Senior Manager, Global Transportation

tarte cosmetics•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Global Transportation manages Tarte’s global transportation operations, ensuring products move efficiently, on time, and within budget across transportation modes, regions, lanes, and carriers. This hands-on role combines day-to-day operational management with analytical and financial responsibilities. The manager oversees carrier and provider performance, transportation spend, reporting, process improvement, and a small team, while supporting the broader transportation strategy set with the Executive Director. The role partners with Warehouse Operations, Logistics, Trade Compliance, Finance, Procurement, IT, and Customer Service to support end-to-end product movement and regulatory requirements. It is based in New York, NY, in a hybrid work arrangement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field.
8+ years of progressive experience in transportation, logistics, or supply chain, including managing global or international shipments.
Experience managing carriers, freight forwarders, 3PLs, or other transportation providers.
Working knowledge of transportation budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and freight audit/payment.
Strong analytical skills, advanced Excel, and experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
Experience using TMS, ERP, or other transportation technology.
Experience leading or mentoring team members.
Strong communication and stakeholder skills.
Ability to use AI and automation tools for tasks such as reporting, spend analysis, and exception management.

Nice To Haves

Experience in consumer goods, beauty, or retail, and in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
Experience developing SOPs, KPIs, and reporting, or leading process-improvement projects.
Lean/Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM, or related certification.

Responsibilities

Manage day-to-day global transportation execution across modes, regions, and lanes, including planning, booking, tracking, and delivery.
Resolve service issues, delays, and exceptions, and manage claims through resolution.
Identify opportunities to improve cost, service, and capacity, and recommend network changes to leadership.
Support the annual transportation budget and own monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and spend reporting.
Track spend by carrier, mode, lane, and region; identify cost drivers, trends, and savings opportunities.
Oversee freight audit and payment processes and partner with Finance on accruals and reporting accuracy.
Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and scorecards covering carrier performance, service levels, and spend.
Translate data into recommendations for cost reduction, carrier decisions, and service improvements.
Develop, document, and maintain SOPs and workflows for transportation planning, execution, claims, and exception management.
Identify process gaps and manual work, and implement practical, scalable improvements.
Manage relationships with carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, and 3PLs, including scorecards, regular business reviews, and corrective-action plans.
Support sourcing, RFPs, rate negotiations, and carrier onboarding.
Lead, coach, and develop transportation team members, setting clear goals and expectations.
Partner with Warehouse Operations, Logistics, Trade Compliance, Finance, Procurement, IT, and Customer Service on product movement and regulatory requirements.
Communicate performance, results, and risks to the Executive Director.
Use AI and automation tools to automate manual and daily tasks and surface cost and service insights faster.