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Director of Transportation
Conair LLCUnited StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Apr 2026
About the role
Position Summary: The Director of Transportation – Americas is accountable for end‑to‑end domestic transportation strategy, execution, and financial performance across Conair’s U.S., Canada, and Mexico operations. This role owns all prepaid and collect freight across Truckload (TL), Less‑Than‑Truckload (LTL), and Parcel modes supporting Conair’s consumer and professional product portfolios.This leader serves as the enterprise owner of Conair’s Americas regions transportation operating model, including carrier strategy, rate management, service performance, and continuous improvement, while partnering with strategic 3PLs that provide Transportation Management System (TMS) capabilities in the US and Canada. The role is critical to delivering Conair’s freight‑out savings targets, service KPIs, and shipper‑of‑choice strategy, while supporting growth, peak readiness, and network scalability. Key Responsibilities Transportation Strategy & Network Optimization
- Own and optimize Conair’s domestic transportation network across the Americas, ensuring cost‑effective, reliable service aligned to customer and channel requirements.
- Lead mode‑mix optimization across TL, LTL, and Parcel to reduce cost‑to‑serve while protecting service.
- Align transportation strategy with distribution center operations, inventory positioning, and demand planning to support OTIF and fill‑rate targets.
- Support East/West optimization initiatives and network design changes as volumes, channels, and customer mix evolve.
- Establish and enforce clear governance for prepaid and collect freight, including routing guides, carrier compliance, and execution standards.
- Ensure collect shipments are executed in full compliance with customer routing instructions to minimize chargebacks and penalties.
- Identify and execute opportunities to reduce freight leakage, accessorial exposure, and preventable charges.
- Serve as the executive owner of Conair’s transportation 3PL partnership, with clear accountability for service, cost, data quality, and continuous improvement.
- Own the Transportation Management System (TMS) operating model, including configuration, reporting, compliance, and user adoption.
- Drive improved tender acceptance, visibility, automation, freight audit accuracy, and exception management through the TMS.
- Lead governance routines, scorecards, and escalation paths with the 3PL.
- Lead domestic transportation bids and RFPs across all modes, including carrier selection, rate negotiation, and contract strategy. Partnering with Procurement Team.
- Own carrier performance management, including tender acceptance, on‑time pickup/delivery, claims, and accessorial control.
- Ensure peak season readiness and capacity coverage across all regions and modes.
- Own Conair’s domestic transportation budget and multi‑year cost strategy.
- Deliver against freight‑out savings targets and budget commitments.
- Partner with Finance to ensure accurate accruals, clean freight audit, and transparent reporting.
- Drive corrective actions for cost or service variance.
- Freight‑out cost vs. Budget
- Freight out as a % of Sales
- On‑time pickup and delivery (PPD / OTD)
- Tender acceptance rate
- Parcel cost per shipment
- Accessorial and claims spend
- Preventable chargebacks and penalties
- Lead root‑cause analysis and RCCAs for transportation service failures and cost overruns.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives with carriers, the 3PL, and internal partners.
- Serve as escalation owner for critical transportation disruptions impacting service, cost, or customer experience.
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