Manager, Transportation Ops - Remote

The Transportation Operation Manager will partner with different members of the supply chain and store operations team to improve domestic transportation service, efficiency, and cost. The Transportation Operations Manager is an analytical professional who passionately leads projects, financial acumen, enjoys quantitative problem solving, metrics, research, and seeing improvement from their actions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strong knowledge of outbound transportation operations, including carrier management and routing.
• Optimize and manage outbound and dedicated operational strategy and execution. Balance other costs of operations to minimize overall cost at the highest level of service possible while reducing risk.
• Coordinate store schedule changes and communicate across cross functional team. Identify opportunities, develop plans and execute process improvement projects.
• Lead and manage the timeline of developed transportation projects working with internal and external partners to reduce cost and improve service.
• Identify new cost cutting and service improvement initiatives across the supply chain, with the ability to complete and communicate the analytics to the Supply Chain team.
• Lead and manage the timeline of developed transportation projects working with internal and external partners to reduce cost and improve service.
• Develop and execute process improvement initiatives across the supply chain, with the ability to complete and communicate the analytics to the Supply Chain team.
• Collect and analyze data, generate conclusions and action plan, monitor progress
• Lead and manage growth and development of 3PL, manage key carrier partnerships for retail delivery.
• Use of Access and advanced Excel skills on a daily basis with the ability to build original reporting on current and new projects when needed.
• Complete weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting and analysis to showcase key metrics, with the ability to improve the existing reporting.

Scope (Required):

• Organizational Scope – Corporate
• Supervises staff – Yes

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Education (Required):

• Bachelor’s Degree in supply chain preferred

Skills (Required):

• Highly self motivated and directed
• Understanding and experience in P&L management and reporting
• Flexible and adaptable in regards to learning and understanding new technologies
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• 3-5 years of transportation related experience preferred
• 2-3 years project management experience required
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected as part of the job performance and will need to rely on judgment and experience to accomplish goals
• Understanding and experience in project management and exposure to project management methodologies

Experience (Required):

• 2-3 -5 years project management experience required
• 3-5 years of transportation related experience preferred

The anticipated salary range for this position is $105,400 – $158,200 depending on location, knowledge, skills, education and experience. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits to Associates (and their families) such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability. Eligible Associates are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan. Associates will accrue paid time off up to 236 hours per year (inclusive of PTO, floating holidays, and paid holidays). Paid sick time up to 80 hours per year unless otherwise required by law.

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We're a 45 year-old, $6.5 billion national tool retailer with the energy, enthusiasm, and growth potential of a start-up. We have over 1,300 stores in 48 states across the country and are opening several new locations every week. We offer our customers more than 7,000 tools and accessories, from hand tools and generators to air and power tools, from shop equipment to automotive tools. We provide our customers with the right tool for the right job at the right price, always delivering quality and value.