Global Business Expert: Transportation Management

Now hiring! Global Business Expert: Transportation Management

We are looking for a Global Business Expert: Transportation Management to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Research Triangle Park, NC.

 

Come create chemistry with us!

 

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental, and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture.

 

As a Global Business Expert: Transportation Management you will be part of the Global Supply Chain Process Excellence team with members located in Europe, Asia, North America and South America.

As a Global Business Expert: Transportation Management, you create chemistry by...

 

• Implementing new organizational and/or technical concepts for processes in Transportation Management, covering all modes of transport such as airfreight, maritime, truck, rail, and CEP. This involves strong alignment with relevant stakeholders, including global process owners, and facilitating and contributing to change and test management activities.

• Driving innovation and automation activities, such as those based on Robotic Process Automation (RPA) technology, by continuously assessing improvement potentials and implementing new solutions when available.

• Tracking and addressing adherence to business rules and processes, including monitoring through KPIs, process mapping tools, and reports.

• Leading regional, sub-regional, and local key-user communities to promote continuous communication and best practice exchange, while defining and monitoring service levels for external and internal partners, as well as forecasting demand.

• Leading projects or project workstreams that involve cross-organizational or cross-functional aspects, such as S/4HANA implementation or supply chain integration of acquired businesses.

• Executing key-user and end-user support, which includes issue resolution in day-to-day business, training, monitoring tasks, and data maintenance.

If you...

 

• Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, IT, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Bring 8+ years of progressive experience in Logistics or Supply Chain, with a strong focus on transportation management processes and tools.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of supply chain, operations, and logistics processes, including experience with analysis and monitoring tools, such as SAP transactions, business warehousing (BW) applications, and data lake queries.
• Exhibit detailed knowledge of Microsoft standard applications, SAP ERP, and related tools for Transportation Management purposes, as well as the capability to use process modeling tools (e.g., Signavio) for process mapping and design. S/4HANA experience is a plus. 
• Be fluent in the English language (verbal and written) and possess excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Contribute to projects or lead workstreams of projects, always with a strong commitment to enhancing the customer and business partner experience throughout the transportation management process area.
• Be able to travel up to 15% (domestically and internationally).

Create your own chemistry with you@BASF

 

At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It’s what we call you@BASF. We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.

Just some of the many benefits we offer include:

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Highly competitive retiremen