creating reports based on the needs of client and/or operational departments.  We are looking for technically minded individuals with the ability to learn rapidly and work aggressively to provide time-sensitive solutions in this fast-paced industry.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

This person will be dedicated to daily tasks, which include:

• Defining and analyzing project system requirements
  
• Helping quantify the productivity results of each solution or tool created
  
• Assisting operational managers and account managers with data requirements needed to perform their daily tasks
  
• Internal Reporting (i.e., status and analytical reports)
  
  
  
  • QMR and Client Reporting (i.e., detailed financial reporting)
    
  • Creating and providing support for scripts within operations
  
  
• Incorporate scripts with other productivity tools developed
  
• Working with corporate business and development to ensure that the tools and processes designed are in-line with our core systems and are developed properly on a scalable level
  
• Maintaining a project list capturing status, timeliness, priorities and future projects, and being able to provide this update to the reporting structure for this position
  
• Incorporating new technologies and technical advancements within operational training
  
• Collaborating with other regions on best practices and technology solutions
  
• Ability to build dashboards to drive workflow of current processes

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Experience with SQL - Complex query design for reporting purposes
  
• Scripting experience - JavaScript preferred, but other experience acceptable
  
• Relational and transactional database knowledge
  
• VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) for Office development (MS Excel/MS Access/ SQL server)
  
• Inetsoft reporting solutions a plus
  
• Prior reporting experience - Other experience with reporting systems/solutions
  
• Time to put into reading the software manuals, Develop Wiki pages and studying the existing reports, templates and dashboards
  
• Time to gather, review and analyze branch operations requirements
  
• Ability to self-teach needed programming technologies
  
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Access and Excel
  
• Ability to design creative solutions to meet business needs
  
• Strong analytical skills
  
• Ability to design creative solutions to meet business needs
  
• Effective interpersonal skills - ability to relate to employees at all levels
  
  
  
  • Good communication skills
    
  • Good presentation skills

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Management Information Systems or 4 years related experience

IS Software, Reporting, Query Design, Computer Technology