Transportation Manager

Meet Leaf Home, the leading provider of technology-driven home solutions that is on a mission to make homeownership easy. With more than 50% of consumers worried about the cost and effort of home maintenance, we focus on delivering remarkable, end-to-end experiences. Trusted by more than 1 million homeowners across the US and Canada, Leaf Home is America's largest direct-to-consumer full-service provider of branded home services and products. Leaf Home and its products, including the patented LeafFilter gutter protection system, have earned numerous awards and recognition from Good Housekeeping, Qualified Remodeler, Angi, Consumer Reports, This Old House, and other consumer review platforms.

Powered by people, Leaf Home's innovative products and services are delivered with convenience, trust, and quality via 200+ regional sales and installation offices along with comprehensive field support offices in New York and Hudson, Ohio. We believe we win together. Leaf Home has been consistently named one of the fastest-growing private companies by Inc 5000 and recognized as a top employer nationally. The benefits of working at Leaf Home are wide-ranging and include:

Industry-best compensation packages | Fully paid health, dental, and vision insurance | 401k with company match | Paid Time Off including paid parental leave | Individualized career development programs | On-demand lunch program | Childcare assistance | Free gym membership | Employee assistance programs, including legal, financial planning, and counseling | Employee discount marketplace | Employee Resource Groups such as VetConnect, DEI Committee, Women's Committee.

Apply today and together we will unlock millions of customers' dream homes and your dream career at Leaf Home.

Position Summary: The Transportation Manager implements transportation solutions and oversees the Transportation team in its day-to-day operations. This role is responsible for developing strategies and processes within the Leaf Home Supply Chain, meeting company objectives on service, growth, cost, and cash flow.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for developing a transportation strategy in support of business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement transportation management systems (TMS), telematics, routing software, and other relevant technologies.
• Evaluate existing transportation processes and identify opportunities for optimization and efficiency improvement.
• Develop and implement strategies to streamline transportation operations, reduce costs, and enhance service quality.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of transportation processes and initiatives.
• Drive digital transformation initiatives to automate manual processes, enhance visibility, and improve decision-making capabilities.
• Manage relationships with transportation service providers, including carriers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics (3PL) partners.
• Negotiate contracts, rates, and service level agreements (SLAs) to ensure cost-effectiveness and service excellence.
• Monitor vendor performance and implement corrective actions as necessary to maintain high standards of service delivery.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of transportation professionals to achieve departmental goals and objectives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the transportation team.
• Provide guidance and support to team members, including training, coaching, and performance management.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Experience and Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• 3+ years of experience in supply chain, transportation, purchasing, or distribution management.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Competent understanding of engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, finance, supply chain principles, and demand/supply planning.
• Hands-on experience with supply chain management software.
• Project management experience.
• Experience implementing/working with transportation management software (TMS).
• Ability to juggle various work activities and shift their attention from one task to another to meet the demands of different stakeholders without "dropping the ball."
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy, team-oriented environment and have a "roll up your sleeves" and "win every day" mentality.
• Hold oneself accountable and responsible while being self-driven in accomplishing goals.
• Detail-oriented and can focus on the task at hand by finding the most efficient and effective pathway to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels to communicate with internal and external stakeholders articulately.
• Ability to logically connect ideas, scrutinize and evaluate arguments, find inconsistencies and errors in work, and solve complex problems.
• Ability to provide timely and empathetic service through all communication channels keeping peer and customer needs first.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and/or Access).
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, or Certifications:

• Strong math aptitude and quantitative problem-solving approach.
• Business reporting/data gathering software experience.

Travel Requirements:

• Less than 10% domestic travel required.

Overtime/Additional Hours Requirements:

• Additional hours may be required (exempt positions).

Physical Requirements:

• Normal office environment.
• Performs indoor work in a climate-controlled environment.
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Leaf Home is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an environment that embraces differences and fosters inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Leaf Home will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, results of genetic testing, veteran status, or physical/mental disability (except where the disability prevents the individual from being able to perform the essential functions of the job and cannot be reasonably accommodated in full compliance with the law).

Americans with Disabilities Act Statement and Contact Leaf Home is committed to honoring the spirit and requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [redacted]