Director of Transportation - Procurement

A Place Where People Matter. Start your career journey with Univar Solutions! Here you can make an impact on the world around you and accelerate your career in areas that energize and excite you. Director of Transportation - Procurement and Systems North America. The Director of Transportation - Procurement & Systems North America will lead and deliver our capacity management model through procurement events, supplier relationships, vendor compliance, performance management, market knowledge and benchmarking, and internal business intelligence. In addition to guiding our Procurement with Purpose under our Janus principles, this person will also enable transportation to become more effective in the digital space through internal and external collaboration, and leverage of our data and technical capabilities to drive better insights, increase our agility, and make us easier to work with by driving data-based decision making culture. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Total cost under management of ~$260M and 5+billions lbs of transportation procurement, support transportation value capture of $5-20M/yr., deliver on all SLA requirements (OTD, LTA, Status Events Compliance) further support elevated NPS scores. Lead fully integrated North America RFP process including all transport modes within ITS, Canada, Mexico, and USA. Collaborate with IT partners to deliver system enhancements further automating process and driving data availability and accuracy support KPI transparency and validity. Set and deliver all transportation productivity goals through the principles of Janus (Procurement w/ Purpose & Future Fleet) Execute an annual RFP event and support in year quarterly bids supporting new business. Enhance and execute all facets of the Capacity Management model; Including but not limited to: Capacity Acquisition, vendor compliance, performance management, omni channel technology engagements, operational efficiency, benchmarking, market intelligence, and industry positioning. Streamline and integrate transportation system enhancement with a purpose to digitize and automate redundant task to drive efficiency within order process management. Create actionable insights for the business through our data publishing principles allowing analysis of transportation data, visual analytics, and standardized data publishing to create one version of truth. Provide transportation market insights and intelligence to our internal key stakeholders – the business. WHAT YOU’LL NEED: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics or Transportation. MBA or other related advance degree preferred. Minimum of 5 years in Supply Chain leadership position. Skilled in supplier relations including carrier development, pricing negotiations, contract negotiations, and performance monitoring. Strong communication and presentation skills Experience managing various modes of transportation including TL, LTL, Bulk, Intermodal, and Rail Excellent oral and written communication skills Ability to address issues and solve problems at a strategic and operational level. Ability to influence key stakeholders. Experience managing people and teams. Strong skills in Microsoft Office applications. Strong and demonstrated analytical capabilities. Experience in Tableau, Alteryx, Amazon Redshift, and other technical systems. Ability to lead and develop talented individuals. Strong organizational skills, a sense of ownership and accountability, the ability to lead projects and communicate requirements effectively, and to be a self-starter 10 years of overall transporation experience to include: Demonstrated success leading large procurement and carrier management activities through times of organizational change Systems architecture experience, primarily around order processing cycle and data analytics. WHERE YOU'LL WORK: Location: The Woodlands, TX PAY & BENEFITS: The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate&…

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