Director, Strategic Capacity Development

Landstar System, Inc. • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

Landstar stands for safe, secure and reliable transportation services delivered by our unique network of small business owners. Independent agents and capacity providers operating under the Landstar umbrella enjoy the strength and support of one of the industry’s most stable and successful companies. Our network of independent entrepreneurs provide customers with personalized service at the local level with the global reach and resources of a multi-billion dollar company.
The Director of Strategic Capacity Development is responsible for identifying, establishing, and growing strategic relationships with top asset-based transportation providers to capture and secure capacity at competitive pricing levels. In this role you will develop and deploy best in-class relationship management strategies, establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and other metrics to facilitate enhanced carrier compliance practices while leading a team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university or equivalent experience
• Ten years’ experience in the transportation or logistics industry
• Seven years’ experience purchasing North American ground transportation and/or other logistics services
• Five years of leadership experience overseeing purchasing, transportation or logistics operations, or analytics function
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to explore and adopt new and changing technologies
• Ability to develop creative capacity solutions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to lead a team of Capacity Development Managers to accomplish their goals
• Ability to leverage contract freight characteristics to support business growth

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, or Logistics.
• Certified Supply Chain Professional or Certified Logistics Transportation Distribution (ASCM/APICS), or Certified Transportation Professional (NAPM/NITL)

Responsibilities

• Leadership responsibilities for a team of 1-5 to include hiring, training, scheduling work, and performance appraisals
• Develop and execute a strategic capacity plan for new and existing business throughout the Landstar network
• Support key business projects to ensure quality carrier capacity is secured through executed contracts
• Increase and strengthen capacity relationships to support current and new business
• Match business to capacity needs
• Drive team results in the execution of network bids to identify carriers and pricing that meet business requirements
• Mitigate risk by evaluating capacity qualifications to ensure they meet business requirements
• Provide market intelligence to Landstar by monitoring market conditions and rates
• Oversee Capacity Development Managers successful negotiation of rates and capacity commitments
• Establish and host carrier quarterly business reviews
• Provide development to team of Capacity Development Managers
• Oversee carrier performance management as tracked by the Capacity Development team

Benefits

• affordable medical plans
• employer 401(k) match
• paid time off
• tuition assistance

What This Job Offers

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