Sr. Logistics Procurement Manager

Lead enterprise logistics procurement strategy, sourcing governance, supplier relationship management, and category planning across transportation, warehousing, drayage, ocean, LTL, repack materials, destruction services, and other logistics-related services. Translate business priorities, network design needs, market dynamics, and supplier capabilities into sourcing strategies that improve cost, service, flexibility, capacity, risk management, and long-term enterprise value.

Serve as a senior cross-functional leader partnering with Logistics Operations, Transportation, Warehousing, Network Design, Finance, Legal, Procurement COE, IT, Supply Chain, external suppliers, and senior business leaders. Prepare decision-ready insights, lead complex sourcing events, strengthen supplier accountability, and develop procurement practices that support scalable, resilient, and cost-effective logistics execution.

Responsibilities

• Own logistics procurement strategy and category planning across assigned domestic and international logistics categories, with accountability for sourcing roadmaps, supplier governance, commercial value delivery, and procurement-enabled support of network priorities.
• Connect market intelligence, supplier capability, network design requirements, and operational performance insights to sourcing decisions that support growth, service, cost, capacity, risk, and long-term scalability.
• Lead through a matrixed stakeholder model, influencing internal leaders and external suppliers to align requirements, improve execution, and strengthen commercial outcomes across logistics procurement activities.
• Lead, manage, and develop a team of analysts; set priorities, monitor performance, and build capability in execution management and cross-functional coordination.
• Establish clear roles, standard work, and accountability across the team; coach on structured problem solving, escalation, and follow-through.
• Own execution of operating plans and deliverables across assigned logistics programs or domains, ensuring alignment to service, cost, productivity, working capital, and risk objectives.
• Monitor service, throughput, inventory flow, backlog, and productivity trends; drive timely recovery actions when performance is off track.
• Identify constraints (capacity, labor, inventory, carrier/vendor performance) and coordinate mitigation plans.
• Establish and lead operating cadences, review forums, action tracking, and escalation mechanisms that support disciplined follow-through.
• Ensure consistent use of trackers, KPIs, and performance reporting to assess execution and identify gaps.
• Own performance reporting and analysis; ensure data validation, consistency, and actionable insight generation.
• Translate data and performance findings into clear narratives, recommendations, and decision support for leadership.
• Partner with Planning, Warehouse Operations, Transportation, Customer Management, Network Design, Procurement, Finance, IT, Legal, Corporate Compliance, Internal Audit, and external partners to align priorities and execution.
• Communicate execution risks, trade-offs, recommendations, and priorities to drive aligned decision-making.
• Reinforce adherence to standard operating procedures, escalation paths, and execution frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and improve execution processes and scalable ways of working.
• Set the strategic sourcing roadmap, bid calendar, and category priorities, including multiyear procurement roadmaps aligned with logistics strategy, business priorities, market conditions, and network requirements.
• Lead total-cost models, market assessments, carrier and supplier performance analyses, bid evaluations, financial trade-off reviews, and scenario analyses that inform executive decision-making and category strategy.
• Establish and maintain procurement governance, sourcing policies, supplier selection practices, and contracting standards that strengthen compliance, mitigate risk, and enable disciplined execution.
• Lead complex supplier negotiations, strategic RFPs, contract renewals, commercial reviews, and pricing strategy discussions for logistics providers, securing agreements that balance service, cost, flexibility, capacity, and risk.
• Direct supplier relationship management through scorecards, business reviews, performance expectations, accountability mechanisms, performance improvement plans, contract value tracking, and executive escalation to ensure sustained results.
• Champion continuous improvement across procurement processes, analytics, tools, reporting, contract management, and digitization practices to strengthen spend visibility, sourcing effectiveness, execution consistency, and organizational capability.
• Influence logistics network strategy and network design by aligning procurement and sourcing approaches to transportation, distribution, inventory, capacity, and service objectives across domestic and international operations.
• Identify and manage supply, capacity, market, and commercial risks by developing contingency plans, monitoring supplier and market conditions, and strengthening supplier continuity strategies.
• Stay current on logistics market trends, supplier capabilities, technology solutions, and emerging procurement practices to inform category strategy, sourcing decisions, and continuous improvement efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, logistics, transportation, or supply chain, including responsibility for complex categories, supplier negotiations, and cross-functional initiatives.
• At least 3 years leading major sourcing events, category strategies, contract negotiations, supplier relationship management, and teams or large-scale cross-functional programs in complex logistics environments.
• Deep knowledge of transportation procurement, carrier and 3PL management, contracting, terms and conditions, bid optimization, supplier performance management, and logistics market dynamics.
• Strong analytical capability in total-cost modeling, scenario analysis, market intelligence, bid optimization, supplier performance evaluation, and executive reporting.
• Experience with sourcing tools, ERP and TMS platforms, procurement governance, spend analytics tools, and commercial contract review strongly preferred.
• Proven people leadership experience with the ability to build capability, develop team members, lead through ambiguity, and foster accountability and collaboration.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex procurement, market, and network insights into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• CPSM, CPM, APICS, CSCP, or similar certification is a plus.
• English required; Spanish proficiency preferred.

Schedule

• Full time
• Must be able to travel domestically and internationally as needed, approximately 25%.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $113,500.00 - $177,600.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Our compensation is based on cost of labor. For remote locations or positions open to multiple locations, the pay range may reflect several US geographic markets, including the lowest geographic market minimum to the highest geographic market maximum. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, the prevailing minimum wage for the location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) for eligible employees.

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work in a professional corporate office environment.
• Must be able to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time and work on a computer and/or phone calls for extended periods.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.