Manager, Strategic Sourcing Logistics & Transportation (US/Canada)

Brambles • Alpharetta, GA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join a newly formed Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence and play a key role shaping transportation strategy across a large, national carrier network. In this individual contributor role, you’ll lead contract strategy, negotiations, and carrier governance, partnering closely with Transportation and Operations teams to drive cost, performance, and long-term value. This role sits within a newly formed Strategic Sourcing center of excellence, bringing transportation strategy, contracting, and carrier performance management under Procurement. As Manager, Strategic Sourcing – Logistics & Transportation, you will own the commercial and strategic management of a large, complex carrier portfolio across the U.S. (and Canada), partnering closely with Transportation and Operations teams. You will focus on contract strategy, negotiations, carrier governance, and analytics—not day‑to‑day execution. Operations teams will run RFPs; this role provides strategic input, evaluation, and commercial leadership.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, or freight‑related sourcing
• Proven ability to negotiate complex transportation contracts and manage supplier relationships
• Strong analytical skills with experience using data to influence sourcing and commercial decisions
• Experience managing large spend and broad carrier scope (national or near‑national preferred)
• Solid grounding in trucking and freight markets; deep operational execution experience is not required

Nice To Haves

• Experience with dedicated fleets
• Background working for or closely with a carrier or brokerage
• Exposure to intermodal or rail strategies
• Experience supporting large‑scale contract renewals or portfolio restructures

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute sustainable category sourcing strategies for the region/function that align with global and local procurement priorities.
• Act as a champion for strategic sourcing, ensuring that procurement initiatives deliver long-term value and meet organizational needs.
• Lead category management for key spend areas, applying data-driven insights, market intelligence, and advanced procurement techniques to maximize value and minimize risk.
• Ensure category strategies consider external market factors and emerging trends that could impact business objectives.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with senior business stakeholders, ensuring procurement is involved early in the sourcing process.
• Leverage procurement’s expertise to align sourcing initiatives with business needs, offering strategic advice that enhances procurement’s role within the organization.
• Lead complex negotiations with suppliers to secure favorable terms and manage pricing strategies.
• Ensure the implementation of new pricing agreements, manage supplier contracts, and conduct ongoing reviews to ensure compliance with contractual terms.
• Oversee supplier performance management across key categories, ensuring suppliers consistently meet performance, quality, and cost requirements.
• Ensure all procurement activities adhere to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and ethical standards.
• Develop strategies to minimize supply chain risk, including mitigating supplier risk, financial exposure, and potential disruptions.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the procurement function, ensuring alignment with annual targets.
• Provide regular updates on procurement performance, cost savings, supplier performance, and compliance metrics to senior leadership.
• Lead contract strategy and negotiations with transportation providers across truckload, dedicated fleets, intermodal, rail, and LTL
• Manage a national carrier portfolio, including performance governance, segmentation, and long‑term sourcing strategy
• Develop and use KPI frameworks, dashboards, and analytics to evaluate carrier performance, cost, and risk
• Partner with Transportation and Operations teams to support RFPs with sourcing strategy, carrier selection input, and commercial analysis
• Drive contract lifecycle management, including major contract renewals, amendments, and portfolio simplification
• Identify and deliver cost optimization and value‑creation opportunities aligned with service and network strategy
• Support sustainability and efficiency initiatives through mode optimization and data‑driven recommendations

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model
• Opportunity to influence cost, service, and sustainability outcomes
• Collaborative, cross-functional environment with room to drive innovation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed