Manager, Corporate Transportation

Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in domestic transportation and leadership exp
• Working knowledge of contract analysis, and governmental regulations, including HazMat, Customs, NAFTA, OSHA, and DOT
• Proficient in TMS (MercuryGate TMS, JDA, LeanLogistics, Manhattan Associates) functionality and reporting
• Experience in transportation modeling tools a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Office - Excel, SQL/Snowflake, PowerBI, Tableau, MicroStrategy, SAP

Responsibilities

• Leads and develops strategy for freight function
• Develops negotiation strategies and manages carrier relationships
• Ensures customer requirements are met with minimal service disruption
• Oversees the selection of transportation related carriers, researching, qualifying and sourcing vendors
• Safeguards carriers meeting company needs and standards through evaluating carrier coverage areas, service levels, financial history and pricing
• Manages transportation service levels as a liaison between locations and core carriers, evaluating use of approved and non-authorized carriers to ensure maximum service levels
• Represents company needs through analyzing and negotiating contracts with carriers
• Directs the integration of acquired companies to ensure compliance with company needs and standards
• Generates reports on productivity, cost, service, savings, benchmarking, compliance, roll-out schedules and carrier metrics
• Maintains and enhances TMS functionality
• Makes sure TMS compliance and low cost carrier usage

Requirements

Nature and Scope Solutions require analysis and investigation.

Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.

Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.

Qualifications

Located in a comfortable indoor area.

Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Rarely requires moving or lifting light articles.

Skills

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

HDSupply is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.