Sr. Manager - Logistics Procurement and Carrier Relations Manager
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Location: Amsterdam, NY 12010
Description:
Schedule: FT
Job Type: Hybrid/On-site
About the Role
The Uber Freight Sr. Manager, Carrier Management leads a team of Carrier Managers who work directly with specific accounts/customers. The Manager will ensure that the Carrier Managers are providing strategic value, to their customers, through end-to-end route guide management (managing carrier performance, supporting operational excellence, and procuring carrier capacity). The Sr. Manager, Carrier Management will also manage and build the relationships with the top Uber Freight strategic carriers.
What the Candidate Will Do
Travel
Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world's goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.
Candidate Privacy Notice
Uber Freight is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates. We collect and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. For detailed information on how we handle candidate data, please review our Candidate Privacy Notice.
EEOC
Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Job Type: Hybrid/On-site
About the Role
The Uber Freight Sr. Manager, Carrier Management leads a team of Carrier Managers who work directly with specific accounts/customers. The Manager will ensure that the Carrier Managers are providing strategic value, to their customers, through end-to-end route guide management (managing carrier performance, supporting operational excellence, and procuring carrier capacity). The Sr. Manager, Carrier Management will also manage and build the relationships with the top Uber Freight strategic carriers.
What the Candidate Will Do
- Lead team of direct reports. Manages own projects and team members workload.
- Conduct monthly or quarterly business reviews with strategic and core carriers. Develop and enhance relationships with top, strategic carriers.
- Ensures direct reports are distributing weekly scorecards for all account-specific carriers.
- Develops SOPs and identifies best practices for all carrier and SRG management processes.
- Understand the current market trends.
- Proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Engage with Operational teams to identify needed capacity, carrier performance, and rectify escalated issues experienced by the Operations team.
- Consulting support of Uber Freight-run procurement events and mini-bids. Oversee Carrier Manager efforts to facilitate procurement process.
Travel
- 25-50%
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum Secondary Education diploma or equivalent
- Minimum 6-8 years of industry experience/analyzing and managing transportation (minimum FTL, LTL and IM), either at a shipper, carrier or 3PL.
- Knowledge of truckload industry, major carriers, cost drivers, and best practices.
- Knowledge of EU Transportation Regulations (a.o. ADR, EU-directives, mobility packs, sustainability, etc.)
- Fluent in English
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
- 10 years or more analyzing and managing transportation (minimum FTL, LTL and IM), either at a shipper, carrier or 3PL. Knowledge of truckload industry, major carriers, cost drivers, and best practices.
- Expertise in market trends specifically for Bulk & Packed Chemical as it relates s to transportation cost and requirements such as equipment types, product types, documentation, etc.
- High Level knowledge of Online bidding tools
- High Level Knowledge of Tableau
- Advanced Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Fluency in second language (Spanish, French, German, Italian)
About Uber Freight
Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world's goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.
Candidate Privacy Notice
Uber Freight is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates. We collect and process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. For detailed information on how we handle candidate data, please review our Candidate Privacy Notice.
EEOC
Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.