Senior Manager, Procurement Global Raw Materials & Transportation

CHEP•Alpharetta, GA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model. Lead the future of supply chain excellence – join us as a Sr. Manager, Procurement Global Raw Materials Transportation to lead a team of procurement professionals and building capabilities to align with evolving global transportation requirements!

Requirements

Detailed knowledge of the international transportation industry including ocean, rail, barge, drayage, FCL, LCL, and airfreight.
Knowledge of standard transportation import and export procedures and US DOT requirements.
Previous experience conducting global freight RFQs.
Advanced experience with international transportation pricing methods and practices, customs entry processes and brokerage/clearance requirements preferred.
Experience negotiating commercial terms for both master transportation agreements and ad hoc projects with freight forwarders, NVOCCs, customs brokers and steam ship lines.
Fundamental understanding of CHEP Global Operations and business segments preferred.
Thorough understanding of the CHEP Network pallet flows and seasonality preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field preferred.
5-7 years’ experience in Transportation, Logistics, or Supply Chain.
2+ years’ experience with leading/managing people.
Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of business rules and processes.
Good problem solving, organization, and time management skills.
Customer service oriented and able to handle large volumes of inquiries.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), SAP R/3 and Business Warehouse, Salesforce, Power BI.

Nice To Haves

Advanced experience with international transportation pricing methods and practices, customs entry processes and brokerage/clearance requirements.
Fundamental understanding of CHEP Global Operations and business segments.
Thorough understanding of the CHEP Network pallet flows and seasonality.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a team of procurement professionals, building team capabilities to align with evolving global transportation requirements.
Manage the annual transportation budget, delivering targeted cost savings for transformation initiatives.
Negotiate commercial terms with carriers, formalizing a transportation strategy and establishing a core carrier network to enhance operational efficiency.
Design and implement a global RFP process for transportation, ensuring consistency and scalability across regions.
Oversee compliance with federal and global regulations for all freight movements, including import/export documentation and adherence to standards like C-TPAT, ISPM-15, and INCOTERMS.
Build and maintain strong relationships with domestic and international carriers and freight forwarders, ensuring alignment with CHEP’s safety, insurance, and service requirements.
Develop and monitor key performance metrics for transportation operations, carriers, and freight forwarders, including the creation of an International Carrier Scorecard.
Drive integration of carrier freight management technologies, enhancing reporting capabilities and fostering collaboration across internal, regional, and global teams.
The primary role of this position is to maintain targeted customer service levels and drive out domestic and international transportation costs through utilizing industry knowledge, leveraging carrier relationships, and expanding our global presence across the CHEP regions.
This role will also be responsible for managing the transportation compliance of all raw materials globally, which includes overseeing all documents related to customs, import/export requirements.
They will collaborate with Raw Material Procurement Planning teams across multiple regions.
This Manager will be responsible for year over year cost savings for all Transformation initiatives.
Lead and develop a team of five direct reports to expand team capability beyond current state.
Manage annual budget of multi-million-dollar transportation spend (spend will increase as Blue Forest continues to roll out).
Deliver targeted cost savings for Transformation initiatives for CHEP USA and CHEP Global.
Formalize transportation strategy and core carrier network.
Facilitate carrier on-boarding and sun-setting.
Maintain relationships with carriers that meet all safety and insurance requirements.
Drive team performance levels and further integrate carrier freight management through increased use of technology including reporting and systems.
Develop and define key performance metrics for team, carriers and freight forwarders.
Create an International Carrier Scorecard to share cross-regionally and with the carriers.
Establish reporting to share with regions identifying inter-regional activity, savings, and service.
Ensure all global CHEP freight movements fall within accordance of all federal and global compliance regulations (i.e. – C-TPAT, ISPM-15, INCOTERMS, etc.).
Accountable for ocean, drayage and intermodal freight for all raw materials related to Blue Forest Program.
Building and maintaining relationships with freight forwarders and carriers.
Cost Management.
Quarterly RFQs.
Purchase Orders accuracy and maintenance.
Transportation & Service KPIs.
Financial Reporting & Budgeting.