Director of Transportation

Job Description

The Director of Transportation for Source-to-deliver is responsible for the GS North American transportation operations currently comprised of 8 direct reports and approximately 60 logistics associates, an $8M EUR operational budget, $550M USD freight spend thereof $200M USD of operational responsibility.  The Director of Transportation will report to the Vice President of GS Logistics North America. Should function as a strong business leader responsible for global transportation management, processes and initiatives supporting transportation to and from all North American plants and warehouses.

Responsibilities include management of ocean freight, international air freight, rail, overland freight, expedited freight, selection, deployment and management of freight forwarders and new logistics service providers, Hazmat and Dangerous goods compliance, network design and optimization, capacity planning, budgeting, amongst other transportation related functions. Will have overall leadership responsibility for the deployment and management of NGTM (New Generation Transport Management). 

Defines the strategy and requirements for service level agreements between GS/OSD3-NA and partners (Robert Bosch, LSP’s, etc) after global alignment with GS/PE-SD organization.  Operational responsibility for Aftermarket, SMO, RBNA and Summerville, SC transport operations. Oversees the freight payment and invoice verification processes both internally and externally. 

Works with regional and international stakeholders and manages efficient communication. Drives performance and quality improvements. Creates a lean collaborative culture throughout our Logistics-Transportation organization along with coordinating and directing of business processes.  Identifies and executes process improvements and promotes use of standard processes and effective use of existing standard tools. Leads analysis of costs and budgets as well as physical and information processes and has an understanding of international supply chains. Manages and reports to specific KPI’s.  

Qualifications

Major Duties:

• Defining strategy, targets and priorities for Logistics Transportation in North America.
• Lead and manage the day to day transportation operations.
• Transportation and network design optimization.
• Rollout of new transportation management systems, NGTM, Intrack, FCC and so forth.
• Motivating, supporting, leading and developing the team.
• Exceptional Continuous Improvement Process skills areas.
• Driving cost and quality improvements for Logistics Transportation in North America.
• Change management.
• Improvement and development of Logistics Transportation processes.
• Effective risk management and project management skills.
• Maintain strong working relationships with carriers, LSP’s, customers, brokers, forwarders, internal cross functional teams, etc.
• Setting annual targets and goal performance dialogs with GS/LOT-NA leadership team
• Managing/consolidating reporting activities for GS/OSD3-NA – monthly business report (MBR), current forecast process (CF), target business plan (TBP) creation and so forth
• Travel up to 30% - domestic (90%) and international (10%)

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

•Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Logistics/Supply Chain Management with 6+ years experience in Supply Chain Management; or  Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Logistics/Supply Chain Management with 8+ years experience in Supply Chain Management or 15+ years overall experience in various Supply Chain functions

•Must possess 5+ years of Leadership Experience leading 40+ Associates located remotely

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

•3+ years foreign Trade experience

•3+ years Purchasing experience

•3+ years Production Planning or Warehouse Leadership experience

• Experience in end to end inventory management including production planning, frozen zone determination, in transit pipelines, on hand inventory target definition, safety stock definition as well as obsolescence and scrap avoidance 

•Strong analytical skills are needed with the ability to define priorities and strategies to fulfill the targets.

•Strong continuous improvement process mindset and problem solving skills are important.

•Thorough knowledge of Logistics/Manufacturing principles

•Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills

•Physical Logistics and Outsourcing experience

• Talent management: recruiting, talent review and assessment

•Exceptional collaborator and team player, candidate must be able to work with stakeholders and colleagues at all levels.

•Self-motivated, target oriented and organized with a strong desire to improve the business continuously.

•Comprehensive knowledge of SAP APO systems

•Continuous improvement process work experience

•8D/ 5-Why Problem Solving Experience

• Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills