Transportation Management Specialist

At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining an international automotive company. If so, our client is hiring a Transportation Management Specialist.

Position Type:

• Contract
• Onsite

Required

• Education:
  • BA/BS degree in Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain Management or related field, or the equivalent of 4+ years’ experience in a related area preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience:
  • 5+ years professional experience managing logistics service provider/supplier contract compliance and/or supply chain management experience.
  • 3+ years of Project Management experience.
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Advanced Microsoft Office Skills to include Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as proved through business application.
• 5+ Years Expert Level Skill
  • Proven problem-solving skills.
• 3+ Years Advanced Level Skill
  • Conduction predictive analytics or statistical risk analysis.
  • Transportation scheduling.
  • Communication skills (oral and written) as proven through business application.

Responsibilities:

• Supports the transportation service provider to ensure they meet all key performance indicators (KPIs) and serves as a point of contact to assist in resolving any issues related to the targets being achieved.
• Leads and steers projects related to the provider and demonstrated the ability to create and utilize escalation processes to ensure support and accountability of the transportation service provider
• Performs and documents both monthly and quarterly evaluations of transportation service provider performance to ensure they are achieving all established targets.
• Reports on the transportation service provider non-conformances in a structured manner.
• Defines an escalation process to report identified repetitive issues with identified countermeasures.
• Utilizes defined escalation paths when required to ensure support, action and accountability is provided, steer as needed.
• Provides recommendations on how the transportation service provider can improve operational efficiencies to include, but not limited to, team collaboration, visual management, best practices, etc.
• Collaborates actively with the transportation service providers and/or other process partners impacted by the transportation service provider’s processes.
• Ensures process standardization is maintained on all shifts through process revisions and communications with the immediate team and/or transportation service providers.
• Establishes individual performance targets for transportation service providers and provides documented quarterly performance reviews.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management Operations Supervisor.

Get in Touch:
We want to hear from you! If you think you’d be a good match, submit your resume and reach out to Simran at (551) 277-4514 to learn more.

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