The Logistics Manager – Transportation is responsible for overseeing the Company’s managed inbound 3rd party freight programs. This will include managing carrier relationships, negotiating rates, overseeing TMS applications, driving cost savings, and supporting the field with freight solutions. This role will also be responsible to defining Beacon’s future transportation strategy and partnering with Supply Chain on opportunities in increase our managed freight related to overseeing pickups from vendor plants.
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following:
Oversee Beacon’s inbound 3rd party freight program
Determine opportunities to reduce overall carriers and improve lane rate negotiations
Partner with Supply Chain on opportunities to grow Beacon’s managed freight for customer pickups from manufacturers
Manage setup and annual compliance of all carriers in Beacon Systems and CASS
Become the lead contact for CASS freight payment; including payment term compliance and invoice exception resolution
Develop carrier scorecard and metrics to manage carrier performance
Identify opportunities to leverage rail capabilities to reduce transportation spend
Oversee current TMS programs and facilitate improvements/implementation of new solutions
Maintain carrier rates in Descartes and Limatech TMS programs
Determine potential cost savings for branches/markets via a TMS platform
Train buyers in use of TMS programs
Lead in 3rd party freight RFP’s
Act as primary point of contact on TMS support
Assist in freight claims from field and tracking of material
Assist in managing Fleet Admin team queue
Assist in analysis and rollout of fleet admin programs
Implement project management into fleet admin and fleet projects
Other duties as needed.
Qualifications include:
3+ years of experience with freight planning and oversight
Experience negotiating transportation rates
Ability to build trust and confidence with management and supervision
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, web-based applications, and Transportation Management Systems
Attention to detail and ability to work unsupervised
Ability to multi-task
Required to be able to travel approximately 10%
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of employee’s- written and verbal.
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