Regional Transportation Lead

Mars • Hackettstown, NJ

4d • $34 - $47 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Regional Transportation Lead creates, maintains, and manages a transportation strategy that supports warehouse needs and on-time delivery to customers. The role is accountable for transportation financial goals through fleet and freight management, capacity planning, and carrier performance. It works closely with Commercial, Supply Planning, Customer Supply, and a third-party transportation management system (TMS) provider to deliver strong service and operational performance.

The role manages regional transportation projects and cross-functional teams, develops customer and internal scorecards, oversees carrier relationships and daily operations, and plans transportation capacity across sites. It also manages transportation spend, routing guide compliance, sourcing, payload optimization, and service risks, while providing transportation expertise to regional strategic growth plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field and/or 3–5 years of experience in Logistics or Supply Chain Management.
• Demonstrated quantitative and analytical strength.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate, influence, negotiate, motivate, and lead a team.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple teams across multiple sites.
• Ability to communicate and influence at all organizational levels, including reporting and presenting data.
• Strong computer skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Nexus.
• Ability to transfer procedures and training experiences to others.
• Flexibility to adapt to regularly changing priorities and quality issues.
• Ability to handle sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of SAP, JDA WMS, ISO, Quality Management Systems, Good Manufacturing Practices, and food safety.
• Proficiency in Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Manage regional projects and lead cross-functional project teams, aligning project charters and delivering activities to agreed business targets and quality standards.
• Develop analyses and scorecards for customers and cross-functional teams to improve supply chain compliance and effectiveness.
• Manage carrier performance and transportation execution strategy.
• Own third-party carrier relationships to meet service-level requirements at contracted rates.
• Oversee daily transportation operations and tender acceptance.
• Lead quarterly carrier summits.
• Conduct transportation capacity analytics.
• Develop and maintain annual capacity plans to support transportation procurement and rate negotiations and ensure adequate capacity.
• Manage RFPs and route guides to ensure capacity.
• Calibrate capacity periodically across sites for inbound and outbound finished goods, raw materials, and packaging.
• Partner with Supply Planning and Commercial teams on transportation needs and business changes.
• Manage transportation spend, routing guide compliance, accessorials, customer-fine and fee risk, optimal sourcing, and payload optimization.
• Collaborate with Planning, Warehouse, Customer Supply Chain, and Manufacturing stakeholders on finished-goods flows and issue resolution.
• Work with the third-party TMS provider to improve network management processes and identify financial and service opportunities.
• Provide transportation subject matter expertise for regional strategic growth plans.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• Variable pay.
• Medical and dental benefits.
• Participation in a 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Learning and development support from day one, including access to Mars University.

What This Job Offers

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