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• Direct the activities of the transportation operation by planning and defining business objectives that are in alignment with corporate goals and objectives, organize resources for maximum productivity, provide leadership for internal and external stakeholders, and ensure compliance to plans, goals, and other measures of accountability.

• Provide leadership, coaching, training, mentoring, and professional development for direct reports; make hiring, termination and discipline decisions; and engage in team-building activities as well as providing conflict resolution.

• Ensure staff skills, knowledge and abilities are commensurate with the needs of each position in transportation.

• Direct activities for the freight planning, scheduling, and tendering; freight rate and service negotiation; carrier management and evaluation; freight auditing; freight coding processes; freight payment; information analysis, measurement and dissemination; and special projects including process design and development to ensure the best cost transportation services.
• Direct software implementation for various Networks Transport and Networks Carrier applications, process engineering activities, and other activities to meet the tactical and strategic needs of the Transportation department and organization.

• Develop and implement strategies and processes to incorporate freight management resulting from acquisition.

• Develop and manage the various department annual budgets, costs and expenses, and system flows.

What You Will Bring:

• A bachelor's degree is preferred (but not required), with 5+ years of related logistics experience guiding others. 
• Demonstrated understanding of project management processes and supply chain principles, as well as general managerial and leadership skills. 
• Knowledge of typical data structures, network and system relationships, data transfers, entity relationships, and client/server relationships and structures.
• Understanding of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) structure, functionality, business, processes as well as related interfaces and data exchanges as they correlate to supply chain.
• Complete understanding of Manugistics Transportation-related modules' functionality, settings, and structure.

What We Offer:

The base salary range for this position is $93,000 - $154,000 annually with eligibility for a 10% annual incentive bonus, which is based on organizational performance. The salary range represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to education, skills, work experience, certifications, geography etc. As such, starting pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Beyond base salary, we offer a competitive Total Rewards package designed to support your overall well-being, including comprehensive health benefits, time off programs, and retirement and financial offerings.

The employing subsidiaries of CJ Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin, or other protected class.