AI and Solutions Development Analyst

Location:

Minneapolis, MN, United States,

Department : Consulting,

Type:

Full Time

AI and Solutions Development Analyst

AI and Solutions Development Analyst

HRforGrowth is engaged as the talent acquisition partner to conduct this search on behalf of a client organization that is hiring for this role.

HRforGrowth is not the employer for this position.

HRforGrowth identifies, evaluates, and presents top-tier candidates through its global talent acquisition practice; all employment decisions — including final selection, offer terms, compensation, and conditions of employment — are made solely by the hiring organization.

Role Summary
The AI and Solutions Development Analyst supports the company's growth by combining customer-facing supply chain consulting with internal analytics and AI-driven capabilities. This role works directly with customers to assess their supply chain operations, diagnose inefficiencies, and develop tailored logistics solutions—while also building the internal tools, dashboards, and automation delivery smarter and more competitive.

The Analyst partners closely with Sales, Customer Success, Operations, and IT to design solutions, support business development efforts, and drive continuous improvement across platforms. This is a dual-impact role: externally, it positions the company as a consultative logistics partner; internally, it accelerates AI and analytics transformation.

Key Results Area

Customer Solution Development & Consulting

Conduct on-site and virtual supply chain assessments for prospective and existing customers, including facility visits, stakeholder interviews, and freight flow analysts

Evaluate customer supply chain networks and recommend improvements to optimize cost, service levels, and operational efficiency

Design tailored logistics solutions leveraging the company's full-service portfolio: truckload, LTL, warehousing, parcel, international, and managed logistics

Build financial models, cost-benefit analyses, and ROI frameworks to support customer business cases

Develop customer-facing proposals, executive presentations, and solution documentation that communicate recommendations clearly

Support enterprise sales opportunities by providing solution design expertise and operational feasibility analysis

Sales Enablement & Account Support

Partner with Sales and Business Development teams on RFPs, pricing strategies, and complex customer opportunities

Provide consultative supply chain expertise during customer discovery calls, business reviews, and solution presentation

Lead or support RFP/bid responses, including coordination of solution design, pricing, and supporting documentation

Identify opportunities to expand services within existing customer accounts

Develop case studies and best practice documentation to support the broader sales team

Analytics, Dashboards, and Reporting

Build and maintain Power BI dashboards that provide customers and internal teams with real time visibility into supply chain performance and KPIs

Analyze freight, routing, service levels, and cost data to surface actionable optimization opportunities for customers and operations

Develop predictive models to improve demand planning, capacity forecasting, and cost management

Track and report on post-implementation results to demonstrate measurable value delivered to customers

AI Tools & Internal Automation

Identify manual workflows – both customer-facing and internal – that can be automated and build or prototype solutions

Design and deploy AI-powered tools and intelligent agents that support sales, operations, and customer analytics teams

Integrate AI capabilities with existing platforms including HubSpot, Revenova TMS, Extensive WMS, and Power BI

Collaborate with the internal AI Innovation Analyst and the IT team to scale solutions that work across the organization

Systems, Data Pipelines, and Continuous Improvement

Build data pipelines that connect internal systems and eliminate manual data-wrangling processes

Enhance integration between Salesforce/HubSpot, TMS, WMS, and BI platforms to improve data quality and accessibility

Stay current on supply chain technology trends, AI developments, and logistics innovations to inform clients on service offerings

Identify opportunities to improve internal systems and processes and lead these improvement initiatives

Skills & Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Analytics, Data Science or a related field is required

Minimum of 2 years of experience in supply chain consulting, logistics analytics, or 3PL operations

Demonstrated ability to conduct customer-facing assessments and deliver formal recommendations

Working knowledge of SQL and Python for data analysis

Experience building dashboards or reports in Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools

Familiarity with AI development, automation tools, or machine learning applications

Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior-level stakeholders

Prior background in freight brokerage, 3PL, or managed logistics environments preferred

Track record of quantifying and presenting cost savings or efficiency improvements to customers

Willing to travel to customer sites as needed, estimated 10-20% travel

Comfortable being exposed to warehousing and trucking environments on a regular basis

About HRforGrowth:
HRforGrowth is a full-service HR and talent partner built to support companies that are scaling, transforming, or navigating change. HRFG is globally recognized for delivering quality, speed, and cost-effective talent solutions across every level of the workforce. Through its global talent acquisition practice, HRforGrowth applies world class rigor and precision to identifying exceptional professional and executive talent on behalf of its clients — from temporary staffing to permanent hourly workers through to placing C-suite executives. HRforGrowth is presenting this opportunity in its capacity as the retained search partner and does not serve as the employer of record for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
In its recruiting and search practices, HRforGrowth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. HRforGrowth evaluates and presents candidates to its clients without regard to any protected characteristic.

HRforGrowth endeavors to advise the hiring organization to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws — including those enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — in its hiring decisions, terms of employment, and workplace practices.

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