Logistics Manager

SUMMARY

We have an incredible opportunity with a global food manufacturing leader! We are seeking an experienced Logistics Manager with both inbound and outbound logistics from a manufacturing facility. Familiarity with order-to-cash will be key to success in this role, with the ability to engage and collaborate across departments. A continuous improvement mindset is necessary and proficiency in working with Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is a must.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Trains and supports team of logistics planners on best practices, providing operational support where necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring on-time and in-full delivery of customer orders and at best cost from our network of carriers.
• Work with Inventory Control and Procurement to effectively coordinate and route purchase orders and inventory transfers.
• Builds relationships with carriers and drives excellence through continuous scorecard monitoring and upholding company service expectations.
• Holds carriers accountable for uploading and emailing documentation to facilitate the invoicing process, such as PODs, accessorial charge receipts, etc.
• Promptly addresses service failures, shortages/overages, customer rejections, and any other shipment exceptions within the TMS and ensures thorough documentation and communication to relevant parties.
• Participates in continuous improvement events, helping build more robust and efficient processes within the logistics department.
• Owns freight settlement data accuracy for all shipments managed, methodically auditing invoiced charges and handling discrepancies between planned versus actual shipment costs.
• Leverages freight spend and shipment volume data to make intelligent planning decisions and to drive competition with carrier network.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, Operations.
• 5-7 years of experience in a logistics or transportation role.
• 3 plus years of experience in a supervisory or management role within logistics and transportation.
• Experience working with a Transportation Management System (TMS) is required.
• ERP experience is required, preferably within food or beverage manufacturing.
• Experience working with cold chain logistics is preferred.
• Strong analytical capabilities.
• Data oriented mindset and strong analytical capabilities.
• Data visualization experience is a plus (Looker or PowerBI are preferred).
• APICS CLTD or CSCP preferred.
• SQL experience is preferred.