Corporate Transportation Manager

Overview

JOB SUMMARY:  Manages corporate approaches and strategies for strategic sourcing, supplier development, and value add transportation management, ensuring sustainable cost savings, strong supplier relations, and an overall competitive advantage for GSF.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  Education and experience equivalent to:

Education/Certification:

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or economic, from an accredited college or university.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in transportation or logistics.
• Experience with transportation management systems.
• Data analytical skills, strategic thinking, change management and ability to influence at multiple levels of the organization.
• Communicate with clarity and effective collaboration capability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and issues with an attention to accuracy and detail while meeting deadlines.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):

• Purchasing and inventory indicators (days on hand, inventory turns, cost of inventory, ABCs, etc.) (J)
• Purchasing law (contracts, terms and conditions, warranties, disclaimers) (J)
• Strategic supply management (just in time, strategic alliances, value analysis, partnerships) (E)
• Contract management (blanket orders, releases, EDI, verbal agreements, contracts) (J)
• Computer inventory management and database applications (E)
• PC word processing/spreadsheet software (E)
• Quality assurance concepts and techniques (B)
• Financial modeling and data analytics (B)

Skill and ability to:

• Analyze and resolve complex problems
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with vendors verbally and in writing
• Prepare a variety of comprehensive administrative and technical documents and reports
• Read and process written information with a high degree of accuracy
• Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service
• Travel via airplane and drive an automobile
• Act in accordance with GSF’s Values and Creed

LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

Individual contributor

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

• Productivity/quality standards: PPV
• Productivity/quality standards: raw materials quality
• Productivity/quality standards: accuracy, timeliness, thoroughness
• Productivity/quality standards: on time delivery of raw materials
• Productivity/quality standards: continuous improvement of procurement process
• Budget
• Cost containment
• Teamwork within the department and across departments
• Customer satisfaction
• Vendor relations
• Food safety