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Logistics Specialist jobs on OPT involve coordinating supply chains, managing shipments, and optimizing distribution networks. Most roles qualify as specialty occupations under F-1 OPT. Your 12-month authorization can extend to 36 months with a STEM extension if your degree is in supply chain management, industrial engineering, or a related field.
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Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space. You will find our products at home improvement centers, big-box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate. MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence. We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.
Benefits
MAT Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a complete benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance after 60 days of employment
Paid Time Off (PTO), including paid vacation, sick days, and paid holidays
401k Retirement Plan + Company Match
Career Advancement Program, training and development
Wellness Programs, including fitness reimbursements and mental health support
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
* Voluntary Life / AD&D, Employer Provided Life/AD&D
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Logistics Analyst supports transportation operations, reporting, sourcing activities, and business decision-making through accurate data analysis and timely reporting. Working under the direction of the Director of Transportation, this role assists with Ocean Freight, Port and Rail Operations, Drayage, and Domestic Transportation activities. The position collects, validates, and analyzes transportation data to support cost control, service improvement, visibility, and routine decision-making across MAT business units. The Logistics Analyst maintains dashboards and reports, monitors carrier performance, identifies data trends, and supports transportation improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate has foundational logistics knowledge, strong attention to detail, solid Excel skills, and the ability to communicate findings clearly while developing broader transportation expertise.
Principle Responsibilities
Transportation Analytics and Reporting:
- Maintain transportation dashboards, KPI scorecards, and routine reports using established templates.
- Collect, clean, validate, and organize transportation data across Ocean, Drayage, Rail, Truckload, LTL, Parcel, and Intermodal modes.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages for review by transportation leadership.
- Identify basic trends, exceptions, and data-quality issues affecting transportation costs and service.
- Update business unit scorecards covering freight spend, cost per pound, ocean container costs, drayage costs, accessorial charges, carrier performance, and on-time delivery.
- Assist with freight accrual, budget, forecast, and savings tracking.
Ocean Logistics Analysis:
- Track ocean carrier performance, transit times, allocation use, and contract-related data.
- Monitor international freight movements and maintain shipment status reports.
- Compile information on ocean market trends, carrier surcharges, port congestion, and benchmarks.
- Assist with ocean carrier bid events, rate comparisons, and basic cost analysis.
- Maintain ocean freight reporting and performance files for MAT business units.
Drayage, Port, and Rail Analysis:
- Track port, rail, and inland transportation activity using established reports.
- Compile drayage carrier cost, service, and accessorial data.
- Monitor detention, demurrage, chassis, storage, and other port-related expenses.
- Flag unusual charges, delayed containers, and data exceptions for review.
- Assist with drayage sourcing analyses and carrier performance reviews.
- Maintain container dwell-time and bottleneck reporting.
Domestic Transportation Analysis:
- Compile and analyze Truckload, LTL, Parcel, and Intermodal shipment data.
- Monitor routing guide compliance, carrier utilization, and transportation exceptions.
- Assist transportation procurement activities through rate comparisons and benchmarking.
- Support basic lane, mode, and cost analyses under guidance.
- Measure carrier performance against established service and cost expectations.
- Summarize findings and recommend follow-up actions for manager review.
Executive and Business Unit Support:
- Prepare data, charts, and supporting materials for presentations and business reviews.
- Summarize transportation data into clear observations for manager review.
- Respond to routine data requests from Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Procurement, and business units.
- Assist with annual operating plans, forecasts, and budget support.
- Maintain simple cost models and savings trackers using established assumptions.
Strategic Projects and Continuous Improvement:
- Support transportation improvement projects and assigned workstreams.
- Identify repetitive reporting tasks that may be improved or automated.
- Assist with data maintenance and testing for FreightPop, BluViz, Xeneta, freight payment systems, SAP, and business intelligence platforms.
- Complete assigned analyses and maintain project documentation.
- Track approved savings initiatives and supporting documentation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Technical and Analytical Skills:
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup formulas, charts, and data cleanup.
- Basic familiarity with Power BI or another data-visualization tool; willingness to learn dashboard development.
- Experience working with business systems, spreadsheets, and moderately large datasets.
- Basic cost analysis, reporting, and data-visualization capabilities.
Transportation Knowledge:
- Foundational knowledge of transportation modes such as Ocean Freight, Drayage, Truckload, LTL, Parcel, Rail, or Intermodal.
- Basic understanding of freight rates, accessorial charges, transit time, and carrier performance.
- Ability to connect transportation data with cost and service outcomes.
Professional Competencies:
- Analytical thinking and basic root-cause problem-solving ability.
- Ability to communicate data observations and ask effective follow-up questions.
- Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- High attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, and data integrity.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Team-oriented, curious, dependable, and willing to learn.
Education/Experience:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Analytics, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- One to three years of experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, data analysis, operations, or a related field; relevant internship experience may be considered.
