Associate Director Transportation

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

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About The Position

The Associate Director Transportation leads the transportation strategy and execution agenda to ensure reliable customer service, cost-effective freight movement, strong carrier performance, and operational resilience across the logistics network. The role partners with Warehousing, Planning, Procurement, Finance, technology teams, and third-party logistics providers to strengthen transportation capabilities, mitigate risk, and deliver measurable service and cost outcomes.

The role is accountable for transportation performance across service, cost, safety, compliance, carrier management, and network reliability. It sets direction, establishes governance, and drives cross-functional alignment so transportation operations support customer commitments and business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experience leading transportation, logistics, carrier management, distribution, customer operations, or supply chain execution in a complex operating environment.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, with the ability to translate transportation data, cost drivers, service trends, and operational risks into clear actions.
• Proven stakeholder leadership, influencing, communication, and change management skills across internal teams and external logistics partners.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, escalations, service commitments, and improvement agendas in a fast-paced supply chain environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with transportation management systems, SAP, Power BI, logistics scorecards, carrier portals, or data visualization tools.
• Experience leading carrier sourcing, third-party logistics performance management, freight productivity, network optimization, or logistics transformation initiatives.
• Knowledge of transportation compliance, claims, detention and demurrage, sustainability, safety, or continuous improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation strategy, execution governance, and performance management across domestic freight, carrier operations, and logistics partners.
• Own transportation KPIs, including service, cost, tender acceptance, on-time delivery, claims, detention, capacity, and customer-impacting escalations.
• Partner with Procurement to shape carrier sourcing, contract strategy, supplier performance routines, and continuous improvement plans.
• Collaborate with Warehousing, Planning, Finance, and third-party logistics providers to resolve transportation risks, optimize network flow, and protect customer service.
• Drive cost productivity, process simplification, digital enablement, and operational controls to improve transportation reliability and decision-making.
• Build team and partner capability through clear priorities, disciplined performance routines, issue escalation, and change management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director