Director Transportation

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Job Description:

Summary
The Director of Transportation is responsible for all client-facing transportation management activities, including field operations and the ongoing management of existing transportation management (TM) relationships, with a strong emphasis on organic growth and continuous improvement. This role includes direct oversight of onsite customer responsibilities, carrier management, and full P&L accountability across four designated location codes. The operation represents approximately $275M in Freight Under Management (FUM).

Essential Functions

• Deliver world class customer service by delivering agreed to customer service levels and metrics

• Accountable for profitability of the client portfolio and achievement of financial targets

• Hire, identify, retain and actively promote highly-talented team members by feeding the organization with talent

• Works cohesively with all Ryder internal SMEs including sales, TMC operations, SCE, Marketing, Pricing, Finance and IT

• Support of business development activities required to significantly grow transportation management service offering with an emphasis on organic growth

• Work closely with the TM services group to ensure client requirements are communicated and issues quickly resolved

• Identify business opportunities and quantity economic impact of alternatives actions, with an emphasis on organic growth

Additional Responsibilities

• Adopt a program of continuous improvement that yields year-over-year advantages to client base and Ryder

• Qualification of business development prospects flow and operational feasibility and profitability perspective

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Effective leadership skills

• Change management initiative and planning skills

• Able to develop and motivate direct reports and others

• Possesses strong technical aptitude

• Highly thorough and dependable

• Integrity and trust

• Capable of multi-tasking, highly organized, with excellent time management skills

• Detail oriented with excellent follow-up practices

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to create and maintain professional relationships within all levels of the organization (peers, work groups, customers, supervisors)Interacts internally and externally with executive-level management regarding negotiations

• Ability to make major, complex, or frequent decisions

• Deals with ambiguity

• Ability to build strong customer relationships

• Demonstrates problem solving skills

• Builds and manages effective teams

• Able to work independently and as member of a team

• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

• Aptitude to gain further competency in Statistical and/or Transportation

• Flawless implementation of new transportation management operations

• Advanced knowledge of logistics and ability to integrate Supply Chain components advanced required

• Deep knowledge of Supply Chain Management including IT, large account management and financial acumen advanced required

• MS Office proficiency: Excel, Access & PowerPoint advanced required

• Analysis tools: Minitab, SAS, Metlab, i2Tmod, ILPS advanced required

• Ryder TM operating tools: Miles, TIS, i2TMS, Ryder On-line advanced required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required Business, Logistics or related field of study

• Ten (10) years or more Experience in Transportation Management with major shipper or 3PL required

• Advanced knowledge of logistics and ability to integrate Supply Chain components advanced required

• Deep knowledge of Supply Chain Management including IT, large account management and financial acumen advanced required

• MS Office proficiency: Excel, Access & PowerPoint advanced required

• Analysis tools: Minitab, SAS, Metlab, i2. Tmod, ILPS advanced required

• Ryder TM operating tools: Miles, TIS, i2TMS, Ryder On-line advanced required

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Job Category

Transportation

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