Americas Transportation Operations Leader

Solventum•Eagan, MN

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges. As the Americas Transportation Operations Leader, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by leading transportation operations across the Americas, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and reliable execution of domestic, cross-border, and international freight movements. You will develop regional strategies, operating plans, budgets, carrier strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet business and customer requirements. You will direct transportation activities across markets and functions by setting priorities, allocating resources, monitoring performance, and driving results against service, cost, quality, and compliance objectives. You will provide leadership and development for the transportation team, including coaching, performance management, engagement, succession planning, and talent development. You will manage complex transportation challenges, service disruptions, carrier performance issues, capacity constraints, and escalations while balancing customer service, cost, risk, and operational priorities. You will partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial teams, and external logistics providers to optimize transportation performance and support business continuity. You will influence transportation decisions and outcomes across global logistics, impacting customer service, supply continuity, freight spend, compliance, and overall supply chain performance. You will build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while demonstrating Solventum values through accountability, collaboration, ethical leadership, and customer focus. You will support corporate initiatives, ensure compliance with company policies and quality standards, and contribute to strategic and operational priorities across the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering, or a related field and 10-12 years of experience
Experience with Transportation operations, carrier management, freight execution, import/export coordination, logistics systems, operational governance, and related supply chain processes.
Experience with Regional operating requirements, customer expectations, and transportation market dynamics.
Experience with Transportation management systems, ERP platforms, freight audit and payment processes, analytics tools, and relevant corporate systems.
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution
Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence across functions and drive results through others.

Responsibilities

Lead transportation operations across the Americas, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective, and reliable execution of domestic, cross-border, and international freight movements.
Develop regional strategies, operating plans, budgets, carrier strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet business and customer requirements.
Direct transportation activities across markets and functions by setting priorities, allocating resources, monitoring performance, and driving results against service, cost, quality, and compliance objectives.
Provide leadership and development for transportation team, including coaching, performance management, engagement, succession planning, and talent development.
Manage complex transportation challenges, service disruptions, carrier performance issues, capacity constraints, and escalations while balancing customer service, cost, risk, and operational priorities.
Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial teams, and external logistics providers to optimize transportation performance and support business continuity.
Influence transportation decisions and outcomes across global logistics, impacting customer service, supply continuity, freight spend, compliance, and overall supply chain performance.
Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders while demonstrating Solventum values through accountability, collaboration, ethical leadership, and customer focus.
Support corporate initiatives, ensure compliance with company policies and quality standards, and contribute to strategic and operational priorities across the organization.
Ensure that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.