Transportation Manager

Bombas • New York, NY

12h • $85,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a highly analytical, organized, and solutions-oriented team player to join our Operations team as our Transportation Manager, reporting to our Senior Manager, Transportation Operations. The ideal candidate has 2-4+ years of experience with eCommerce outbound shipping, and familiarity with parcel carriers and services that are available to contract. This is an opportunity to take ownership of strategic logistics functions across our growing, multi-node distribution network and elevate how we move product to customers, retailers, and community partners.

Requirements

• 2-4+ years of experience managing outbound eCommerce shipping at scale
• Familiarity with service options, carrier contracts, expense forecasting, and delivery optimization
• Experience launching shipping solutions across multiple DCs and markets
• Proficiency in Excel and BI tools (Looker preferred)
• Comfort with ERP and WMS systems (NetSuite preferred)
• Ability to analyze trends, build forecasts, and derive insights from logistics data
• Experience managing logistics tools like rate shopping or post-purchase vendors

Nice To Haves

• Clear communicator and reliable cross-functional partner
• Takes initiative, thinks critically, and owns outcomes
• Comfortable handling ambiguity and solving logistical puzzles
• Naturally curious, detail-oriented, and data-driven
• A team player who is willing and happy to help
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Belief in our mission and understanding of the importance of giving back
• Inquisitive, love to learn, embrace failure, and never give up
• Comfortable staying focused while working in any type of environment

Responsibilities

• Owning relationships with parcel carriers, 3PL transportation teams, and various post-purchase logistics vendors. Ensuring smooth operations peak and off-peak.
• Forecasting and actualizing outbound shipping expenses, with diagnosis and resolution of discrepancies.
• Performing ad-hoc analyses to optimize for speed versus cost, or to evaluate promotional shipping opportunities.
• Monitoring CPUs, volumes, and shipping performance against service SLAs and contracts.
• Leading parcel carrier RFPs, analyzing offerings that complement existing services.
• Managing invoice audits processes / tools, including reconciliation and issue resolution.
• Implementing and maintaining rate shopping tools and rule sets.
• Leading RFPs for new vendors, e.g. services for LTL/FTL trucking, parcel auditing, and returns shipping.
• Enabling shipping to international donation/PR partners, including systems and compliance.
• Overseeing shipments to retail stores and procurement of outbound packaging.
• Supporting launch of new DC nodes related to outbound shipping readiness.
• Managing Transportation Associate.

Benefits

• We are a team of smart, interesting, diverse, funny, and loving people.
• We offer competitive compensation, employer paid health, medical and dental benefits, 401k with match, paid parental leave, snacks, socks and a fun, relaxed office environment.
• We take the responsibility to make sure you are excited, happy, and find fulfillment in your work very seriously.
• We value fun. This is why we host office lunches, offsite team outings and company retreats.
• We believe in giving back to the community and helping those in need, which is why we volunteer as a team regularly.
• We believe success comes from the collective effort of all, which is why all full-time employees receive equity in the business.
• We understand the value of health, relaxation, spending time with friends and family, and traveling the world and offer flexible paid time off for all full-time employees. This includes over 20 paid company holidays, year-round "Flexible Fridays" and unlimited vacation, sick, and wellness days.
• We understand the importance of communication and offer a monthly phone stipend for all full-time employees.
• We believe a healthy body equals a healthy mind, so we offer a $100 monthly wellbeing reimbursement to all full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees