Manager, Logistics Procurement

Location(s):
United States of America
City/Cities:
Atlanta
Travel Required:
00% - 25%
Relocation Provided:
No
Job Posting End Date:
April 1, 2024
Shift:
Job Description Summary:
NAOU transportation is a $1B annual spend with over 600,000 shipments. The CO Strategic Transportation Team is responsible for ensuring we have the capacity needed through transportation providers to support the business at an optimum cost that also meets service requirements to support our customers and facilities.
The Manager, Logistics Procurement is responsible for managing long-term and short-term transportation needs and ensuring adherence to budget. Responsibilities include carrier management, procuring capacity, analytical support, and forecast and award management.
The ideal candidate will:

• Be self-motivated, flexible, able to juggle multiple priorities and meet multiple levels of deadlines.
• Have experience with over the road transportation.
• Show procurement ability with good negotiation skills.
• Have a history of problem solving that impacts the bottom line of the company.
• Display strong analytical skills.
• Be extremely organized and self-motivated with ability to work with minimum supervision

What You'll Do for Us

• Procures rates and capacity to support NAOU to meet long-term and short-term transportation needs through collaboration with Global Logistics Services and NAOU Transportation Operations teams.
• Responsible for annual bid support to identify lanes, volume, special customer requirements, lane characteristics, and plant information to ensure accuracy in bidding process.
• Award decision making to meet financial and service requirements.
• Daily tactical relationship management with carriers, establishing meeting routines, and providing support as needed to enable their success.
• Lead quarterly operational reviews with top strategic carriers.
• Responsible for ad hoc analysis to identify areas of opportunity to drive financial and performance improvements and act upon them.
• Utilize forecasting tools and other reporting to determine volume needs and communicate with primary carriers on lanes.
• Market Benchmarking in support of sales, finance, supply planning, NPSG and other teams for sourcing and business initiatives.

Qualification & Requirements:

• 3+ years over-the-road truckload transportation experience preferred
• College degree required (Supply Chain or Logistics preferred)

Functional Skills:

• Advanced Excel skills including formulas, pivot tables and vlookups
• Proficient knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook
• Strong ability to utilize Power BI reporting filtering, exporting, reviewing and root cause analysis.
• Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) or other Transportation Management System knowledge and use
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of internal and external organizations. Strong written and verbal communication skills - including having difficult conversations
• Strong organization skills: must be able to prioritize short-term, mid-term, and long-term priorities to meet deadlines

What We Can Do For You

• Innovative Technology: We utilize and lead the market with our large supply chain network and state of art technology we use each day.
• Experiences: with a global organization and the opportunity to learn and grow.
• Compensation & Benefits: Competitive benefits package that start on day one of employment

Skills:
Pay Range:
$92,600 - $114,400
Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.
Annual Incentive Reference Value Percentage:
15
Annual Incentive reference value is a market-based competitive value for your role. It falls in the middle of the range for your role, indicating performance at target.
Our Purpose and Growth Culture:
We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors - curious, empowered, inclusive and agile - and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.
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