Operations Manager, International Transportation - Hybrid Valley City, OH, United States Come make the world and accelerate your success. It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®. The Job: As a Key Operations Manager, International Transportation, you’ll be part of our Global Supply Chain Sourcing Commodities & Logistics team working as a hybrid employee. You’ll get to: Maximize and deploy transportation category strategies and compliance consistently across SBD’s carrier base and supply chain. Collaboratively support activities behind SBD’s strategic pillars of transportation management: Planning, Procurement, Execution, Freight Audit & Payment, Monitor & Control. Develop and execute strategies, initiatives, policies, and programs that reduce costs while optimizing service, quality, and working capital. Manage SBD’s freight payment/settlement processes, activities, and relationship with 3PL Freight Audit and Payment Provider. Drive improvements through on-time payments, billing, and payment accuracy. Leverage cross-functional collaboration with the Supply Chain and Strategic Sourcing teammates to improve shipping performance (on-time delivery, optimized material flow, cost). Manage supply continuity by identifying and mitigating transportation risk throughout the supply chain. Accountable for transportation optimization, including productivity savings and acquisition-related synergies. Lead collaboration efforts between carriers, freight forwarders, trade partners, and internal business groups including sales, DCs, plants, procurement operations, supply and demand planning to ensure transportation cost improvement and service targets are achieved. Monitor and control carrier and freight forwarder performance through monthly/quarterly performance reviews. Manage carrier and freight forwarder relations in coordination with plants, DC’s, and cross functional teammates. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and improve service levels. Create and implement systems and processes around digital, data driven analytics, and decision making. Flexibility to cross-train and learn other transportation team function.