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Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Director – Capacity Solutions Strategy & Analytics

Procurement & Sourcing +1Posted on Nov 11
Full-timeGreen Bay, WI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience leading teams responsible for strategy, analytics, procurement, transportation operations, or related business functions.
  • Experience using data, financial analysis, and market insights to influence business decisions, testing strategic assumptions against market evidence and constructive challenge, and revising recommendations when evidence warrants.
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating across business functions.
  • Experience communicating complex analysis and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience building, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
  • Experience using Excel, Power BI, or comparable analytical and business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop the capacity strategy and analytics and transportation bid management teams, building a high-performing team grounded in Principle Based Management (PBM).
  • Develop and execute capacity strategies across transportation modes to improve service, cost, carrier engagement, and network performance. Invite constructive challenge and partner with Managed Freight on operational needs and improvement opportunities to refine recommendations, agree on the path forward, and turn shared decisions into actionable plans.
  • Own dedicated fleet strategy design and solution development, evaluating where dedicated capacity fits and how fleets align with customer needs and network requirements. Incorporate operational feedback and work with customers and Managed Freight to agree on implementation, with Managed Freight responsible for operating the transportation network.
  • Own transportation buy rates through request-for-proposal facilitation and administration, rate analysis, and carrier rate negotiations across transportation modes. Partner with business stakeholders to develop and evaluate award scenarios.
  • Provide analysis and recommendations for carrier sourcing, procurement, routing guide, and network decisions. Partner with Managed Freight on carrier and routing guide choices, and validate buy rates against market benchmarks to support commercial pricing.
  • Lead embedded transportation business analysis within Capacity Solutions, using market intelligence, benchmarking, transportation economics, scenario analysis, and operational context to inform day-to-day decisions and strategic recommendations. Partner with Digital Portfolio for supporting enterprise data and reporting, with Digital Portfolio retaining ownership of those enterprise capabilities.
  • Track and communicate the outcomes of capacity strategies, dedicated fleet strategies, and transportation buy-rate initiatives, including financial impact, service performance, network performance, risks, and realized value.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain management, sourcing, procurement, or carrier management.
  • Experience designing dedicated fleet strategies, negotiating carrier rates, or leading transportation bid events, carrier sourcing programs, or network strategy initiatives.
  • Experience developing transportation rate analysis methodologies or sourcing decision-support processes.
  • Experience using market intelligence, benchmarking, and transportation economics to improve business outcomes.
  • Experience partnering with an enterprise data and analytics organization to develop scalable reporting and analytical capabilities.

About the Company

Koch Industries

Private conglomerate in energy and materials

Koch Industries is a large, private, diversified conglomerate that operates in energy, chemical processing, and manufacturing. It started from an innovation that turned heavy crude oil into gasoline and grew through long‑term investments rather than short‑term market moves. The company generates value by refining fuels and producing chemical products, and it operates Georgia-Pacific, a major maker of paper and building products. Its business model relies on reinvesting most earnings back into the company to fund steady, long‑term growth rather than paying out frequent dividends or seeking quick profits. Koch differentiates itself from many competitors by staying privately owned, which reduces pressure from public markets and enables longer‑range planning. The company’s goal is to build scale and durability across its holdings by sustainable, multi‑decade growth rather than rapid, episodic gains.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)
Total funding
$985.2M
Headquarters
Wichita, KS
Founded
1940

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