Position Summary:
Primary responsibilities are Transportation Procurement, Carrier Management and Compliance. Responsible to understand customers transportation requirements across modes, identify and engage vendors, develop Requests for Quote, negotiate the best value [rates & service] possible and initiate the contracting process. Provide continuous improvement by ensuring high service levels and driving costs down through analytics, process streamlining and ongoing new-carrier identification and aggressive rate negotiations. Study and understand transport market rate and capacity trends and cost pressures.
Major Responsibilities:
-Establish and grow relationships with US and Canadian transport vendors
-Purchase transportation services across modes
-Coordinate and conduct meetings / rate negotiations with senior-level executives from leading transport providers
-Understand vendors rate structures across modes in order to negotiate the best rates possible
-Onboard / initiate contracting new vendors. Ensure they comply with Penskes safety,insurance and financial standards
-Complete vendor rate templates to trigger tariff creation. Ensure tariffs are accurate and reflect negotiated prices
-Use transport data and analytics to identify customer-specific cost-down opportunities
-Proactively develop and present savings proposals to senior leaders
-Work closely with Penske sales executives to respond quickly to perspective customer Requests for Quote
-Develop transport rates using market tools or by managing short fuse bids
-Monitor carriers performance and successfully coach deficient carriers back to compliance
-Operations with capacity and performance as required
-3-5 years of transportation purchasing experience including negotiating rates with carriers across modes required
-Bachelors Degree in Logistics, Transportation or related field preferred
-Working knowledge of carrier operations, rate structures, contracts, and tariffs required
-Strong negotiation skills. Ability to meet with, and negotiate effectively, with senior executives
-Ability to complete multiple, complex, tasks and assignments
-Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
-Strong oral and written communications skills are required
-Proficient in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
-Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required
-The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision, Peripheral vision, Depth perception and Ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this Job, the associate is regularly required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. The associate is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
Job: Logistics/Supply Chain
