Americas Transportation Operations Leader

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue. 

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

As the Americas Transportation Operations Leader, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

How you will make an impact

• Lead transportation operations across the Americas, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and reliable execution of domestic, cross-border, and international freight movements.
• Develop regional strategies, operating plans, budgets, carrier strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet business and customer requirements.
• Direct transportation activities across markets and functions by setting priorities, allocating resources, monitoring performance, and driving results against service, cost, quality, and compliance objectives.
• Provide leadership and development for transportation team, including coaching, performance management, engagement, succession planning, and talent development.
• Manage complex transportation challenges, service disruptions, carrier performance issues, capacity constraints, and escalations while balancing customer service, cost, risk, and operational priorities.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial teams, and external logistics providers to optimize transportation performance and support business continuity.
• Influence transportation decisions and outcomes across global logistics, impacting customer service, supply continuity, freight spend, compliance, and overall supply chain performance.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while demonstrating Solventum values through accountability, collaboration, ethical leadership, and customer focus.
• Support corporate initiatives, ensure compliance with company policies and quality standards, and contribute to strategic and operational priorities across the organization.

Your Skills and Expertise 
 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering, or a related field and 10-12 years of experience
• Experience with Transportation operations, carrier management, freight execution, import/export coordination, logistics systems, operational governance, and related supply chain processes.
• Experience with Regional operating requirements, customer expectations, and transportation market dynamics.
• Experience with Transportation management systems, ERP platforms, freight audit and payment processes, analytics tools, and relevant corporate systems.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and problem-solvin