- Experience organizing data and preparing recurring reports.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
- Power BI, SQL, or another reporting tool.
- Ability to prepare accurate information and concise summaries for manager review.
Preferred
- Internship or work experience in transportation, logistics, distribution, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with FreightPop, SAP, Xeneta, BluViz, or similar transportation technologies.
- Exposure to transportation procurement, rate analysis, or carrier management.
- Coursework or certification related to supply chain, analytics, Lean, or Six Sigma.
What Success Looks Like After 12 Months
- Produces accurate, timely transportation reports with limited supervision.
- Maintains standardized KPI reporting and resolves routine data-quality issues.
- Identifies transportation exceptions and potential savings opportunities for manager review.
- Improves visibility into Ocean, Drayage, and Domestic Transportation performance.
- Becomes a dependable resource for transportation data and reporting.
- Supports sourcing initiatives through accurate rate comparisons and data analysis.
- Demonstrates measurable growth in logistics knowledge, systems proficiency, and analytical capabilities.
The posted salary range for this position is $60,000 to $75,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
INTRODUCTION
Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space. You will find our products at home improvement centers, big-box retailers, hardware stores, and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate. MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence. We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.
Benefits
MAT Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a complete benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance after 60 days of employment
Paid Time Off (PTO), including paid vacation, sick days, and paid holidays
401k Retirement Plan + Company Match
Career Advancement Program, training and development
Wellness Programs, including fitness reimbursements and mental health support
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
* Voluntary Life / AD&D, Employer Provided Life/AD&D
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Logistics Analyst supports transportation operations, reporting, sourcing activities, and business decision-making through accurate data analysis and timely reporting. Working under the direction of the Director of Transportation, this role assists with Ocean Freight, Port and Rail Operations, Drayage, and Domestic Transportation activities. The position collects, validates, and analyzes transportation data to support cost control, service improvement, visibility, and routine decision-making across MAT business units. The Logistics Analyst maintains dashboards and reports, monitors carrier performance, identifies data trends, and supports transportation improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate has foundational logistics knowledge, strong attention to detail, solid Excel skills, and the ability to communicate findings clearly while developing broader transportation expertise.
Principle Responsibilities
Transportation Analytics and Reporting:
- Maintain transportation dashboards, KPI scorecards, and routine reports using established templates.
- Collect, clean, validate, and organize transportation data across Ocean, Drayage, Rail, Truckload, LTL, Parcel, and Intermodal modes.
- Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages for review by transportation leadership.
- Identify basic trends, exceptions, and data-quality issues affecting transportation costs and service.
- Update business unit scorecards covering freight spend, cost per pound, ocean container costs, drayage costs, accessorial charges, carrier performance, and on-time delivery.
- Assist with freight accrual, budget, forecast, and savings tracking.
Ocean Logistics Analysis:
- Track ocean carrier performance, transit times, allocation use, and contract-related data.
- Monitor international freight movements and maintain shipment status reports.
- Compile information on ocean market trends, carrier surcharges, port congestion, and benchmarks.
- Assist with ocean carrier bid events, rate comparisons, and basic cost analysis.
- Maintain ocean freight reporting and performance files for MAT business units.
Drayage, Port, and Rail Analysis:
- Track port, rail, and inland transportation activity using established reports.
- Compile drayage carrier cost, service, and accessorial data.
- Monitor detention, demurrage, chassis, storage, and other port-related expenses.
- Flag unusual charges, delayed containers, and data exceptions for review.
- Assist with drayage sourcing analyses and carrier performance reviews.
- Maintain container dwell-time and bottleneck reporting.
Domestic Transportation Analysis:
- Compile and analyze Truckload, LTL, Parcel, and Intermodal shipment data.
- Monitor routing guide compliance, carrier utilization, and transportation exceptions.
- Assist transportation procurement activities through rate comparisons and benchmarking.
- Support basic lane, mode, and cost analyses under guidance.
- Measure carrier performance against established service and cost expectations.
- Summarize findings and recommend follow-up actions for manager review.
Executive and Business Unit Support:
- Prepare data, charts, and supporting materials for presentations and business reviews.
- Summarize transportation data into clear observations for manager review.
- Respond to routine data requests from Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, Procurement, and business units.
- Assist with annual operating plans, forecasts, and budget support.
- Maintain simple cost models and savings trackers using established assumptions.
Strategic Projects and Continuous Improvement:
- Support transportation improvement projects and assigned workstreams.
- Identify repetitive reporting tasks that may be improved or automated.
- Assist with data maintenance and testing for FreightPop, BluViz, Xeneta, freight payment systems, SAP, and business intelligence platforms.
- Complete assigned analyses and maintain project documentation.
- Track approved savings initiatives and supporting documentation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Technical and Analytical Skills:
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, lookup formulas, charts, and data cleanup.
