Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Transportation

Stanley 1913 • Seattle, WA

37d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Manager for Supply Chain Transportation, you will coordinate the procurement, execution, and governance of transportation across North America and EMEA. This role requires a continuous improvement mentality and a strategic focus on operational excellence. The ideal candidate brings extensive knowledge of supply chain and transportation management, including 3PL/4PL freight operations. They excel at building and leading high-performing teams, developing strong relationships with transportation partners, and championing customer service and business growth. With a strong emphasis on performance, process optimization, and cost management, they effectively deliver central initiatives. A forward-thinking leader, they remain aware of industry trends and collaborate effectively with global internal and external partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field; MBA or equivalent experience preferred.
• 10+ years of dynamic leadership in domestic and international transportation.
• Proven track record of direct people leadership, including developing teams, coaching talent, and fostering high-performance, inclusive work environments.
• Customer-focused with a passion for delivering outstanding order experiences.
• Analytical approach striving to uncover root causes behind operational trends.
• Self-starter with a track record of independently leading and completing projects.
• Thrives in ambiguity; skilled at identifying challenges and building scalable solutions.
• Strong discernment with a sharp understanding of cross-functional dynamics.
• Excellent communicator, skilled at aligning diverse collaborators.
• Data-driven decision-maker.
• Proficient in financial planning, budgeting, and performance reporting.
• Deep expertise in last-mile delivery, global/regional logistics, procurement, and vendor management.
• Successful negotiator with carriers across regional, national, and international levels, including drop-ship capabilities.
• Strong proficiency in transportation systems, with the ability to build tools and reports for operational visibility and control.
• Up to 30% travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing teams through ambiguity, encouraging resilience, adaptability, and a focus on finding effective ways in dynamic and evolving environments.
• Lead the creation and implementation of transportation strategies, collaborating with internal collaborators (sales, marketing, supply chain, operations, IT, and finance) to back business growth and address customer needs. Keep pace with rapidly changing business requirements and offer flexible logistics solutions.
• Lead efforts to analyze transportation performance, identifying and prioritizing opportunities to reduce lead times and costs while improving the customer experience.
• Own carrier relationships, including supplier reviews, performance assessments, RFP/RFQ processes, and contract negotiations and administration.
• Track, analyze and communicate transportation and carrier key performance metrics while holding providers accountable to meet targets.
• Analyze and recommend network distribution models, supply chain architecture and tactics with regional extended teams.
• Develop, promote and retain top talent, directly leading team members that can be local, remote, and overseas.
• Set and lead annual budgets and quarterly simulations. Report on financial metrics as they relate to transportation.
• Support Stanley compliance and the Global Trade Team with certifications such as C-TPAT, CSI, CCP, AEO, etc.
• Continuously benchmark and apply best-in class-capabilities and tools to leverage to ensure Stanley mains clear advantages in the marketplace.

Benefits

• Stanley is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary.
• At Stanley, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results.
• In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.

What This Job Offers

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