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The role is responsible to actively contribute to the Global Transportation department under the direction of the Director of Global Transportation. This role is accountable to manage the Truckload and LessThanTruckload modal category to meet cost service and quality requirements.
Responsibilities
Operations:
Ensure all transportation partners in the supply chain are working effectively and efficiently to ensure smooth operations.
Lead RFI RFQ and RFP processes and requirements with bid process and negotiation of transportation pricing service and quality.
Maintain Tariff in TMS
Demonstrate financial analysis skills including the ability to assess supplier proposals and understanding of supplier cost structure.
Partner with leadership to understand strategic direction supply requirements business objectives and priorities in order to execute effective sourcing and demand management strategies.
Serve as a goto partner and strategic leader for all spend initiatives and supplier engagements related to FTL/LTL.
Understand current and future trends and act as a subject matter authority related to transportation market trends influences and impacts.
Vendor Relationship:
Ensure carriers are effectively managed and held accountable through measurement of performance.
Develop and maintain relationships with carriers while ensuring ongoing management of contracts and associated metrics/KPIs and continuous improvement efficiencies.
Continuous Improvement:
Develop visibility markers and Alert generation reporting.
Identify network optimization / cost consolidation opportunities.
KPI:
Development and management of Key Performance indicators including but not limited to On Time Pick Up On Time Delivery Transit Time Variance Invoice accuracy Spot vs. Contract Route Guide Compliance etc.
Qualifications
Experience
Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in Transportation procurement and transportation capacity management
Deep knowledge of North American freight market and familiarity with carriers and brokers.
Experience executing sourcing events.
Experience managing relationships and performance with external vendors
Familiarity with an SAP (MM SD LE TM) and TMS required.
Skills and competencies
Bachelors Degree required
Demonstrated contract negotiation skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products
Mindset and behaviors
Strong interpersonal skills; builds effective relationships across organizations.
Ability to simultaneously work on multiple projects
Financial acumen and business understanding.
Why CommScope:
CommScope is on a quest to deliver connectivity that empowers how we live work and employees push the boundaries of communications technology that enables gamechanging discoveries like 5G the Internet of Things and gigabit speeds for everyone our unmatched expertise in copper fiber and wireless infrastructure our global clients rely on us to outperform today and be ready for the needs of tomorrow.
If you want to grow your career alongside bright passionate and caring people who strive to create whats connect to your future at CommScope.
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