About This Role
This position is responsible for executing Arvato's North American logistics processes, supporting multiple customers and warehouses. It involves managing transportation professionals to ensure a best-in-class operations strategy and optimizing transportation solutions across various modes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for all operational tasks for North American transportation management via management of transportation professionals to ensure best-in-class operations strategy
- Understand multi-client, multi-sector, and multi-location networks
- Ability to optimize transportation solutions over all modes (e.g., ocean, parcel, LTL, and FTL)
- Establish, track, and analyze transportation-related KPIs
- Provide transportation leadership and solution design support to customers as a value-added service
- Drive development of a continuous improvement culture by identifying inefficiencies, implementing process improvements, and increasing service quality
- Execute carrier performance reviews to identify service and revenue improvement opportunities, implement corrective actions, and cost management strategies accordingly
- Support the successful implementation of new customers and onboarding of carriers, ensuring seamless integration into existing logistics processes
- Ensure carrier compliance with company policies, safety standards, and regulatory requirements
- Analyze and present the financial impact of logistics changes, such as routing, shipping mode shifts, and network optimization with carriers
- Serve as a senior escalation point for resolving day-to-day operational issues, ensuring minimal disruption
- Support the development, documentation, and maintenance of standardized operating procedures (SOPs) for nationwide logistics process
Requirements
- 10 years' experience with multi-location operational and planning skills
- Degree in management or logistics fields preferred
- 7+ years of experience in transportation management, preferably in a multi-client, third-party logistics (3PL) environment
- Proven leadership experience in managing high-performing logistics or transportation teams
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and presentation skills
- Proficiency with TMS (Transportation Management Systems), Microsoft Excel, and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI)
- Strong communication skills and experience interfacing with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Experience in building an asset-based carrier strategy
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Disability Pay
- 401(k) with company matching up to 6%
