Associate Transportation Manager

Unilever • Hoboken, NJ

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About The Position

The Associate Transportation Manager, Ambient supports reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable transportation of ambient Foods products across the assigned logistics network. The role partners with carriers, 3PLs, customer operations, planning, warehousing, procurement, and finance to help meet service commitments and improve transportation performance.

The position supports day-to-day transportation execution and continuous improvement across the ambient network, helping ensure products move safely, on time, at the right cost, and in alignment with customer needs and business priorities. It provides analytical, operational, and cross-functional support to improve carrier performance, service reliability, cost management, and sustainability outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain operations, customer operations, warehousing, or a closely related operational environment.
• Working knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes, transportation execution, carrier performance, and service/cost trade-offs.
• Strong analytical capability, including the ability to interpret data, identify trends, communicate insights, and support fact-based decision-making.
• Strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across internal teams and external partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with transportation management systems, warehouse management systems, ERP tools, Power BI, Excel, or other reporting and analytics platforms.
• Experience supporting carrier management, 3PL governance, freight procurement, continuous improvement, or cost savings initiatives.
• Familiarity with consumer goods, food, ambient product distribution, customer service logistics, or sustainability-focused transportation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily transportation execution for ambient shipments and partner with carriers, 3PLs, warehouses, planning, customer service, and customer operations to resolve service risks and delivery exceptions.
• Track and report transportation KPIs, including on-time performance, failed-to-arrive incidents, load fill, cost performance, cost per pallet or ton, and service-related escalations.
• Support carrier and 3PL governance routines by preparing performance insights, identifying root causes, documenting actions, and following through on improvement plans.
• Partner with procurement, finance, and logistics stakeholders on cost-to-serve initiatives, freight savings opportunities, tender preparation, and network optimization efforts.
• Coordinate with internal teams to improve transportation processes, data accuracy, pallet management, returns, stock-in-transit visibility, and issue resolution.
• Support safety, compliance, and sustainability objectives by helping ensure carrier adherence to operating standards and identifying opportunities to reduce waste, miles, and carbon impact.

What This Job Offers

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