NAR-Regional Truck Transportation Manager (Alpharetta, GA)

Arclin Career•Alpharetta, GA

About The Position

Arclin is seeking a strategic, hands-on Regional Truck Transportation Manager to lead truck transportation procurement, carrier management, daily execution, and performance improvement across a complex regional network. The role is accountable for approximately $50 million in annual truck freight spend and balances safety, service, capacity, compliance, and cost while leading transportation operations personnel and building high-performing carrier partnerships. The manager owns regional truck transportation strategy and operating performance across dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, bulk/tanker, dedicated, intermodal drayage, and less-than-truckload transportation. The role leads sourcing, bid events, rate negotiations, contracting, capacity planning, carrier onboarding, and network optimization, as well as daily load execution and service recovery. It also leads and develops transportation coordinators, load planners, and freight tendering personnel, and partners with internal teams and external carriers to maintain service, safety, compliance, and cost performance. The position owns KPI reporting and corrective actions, monitors carrier safety and regulatory compliance, maintains audit-ready transportation documentation, and analyzes transportation data and market conditions to recommend actions to senior leadership. Success is measured by safety, capacity reliability, on-time execution, carrier compliance, customer service, productivity, budget performance, data accuracy, and sustainable cost improvement. The work takes place in a fast-paced combination of office and operational field environments, with regional travel as needed. The role reports to Transportation or Regional Logistics leadership and may lead transportation operations coordinators, load planners, and freight tendering teams.

Requirements

3–5+ years of progressive experience in truck transportation, logistics operations, carrier management, or transportation procurement.
Demonstrated experience managing a large, multi-mode truck freight portfolio and negotiating with carriers and logistics service providers.
Proven people leadership experience in transportation execution, load planning, or freight tendering environments.
Strong command of transportation economics, contracts, carrier performance, safety, compliance, financial analysis, and continuous improvement.
Proficiency with transportation management systems, analytics, KPI reporting, and data-based decision-making.
Strong executive communication, negotiation, problem-solving, prioritization, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field.
APICS/ASCM, CSCMP, Lean Six Sigma, transportation, or safety certification.

Responsibilities

Own regional truck transportation strategy and operating performance across dry van, refrigerated, flatbed, bulk/tanker, dedicated, intermodal drayage, and less-than-truckload transportation.
Lead sourcing, bid events, rate negotiations, contracting, capacity planning, carrier onboarding, and network optimization for an approximately $50 million annual spend portfolio.
Direct daily execution, including load scheduling, carrier tendering, booking, shipment tracking, delivery appointments, exception management, and service recovery.
Lead, develop, coach, and set expectations and accountability for transportation coordinators, load planners, and freight tendering personnel; support succession planning.
Build strategic relationships with core carriers and logistics providers; conduct business reviews and enforce contractual, service, safety, and compliance requirements.
Partner with Plant Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Finance, Safety, and Compliance to support uninterrupted operations and customer commitments.
Deliver measurable savings through carrier optimization, route and mode improvements, utilization, market intelligence, and disciplined freight-cost management.
Lead escalation and continuity planning for capacity constraints, weather, equipment shortages, service failures, and other transportation disruptions.
Own KPI reporting and corrective actions covering safety, on-time pickup and delivery, tender acceptance, carrier utilization, freight cost, load execution accuracy, claims, compliance, and customer service.
Monitor carrier safety performance, CSA scores, insurance, and regulatory compliance; partner on incident investigations and corrective actions.
Maintain audit-ready transportation documentation and support compliance with applicable DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, environmental, and company requirements.
Analyze transportation data and market conditions, identify risks and opportunities, and present recommendations to senior leadership.