Sr. Manager of Transportation

Sr. Manager of Transportation – Consumer Goods - $2.5B Company

Position: Transportation Manager for Consumer Goods Company

Position ID: 297

Why is this position open? With multiple facilities in the U.S., and several additional locations across the globe, our client is continuing to grow, and needs strong leaders who are capable of moving quickly into greater levels of responsibility.  In short, they are looking for the next round of management, who can step into the role quickly, be successful, and move on to greater managerial and director-level responsibilities. 

Location: Exeter, NH

Our Client

• $2.5 billion+ in annual sales with a CAGR of 10.4% over the past 3 years.


• Significant market share in their niche with a phenomenally well-known brand


• Solid history of growth with 100+ years of being in business


• Closely focused on continual innovation in providing customer specific product solutions

What’s in it for YOU?

• Top company benefits


• Opportunity for rapid advancement with great exposure to upper management


• Competitive base salary + bonus potential


• Career making opportunity to work with a solid, growing company with a strong track record of success

What you will have the chance to do

• Manage the domestic logistics department, with the majority of cost-savings opportunity over the next 2 years in the area of transportation.


• Manage the 3PL relationships for both Truckload (TL) and Less Than Truckload (LTL) carriers.


• The company is very focused on on-going continuous improvement; you will take ownership to implement process improvements that support logistics.


• Manage and negotiate about $50M in logistics spend.


• Finalize C-TPAT certification.

What you must bring to the table

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience including transportation, warehousing and fulfillment.


• Experience with refrigerated containers / cold chain is a must – no exceptions.


• Strong experience negotiating with TL and LTL carriers.


• Bachelor’s degree preferred.


• Experience with Tier-1 software is preferred.  Ideal = experience with SAP or JD Edwards.


• Ability to travel 25% of the time.


• Desire to advance rapidly into higher levels of responsibility

If this sound like the career opportunity for you

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