Logistics Analyst

About Mariana Minerals

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company on a mission to supply the critical minerals powering modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. We’re reimagining the minerals supply chain by combining deep industry expertise with advanced software, automation, and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• You will work with engineering and purchasing teams to understand what needs to move, when, and under what constraints, and translate that into logistics requirements: modes, routes, costs, lead times, and carrier options.
• You will also monitor the external logistics environment — freight markets, carrier capacity, seasonal patterns, regulatory changes — so that Mariana is never caught off guard by conditions we could have anticipated.
• When something like an international holiday or a port congestion event creates a rush on capacity, you will have flagged it in advance.
• Work with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to understand material and equipment movement requirements; translate those needs into logistics scope including mode, route, lead time, and cost estimates
• Analyze freight markets and carrier options to identify the most cost-effective and reliable logistics solutions for each movement type
• Monitor external logistics conditions — seasonal patterns, carrier capacity cycles, port congestion, regulatory changes, industry events — and proactively brief the team on conditions that could affect our shipments or costs
• Build and maintain logistics cost models that help procurement and commercial teams understand the true delivered cost of inputs and equipment
• Support procurement negotiations by providing freight benchmarks, lead time data, and carrier performance information
• Educate internal stakeholders on logistics constraints and market conditions; help engineering and purchasing teams ask the right questions when scoping new projects or supply contracts
• Contribute to logistics planning ahead of site startups; model freight requirements and identify carrier and route options
• Track and analyze freight spend and performance data; identify trends, inefficiencies, and savings opportunities

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, engineering, economics, or a related field
• 3-6 years of experience in logistics analysis, freight management, supply chain planning, or a related function
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable building cost models, analyzing freight data, and synthesizing market intelligence into clear recommendations
• Working knowledge of freight modes including ocean, air, rail, and linehaul; understanding of how each mode prices and performs under different conditions
• Experience monitoring freight markets and interpreting external logistics conditions is a plus
• Clear communicator; able to explain logistics concepts and constraints to non-logistics audiences including engineers and procurement managers
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment

The Role

Mariana is hiring a Logistics Analyst to own the operational logistics intelligence that keeps our procurement, engineering, and site teams making well-informed decisions about how we move materials and equipment.

This is not a coordination or execution role — it sits upstream of that.

Our culture is built on four principles

• Everyone Gets Home Safe.
• We never put speed or cost ahead of people.
• Extreme Ownership.
• We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions.
• Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate.
• We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale.
• Share Your Legos.
• We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions.
• Join us as we build the future of responsible mineral sourcing and supply!