Regional Transportation Manager

About the role

At Nufarm, we're committed to helping growers meet the challenges of modern agriculture through innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. As a global agricultural company, we are passionate about delivering solutions that help feed the world while creating a sustainable future. We are seeking an experienced Regional Transportation Manager in Alsip, IL to lead transportation operations across the United States and Canada. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for managing transportation strategy, carrier relationships, transportation systems, analytics, compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives across a complex logistics network.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation operations across the U.S. and Canada, ensuring safe, efficient, and cost-effective movement of hazardous and non-hazardous products.
• Manage approximately $30 million in annual transportation spend and oversee transportation activities across parcel, LTL, truckload, bulk, and palletized freight.
• Serve as the transportation subject matter expert, driving carrier management, freight procurement, fleet optimization, budgeting, forecasting, analytics, and compliance activities.
• Lead transportation sourcing events, carrier negotiations, performance management programs, and service reviews.
• Own and optimize transportation technology platforms, including Oracle Transportation Management (OTM), while improving visibility, efficiency, and automation across the network.
• Partner closely with Customer Service, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Finance, Warehousing, and third-party logistics providers to ensure exceptional service and continuous improvement.
• Utilize transportation, ERP, carrier, and financial data to identify cost savings opportunities and drive operational improvements.

Requirements

• 8 to 15 years of progressive Supply Chain experience, including transportation, logistics, or order fulfillment responsibilities within industrial manufacturing, chemical, or agricultural environments.
• Experience managing hazardous materials transportation, with DOT Hazmat certification considered an advantage.
• At least three years of Transportation Management System (TMS) experience, ideally with Oracle Transportation Management (OTM).
• Demonstrated success negotiating freight rates, contracts, service agreements, and managing carrier relationships.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging large datasets to identify business insights and drive performance improvements.
• A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing significant transportation sourcing programs across the U.S. and Canada.
• Expertise with business intelligence and reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, or similar platforms.
• Experience leading TMS implementations or acting as a system super user.
• Strong project management capabilities.

Pay

The base salary for this position ranges from $89,800 to $114,000 per year. Compensation is determined by several factors, including market location, and may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

At Nufarm, we believe in total compensation. Depending on the position, additional forms of compensation may be included as part of a comprehensive package, alongside a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits.