(USA) General Transportation Manager - Regional (Transportation)
WalmartPosition Summary...
What you'll do...The General Transportation Manager is responsible for leading transportation operations within a Walmart distribution network, ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and cost-effective movement of freight while delivering exceptional service to stores, clubs, customers, and business partners. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across fleet r
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eadiness, transportation planning, asset management, safety, compliance, vendor relationships, and associate development while driving a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. The General Transportation Manager partners with cross-functional teams to optimize network performance, leverage data-driven decision making, manage transportation assets, and ensure the successful execution of Walmart's supply chain strategy. What You'll DoLead Transportation Operations
• Direct daily transportation operations to ensure on-time delivery, service reliability, and execution of operational goals.
• Manage inbound and outbound transportation activities across multiple freight types and business channels.
• Drive optimization of routing, scheduling, capacity utilization, and network efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to enhance transportation performance while balancing cost, service, and safety objectives.
• Partner across Supply Chain, Fleet Maintenance, Distribution, Store Operations, and Home Office teams to support network initiatives.
Drive Fleet Readiness and Asset Performance
• Oversee fleet availability and utilization to meet business demand and operational schedules.
• Lead programs that maximize the lifecycle, reliability, and performance of transportation assets.
• Guide preventive maintenance strategies that improve fleet uptime and reduce operational disruptions.
• Support fleet planning decisions involving company-owned, leased, and third-party transportation resources.
• Ensure effective management of parts inventories, equipment replacement strategies, and total cost of ownership initiatives.
Utilize Data and Technology to Improve Performance
• Leverage transportation, operational, and financial data to drive business decisions and improve outcomes.
• Monitor key performance indicators and develop actionable insights to improve transportation network performance.
• Lead adoption of innovative technologies, predictive analytics, automation, artificial intelligence, and digital tools that create efficiencies and reduce costs.
• Partner with Technology, Data Science, and Analytics teams to develop future-state capabilities that support business objectives.
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making across the operation.
Lead Exception Management and Business Continuity
• Oversee response strategies for transportation disruptions, service interruptions, and operational escalations.
• Drive network preparedness for planned and unplanned events impacting transportation execution.
• Implement processes that reduce non-value-added activities and improve operational resilience.
• Lead teams through crisis management situations while minimizing customer and business impact.
• Ensure resources, training, and technologies are in place to support operational continuity.
Promote Operational Excellence
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that drive productivity, efficiency, and cost savings.
• Evaluate transportation processes and implement best practices aligned to Walmart's One Best Way methodology.
• Lead root cause analysis efforts to identify and resolve operational challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to simplify processes, reduce waste, and improve service levels.
• Ensure consistency and compliance with standard operating procedures across the transportation operation.
Ensure Safety and Regulatory Compliance
• Foster a culture where safety is the top priority for associates, drivers, contractors, and business partners.
• Ensure compliance with Department of Transportation