Transportation Lead

Essity•Appleton, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Essity Global Distribution and Transport team is currently seeking a Transportation Supervisor (Transport Lead for Central Planning Team known as "Smart Hub"). This role will be based in our Service Excellence Center in Appleton, WI. The key purpose of the role is to manage transportation planning, meeting service level agreements and main KPIs. The role supervises a team of transportation planners, overseeing the day-to-day execution of load planning for Essity Healthcare and Personal Care North America manufacturing sites as well as 3pl locations. Ensuring planning best practices are achieved to deliver efficient, reliable, cost effective, transportation solutions for Essity customers and stakeholders. Geographical scope: North America (US/CA); Business diversity and complexity: 30+ carriers, replenishment, customer freight via FTL and LTL B2B (Healthcare) and Retail (Personal Care) in scope Total initial employment responsibility: planning-team: 2 people

Requirements

3-4 years' experience in Transportation Planning and Execution, and Managed Service management
Diverse Professional Transportation knowledge and Supply Chain Management skills; preference for retail fulfillment experience
Strong analytical and business oriented
Negotiation and interpersonal skills, for people management and workforce organization
Ability to manage and meet deadlines and multi-task daily activities
Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
Versed in MS Office tools
Previous experience with TMS required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in related field preferred but not required
Knowledge of software such as SAP, PowerBI will be a plus

Responsibilities

Coordinate Smart Hub (Central Transport Planning Team) resources and workloads
Lead Smart Hub for transport planning and execution to deliver service level agreement
Proactively advise about improvements on transport planning scope for the region, i.e. exclusion of lanes, simulation of new scenarios, optimization projects
Manage relationship with different stakeholders, Customer Service, Site Logistics Teams, RDM, Transportation Manager, etc.
Serve as a single point of contact for operational issues and escalate if required
Create a seamless and satisfying internal and external customer experience for all interactions with the Smart Hub
Review key reports to identify and act on performance trends and provide input to RDM and Transportation Manager

Benefits

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits
United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
Wellness program provided through Rally
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
Employee Assistance Program
PTO offering with Paid Holidays
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
Employee discounts program
Scholarship program for children of Essity employees