Job Description
Join Petco Want to help pets live their best lives? We're proud to be where the pets go and where the pet people go. If you want to make a real difference, create an exciting career path, feel welcome to be your whole self and nurture your wellbeing, Petco is the place for you. Our core values capture that spirit as we work to improve lives by doing what's right for pets and people. Pet First Protect & Empower. All pets should Live their Best Life. We put the needs of pets and pet parents at the center of everything we do. Foster the Fun Connect & Bond. Our Passion for pets brings us together! We celebrate the journey of pet parenthood through district experiences, products, and services. Let's Go! Own & Commit. We are stronger as One Petco team. We bring our unique superpowers and champion authenticity in everyone to drive success. About Petco: We're proud to be "where the pets go" to find everything they need to live their best lives for more than 60 years from their favorite meals and toys, to trusted supplies and expert support from people who get it, because we live it. We believe in the universal truths of pet parenthood the boundless boops, missing slippers, late night zoomies and everything in between. And we're here for it. Every tail wag, every vet visit, every step of the way. We are 29,000+ strong and together we nurture the pet-human bond in more than 1,500 Petco stores across the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico, 250+ Vetco Total Care hospitals, hundreds of preventive care clinics and eight distribution centers. In 1999, we founded Petco Love. Together, we support thousands of local animal welfare groups nationwide and have helped find homes for approximately 7 million animals through in-store adoption events. Essential Job Functions Working with the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution and the Directors, of Domestic Transportation and International Logistics and appropriate Finance personnel, incumbent will lead the physical assimilation of information and data to build and validate the annual transportation budgets. Duties will include the organizational process of review of history, rationalize the proposed expenditures versus requirements, insure any capital expense charges are included or considered in the annual process, all pro-forma report design for defining the impact of proposed budget to current and prior year budgets and dissemination of information back to the field for review, check-offs and budget utilization. Incumbent will be the primary person to go to for review and validation of annual plan numbers defined in the budget. Incumbent will be responsible for the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual review of actual performance versus plan and/or budget. This will include location specific variance reporting and identification of favorable or unfavorable variances. In addition, all future projections will be reviewed through this position, quantified and then reviewed with the Vice President, Logistics & Distribution, the Directors of Domestic Transportation and International Logistics to validate, substantiate or "what-if" involved financial numbers, projects, capital projects or logistics analysis as requested. Responsible for the proper application of rates, accessorial charges, incremental charges and establishment and accuracy of all pertinent data needed to effectively and efficiently operate the Transportation Management System. Main control point (Super User) for all input information in the TMS system and its accuracy and the day-to-day operation of the TMS. Analyze and determine appropriate terms of sale and corresponding reductions in cost of goods sold to offset the cost of transportation in the conversion of terms of sale from "delivered" or "prepaid & add" to the desired level of F.O.B. Origin and that proper procedures and processes are in place to assure that proper charges and credits are gained through these changes in terms of freight charges. These processes will be in compliance with financial GAAP rules and processes as well as Sarbanes-Oxley procedures and requirements. All processes to be performed accurately and timely within the requirements of the rules, processes and law. Interface with senior management to determine analytic and reporting needs. Define the needs to identify the sources and recommend action to accomplish objectives. Incumbent will be responsible to assure that Logistics & Distribution Directors comply with defined time lines on budget and reporting timeliness and to assure accuracy and compliance with defined deadlines and set goals. Prepare and publish measurements that support key metrics. Incumbent will be responsible for all department transportation reportin