Senior Transportation Refrigerated Buyer

Responsibilities

• Source, negotiate and secure refrigerated transportation capacity across all modes
• Develop and maintain strong carrier and broker relationships to ensure consistent service, product integrity and market competitiveness
• Lead carrier bid events, mini-bids and spot market procurement strategies for refrigerated freight
• Monitor market conditions, seasonality and lane volatility and capacity constraints to proactively manage risk and reduce service disruptions
• Manage carrier scorecards focused on cost, service and quality
• Conduct QBRs to drive accountability and strong relationship management
• Partner with operations and planning teams to align transportation buying decisions with execution
• Support implementation and optimization of transportation systems, dashboards and procurement technology
• Effectively communicate market intelligence, cost trends and capacity risks to key leadership stakeholders
• Ensure all partners meet food safety, quality and regulatory compliance
• Lead Growth & Cost to Serve strategy across the dairy food’s logistics network
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to influence and deploy these strategies
• Serve as a key transportation subject matter expert for refrigerated and temp controlled logistics
• Mentor buyers, analysts or transportation planners as needed and contribute to a high performing transportation team culture

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• 4+ years transportation procurement or warehousing/supplier negotiations or relevant experience

Qualifications

• Deep refrigerated transportation market knowledge
• Strong commercial acumen
• Data-driven decision-making
• The ability to influence enterprise strategy

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Collaboration
• Market analysis
• Cost management
• Transportation systems management

Benefits

• Salary range: $107,680 - $161,520
• Flexible work schedule (In office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week)

Pay

• $107,680 - $161,520

Schedule

• In-office days: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

About the Role

This role serves as a strategic leader for cost-to-serve, network optimization, and growth enablement strategies, partnering cross-functionally with logistics, supply chain, sales, operations, finance, and customer logistics teams to identify opportunities that support profitable growth and strengthen service performance.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We are proud to be named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list. We provide a broad portfolio of benefits to keep you and your family at your best.