- Basic familiarity with Power BI or another data-visualization tool; willingness to learn dashboard development.
- Experience working with business systems, spreadsheets, and moderately large datasets.
- Basic cost analysis, reporting, and data-visualization capabilities.
Transportation Knowledge:
- Foundational knowledge of transportation modes such as Ocean Freight, Drayage, Truckload, LTL, Parcel, Rail, or Intermodal.
- Basic understanding of freight rates, accessorial charges, transit time, and carrier performance.
- Ability to connect transportation data with cost and service outcomes.
Professional Competencies:
- Analytical thinking and basic root-cause problem-solving ability.
- Ability to communicate data observations and ask effective follow-up questions.
- Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- High attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, and data integrity.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Team-oriented, curious, dependable, and willing to learn.
Education/Experience:
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Analytics, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- One to three years of experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, data analysis, operations, or a related field; relevant internship experience may be considered.
- Experience organizing data and preparing recurring reports.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
- Power BI, SQL, or another reporting tool.
- Ability to prepare accurate information and concise summaries for manager review.
Preferred
- Internship or work experience in transportation, logistics, distribution, or supply chain operations.
- Familiarity with FreightPop, SAP, Xeneta, BluViz, or similar transportation technologies.
- Exposure to transportation procurement, rate analysis, or carrier management.
- Coursework or certification related to supply chain, analytics, Lean, or Six Sigma.
What Success Looks Like After 12 Months
- Produces accurate, timely transportation reports with limited supervision.
- Maintains standardized KPI reporting and resolves routine data-quality issues.
- Identifies transportation exceptions and potential savings opportunities for manager review.
- Improves visibility into Ocean, Drayage, and Domestic Transportation performance.
- Becomes a dependable resource for transportation data and reporting.
- Supports sourcing initiatives through accurate rate comparisons and data analysis.
- Demonstrates measurable growth in logistics knowledge, systems proficiency, and analytical capabilities.
The posted salary range for this position is $60,000 to $75,000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Logistics Specialist
Confirm your degree qualifies for STEM OPT extension
Supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations research, and logistics are all STEM-designated fields. A 24-month extension gives you significantly more time to secure H-1B sponsorship after your initial 12-month OPT period ends.
Apply before your OPT start date if possible
Many logistics employers plan headcount months in advance. Starting your job search three to four months before graduation puts you in front of hiring managers during their peak planning cycles, not after roles have already been filled.
Emphasize ERP and logistics software experience
Proficiency in SAP, Oracle, or Manhattan Associates platforms signals technical depth that justifies the specialty occupation classification. Employers who see software expertise are more confident the role meets the degree-level requirement for OPT and future H-1B.
Track your OPT unemployment days carefully
F-1 OPT students are limited to 90 cumulative days of unemployment, or 150 days with a STEM extension. Between logistics roles, document any freelance consulting, contract work, or relevant project work to protect your authorized stay.
Frame your degree match explicitly in your cover letter
Logistics Specialist roles require a direct connection between your degree field and the job duties. State that connection plainly. Employers filing for H-1B later will need to establish this degree-to-role relationship for the specialty occupation determination.
Logistics Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Logistics Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for OPT?
Yes, in most cases. Logistics Specialist positions that require a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, industrial engineering, business, or operations typically qualify as specialty occupations. The key is that the employer's job description must specify a degree requirement in a relevant field, not just a general business degree as a preference.
Can I do a STEM OPT extension as a Logistics Specialist?
You can if your underlying degree is in a STEM-designated field. Supply chain management, industrial engineering, operations research, and systems engineering all qualify. A logistics degree from a program not on the STEM designation list would not qualify, even if the job itself is technical. Check your program's CIP code with your DSO to confirm eligibility before assuming you have 36 months.
What happens if my Logistics Specialist job ends before my OPT expires?
Your 90-day unemployment clock starts immediately. You can take on contract logistics work, consulting projects, or part-time roles in your field to pause or slow that count, as long as the work is directly related to your degree. Document everything. If you hit 90 days without authorized employment, your F-1 status is at risk. Start your next job search on Migrate Mate as early as possible to avoid gaps.
Do logistics companies typically sponsor H-1B visas?
It varies significantly by employer size and sector. Large manufacturers, global freight forwarders, and major retailers with internal supply chain teams file H-1B petitions regularly. Smaller freight brokers or regional distributors often do not. When evaluating a role, ask directly whether the company has sponsored H-1B visas before and whether they work with an immigration attorney. Migrate Mate filters for employers who have a history of sponsoring international candidates.
Can I work for multiple employers as a Logistics Specialist on OPT?
Yes, concurrent employment is permitted on OPT as long as each position is directly related to your degree field and each employer is aware you are on OPT. Many logistics professionals on OPT take on a primary role plus part-time contract work in freight coordination or supply chain consulting. Each position must individually qualify as related to your program of study.