Transportation Manager

As a Transportation Manager, you will plan and tender Qemetica freight by way of the SAP S4 Hanna Transportation Management System (TMS). This position is also responsible for metric tracking and ownership relating to spend, carrier performance, and other analytics. SAP is utilized for Logistics administration, operations and management of shipment load planning and carrier freight tenders for cross-business unit shipment requirements.

This position will be an onsite position based in Lake Charles, LA and you will report to the Supply Chain Manager. PPG/Qemetica offers excellent Medical, Dental, & Vision Benefits; matching 401k + retirement savings; and Paid Vacation, Holiday pay.

Responsibilities:

• Attain proficiency and expertise with the SAP TMS system for transportation planning.

• Service internal business customers (supply chain management, customer service, production/operations personnel, etc.) with best-in-class logistics support.

• Execute inbound, interplant and outbound transportation planning requests for various business units.

• Tender shipments (ground modes) to carriers and communicate/engage carrier contacts.

• Manage transportation events through SAP resulting from order/production change management to ensure manufacturing and customer satisfaction.

• Support rating and billing discrepancies with carriers to resolve within SAP tender payment information in coordination with Qemetica Freight Payment Auditor team.

• Enhance low cost and primary carrier utilization while maintaining business unit requirements for service and on time deliveries.

• Develop and coordinate the tactical transportation plans for multiple manufacturing.

• Proactively enhance, recommend and implement cost savings and/or service improvement programs.

• Maintain performance reporting, incident tracking, and/or other transportation metrics as required.

• Provides strategic and economic analysis to the transportation negotiation function for pre-bid and post-bid sourcing decisions to establish carrier networks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance or economics or related field required.

• 5+ years of transportation management experience

• Proficiency with SAP

• S4 Hanna Transportation experience preferred.

• Experience managing transport across North America operations for outbound and inbound transportation.

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