Summary of Position -
* To support and maintain carrier relationships to ensure successful negotiation and consumption of carrier services, providing the lowest landed cost of North American goods to an exceptional service standard
* Represent the inbound transportation team to the larger organization to ensure optimal collaboration to support new and evolving vendor programs, sales goals and budget fluctuations
* Work closely with the DC Management, Outbound Transportation Operations, Replenishment and Buying staff, Carriers and the Inbound functional teams to optimize inbound transportation
Principal Duties and Responsibilities -
The primary tasks the associate will perform during his/her work schedule
* Effectively communicate and implement all domestic inbound transportation programs, procedures and policies as negotiated with carriers
* Collaborate with the buying staff to support negotiation of favorable freight terms with suppliers
* Utilize available data and information to creatively solution and recommend inbound transportation strategies to improve cost and service levels
* Facilitate and implement programs with buyers and vendors
* Execute reports to evaluate and continually improve the performance of the inbound carrier base by assessing and managing each carrier’s overall support of Dollar Tree
* Continuously research emerging and existing supply chain strategies for incorporation into current FD carrier consumption processes
* Participate in budget development and budget reporting, to include the monthly P&L
* Collaborate with finance determine project ROI’s and budget; ensuring carrier and merchant activities occur within the bounds of the annual and monthly budget
* Support operational disaster recovery to ensure business continuity
* Represent transportation relations in business meetings
* Organize and prioritize workload and tasks to ensure proper flow of information
* Complete other various assignments, as required
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications - Summary of knowledge, experience and education required.
* Bachelor’s degree with a major in business, logistics or finance is preferred; or equivalent work experience
* Two to three years of transportation experience
* Working knowledge of LTL, truckload and intermodal operations, third party dedicated fleet management, industry contracts and vernacular
* Extensive computer skills, to include Excel, Word and Outlook, Power BI, Microsoft Access with the aptitude to learn new applications as needed
* Must possess qualities of integrity, discretion and strong ethics
* Ability to conceive, develop and implement new ideas, procedures and processes
* Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally
* Ability to work will with people at different levels within and outside of the company
* Flexibility to travel
Desired Qualifications - Desired but not required.
* Experience in retail industry and/or large transportation company
* Previous transportation work experience with a multi-billion dollar organization
This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, as they may be amended or added to as needed.
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