Leading freight forwarder and full-service supply chain fulfillment provider seeks experienced Director of Transportation for U.S operations and teams. In this role, you will be responsible for creating procedures/polices to support and govern drayage related systems, functions, and processes, and implementing effective operational training and training methods throughout the organization and ensure all business requirements are met, while developing KPI reporting and providing “value-add” efficiencies to our operations.
This role can be remote or hybrid and reside anywhere in the US.
DAY IN THE LIFE
Responsible for managing the complete lifecycle of negotiations while managing commercial and operational aspects for the drayage related activities within the Imports Team
Negotiate rates with the drayage carriers and other transportation providers, manage drayage capacities, establish KPI standards, and effectively communicate strategic approach and findings with company leaders
Plan and schedule appropriate service lines, maintain a cost effective balance between customer service and cost of delivery
Manage order entry, load planning, load scheduling and load monitoring
Identify logistics issues and implement appropriate resolutions
Work closely with CSR team to ensure service satisfaction
Analyze service failures/ issues and implements performance processes to enhance future service delivery
Negotiate contracts with drayage companies in order to optimize capacity and improve value to company and end customers
Manage all negotiations across over 100 vendors nationwide
Need to conduct regular analyses of market pricing, accessorial charges to prepare and execute negotiations
Prepare the sourcing plan and acquire additional capacities during the peak season
Perform regular sourcing projects' result evaluations to determine areas of improvement
Review price compilation charts and metrics to ensure new cost-saving opportunities to implement
Identify additional logistics partners and evaluate carriers to fit the business needs
Monitor market trends, competitive pricing strategies, and assist Sales/Operations through the creation and modeling of solutions
Establishing internal pricing requests and making recommendations to increase profitability
WHAT YOU BRING
7+ years of Freight Forwarding operation or transportation/ logistics related relevant experience
Bachelor’s Degree preferred
3 years experience in transportation experience, preferably in a port or rail drayage environment