Logistics Supervisor

About the role

The Logistics Supervisor will build and lead a high-performing logistics team while developing a clear, measurable vision for how logistics supports our client’s customers, operations, and profitability. This leader will establish trusted, long-term relationships with core truck, rail, barge, transload, and logistics partners; use market intelligence and freight data to identify sustainable cost-saving opportunities; and create the processes, capabilities, and accountability needed to execute our client’s division-wide logistics strategy

Responsibilities

• Carrier Relationship Development and Capacity Strategy: Build and maintain strategic relationships with core carriers, railroads, barge providers, transload partners, brokers, and third-party logistics providers; establish regular carrier business reviews using service, cost, capacity, tender acceptance, safety, and on-time delivery performance; develop an intentional carrier mix by lane, balancing asset-based, contracted, committed, dedicated, and spot capacity based on client’s service and commercial needs; share forecasts and expected lane volumes with strategic partners to improve planning, capacity availability, and service reliability; hold carriers accountable through clear expectations and fact-based performance discussions while maintaining mutually beneficial long-term partnerships; represent client in carrier meetings, industry events, and Logistics Group initiatives.
• Freight Cost Management and Value Creation: Identify, quantify, prioritize, and execute freight cost-saving opportunities using lane-level, mode, carrier, accessorial, utilization, and market-rate analysis; develop annual freight improvement objectives and maintain a documented pipeline of cost, service, and capacity opportunities; evaluate contract versus spot pricing, mode conversion, consolidation, backhaul, dedicated capacity, transload, routing, and carrier-allocation opportunities; partner with Logistics Group, Finance, Commercial, Operations, and facility teams to validate results and ensure savings do not compromise safety, service, or customer commitments; communicate realized savings, cost avoidance, service improvements, and remaining opportunities through recurring scorecards and leadership reporting.
• Team Leadership and Organizational Development: Establish and communicate a clear logistics team vision, operating model, responsibilities, priorities, and measures of success; assess current team capability and create individual development plans that build expertise in carrier management, freight analysis, systems, multimodal transportation, and operational execution; establish regular team operating rhythms, including KPI reviews, carrier strategy reviews, cost-opportunity reviews, and continuous-improvement planning; build a culture of ownership, responsiveness, disciplined execution, collaboration, and constructive accountability; develop future leaders and create sustainable succession coverage for key logistics responsibilities; lead the team through organizational and process changes while maintaining teammate engagement and customer service.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive logistics, transportation, supply chain, carrier management, or related experience
• 3+ years leading logistics teammates, functions, or significant cross-functional logistics initiatives

Qualifications

• TMS experience

Pay

Compensation: To $105K