Key skills
CCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Lead and develop a team of procurement professionals, building team capabilities to align with evolving global transportation requirements.
- Manage the annual transportation budget, delivering targeted cost savings for transformation initiatives.
- Negotiate commercial terms with carriers, formalizing a transportation strategy and establishing a core carrier network to enhance operational efficiency.
- Design and implement a global RFP process for transportation, ensuring consistency and scalability across regions.
- Oversee compliance with federal and global regulations for all freight movements, including import/export documentation and adherence to standards like C-TPAT, ISPM-15, and INCOTERMS.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with domestic and international carriers and freight forwarders, ensuring alignment with CHEP’s safety, insurance, and service requirements.
- Develop and monitor key performance metrics for transportation operations, carriers, and freight forwarders, including the creation of an International Carrier Scorecard.
- Drive integration of carrier freight management technologies, enhancing reporting capabilities and fostering collaboration across internal, regional, and global teams.
Requirements
- Detailed knowledge of the international transportation industry including ocean, rail, barge, drayage, FCL, LCL, and airfreight
- Knowledge of standard transportation import and export procedures and US DOT requirements
- Previous experience conducting global freight RFQs
- Advanced experience with international transportation pricing methods and practices, customs entry processes and brokerage/clearance requirements preferred
- Experience negotiating commercial terms for both master transportation agreements and ad hoc projects with freight forwarders, NVOCCs, customs brokers and steam ship lines
- Fundamental understanding of CHEP Global Operations and business segments preferred
- Thorough understanding of the CHEP Network pallet flows and seasonality preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field preferred
- 5-7 years’ experience in Transportation, Logistics, or Supply Chain
- 2+ years’ experience with leading/managing people
Benefits
- Competitive Pay & Annual Bonus Structure
- Paid Time Off plus Holiday Observances
- 401K w/ company match (up to 4%)
- FREE company-paid vision, short-term disability, and life insurance!
- Tuition reimbursement, parental leave, childcare assistance, profit sharing, and more!