Operations Manager - Shipping

CFS Brands LLC•Oklahoma City, OK

24d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shipping Manager, Transportation Planning & Optimization will coordinate inbound and outbound transportation for the Savannah distribution center and ensure freight moves through the right mode, carrier, and appointment at the right cost. The role will manage shipment scheduling, least-cost-carrier compliance, LTL-to-truckload conversion opportunities, container and drayage coordination, and the final review of shipments after load planning. The position is designed to protect the operation from avoidable freight cost, missed consolidation opportunities, demurrage, and order-flow delays while supporting an expected annual volume of approximately 3,000 ocean containers, or an average of 12 containers per day.

Requirements

Three or more years of experience in transportation, shipping, logistics planning, freight operations, or a related field.
Experience scheduling inbound and outbound shipments in a distribution, manufacturing, freight brokerage, or 3PL environment.
Working knowledge of LTL, truckload, ocean-container, drayage, and parcel transportation processes.
Demonstrated ability to compare freight quotes, evaluate consolidation opportunities, and make cost-conscious routing decisions without compromising required service.
Experience using a TMS, WMS, ERP, order-management, carrier-portal, or comparable transportation system.
Strong Excel and analytical skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and large volumes of shipment information.
Clear written and verbal communication, strong follow-through, and the ability to work effectively with warehouse and external transportation partners.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing 2,000 or more annual ocean containers or a comparable high-volume import program.
Experience with drayage appointment management, container free time, demurrage, detention, chassis, or port-related constraints.
Experience with routing-guide governance, freight audit, carrier scorecards, or transportation cost-reduction projects.
Associate or bachelor's degree in logistics, supply chain, business, or related field.

Responsibilities

Schedule inbound and outbound shipments across ocean containers, drayage, truckload, LTL, parcel, and other transportation modes as assigned.
Coordinate shipment priorities and appointments with warehouse operations, customer service, order entry, suppliers, carriers, dray providers, ocean partners, and customs brokers.
Monitor compliance with the approved least-cost-carrier routing guide while considering service requirements, shipment characteristics, customer commitments, and capacity.
Review LTL freight quotes and shipment profiles to identify when freight should be consolidated or shifted from LTL to truckload; document the decision and coordinate execution.
Serve as the final transportation review after load planning by identifying shipments that can be combined, including parcel and freight orders that should move together when timing, service, and handling requirements allow.
Support and improve the order-to-ship system workflow so orders move quickly from order entry through planning, release, carrier tender, and shipment confirmation.
Maintain a daily container plan and work with dray providers to level-load appointments, reduce yard and dock congestion, and prevent demurrage and detention charges.
Track container bookings, pickup and return dates, appointment status, dwell time, chassis or equipment issues, and exceptions through final delivery or empty return.
Escalate capacity, routing, appointment, order, and documentation issues early enough for the operation to evaluate alternatives.
Monitor transportation cost, routing-guide compliance, LTL-to-truckload conversions, consolidation savings, container dwell, demurrage, detention, and on-time shipment performance. Recommend and Implement sustainment/counter measures.
Maintain professional working relationships with carriers, brokers, dray providers, ocean partners, and internal teams while holding providers accountable to agreed service and cost expectations.
Create and maintain standard work, reports, and controls that make transportation decisions repeatable, visible, and auditable.