Crane Worldwide Logistics

Sr. Supply Chain Engineer

Crane Worldwide Logistics • $95K — $115K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Supply Chain; MBA or Industrial Engineering preferred.
  • Minimum of seven years of related experience in supply chain management or engineering.
  • Proficiency in Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
  • Strong technical skills in data visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and analytics tools.
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design custom supply chain solutions leveraging best practices and advanced logistics tools.
  • Lead engineering efforts for client proposals, managing pricing, modeling, and presentations.
  • Manage and coordinate spot quotes and RFQ processes to ensure competitive responses.
  • Collaborate with global teams to ensure RFP responses are aligned with operational capabilities.
  • Identify and implement process improvements to enhance service delivery.
  • Maintain data integrity for cost analysis across different transportation modes.
  • Proactively propose cost-savings and network optimization to clients through annual performance reviews.

Benefits

  • Professional development and mentoring opportunities in a collaborative environment.
  • Comprehensive health insurance and wellness programs.
  • Flexible work hours with potential remote work options.
  • Involvement in strategic projects that influence company direction.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Design end-to-end supply chain solutions tailored to client needs, leveraging industry best practices and advanced logistics tools.
  • Lead engineering support for client RFPs and RFQs, including solution design, network modeling, pricing inputs, and development of written responses and client-facing presentations.
  • Manage spot quote and RFQ activity for key accounts, ensuring timely, competitive responses and coordinating rate, capacity, and service inputs across internal teams. This includes managing and quality-reviewing the output of the dedicated pricing desk team, ensuring accuracy, competitiveness, and correct spot versus contract-rate determinations. This includes triage of incoming shipment requests, determining spot versus contract-rate applicability, and escalating recurring lanes for migration into standing contract rates.
  • Partner with the Global Tender Management team and Sales to ensure RFP responses are competitive, accurate, and aligned with operational capabilities.
  • Identify process gaps and recommend, design, and implement process improvements.
  • Oversee rate and cost data integrity for assigned accounts across air, ocean, and ground, including auditing carrier-provided costs, ensuring accurate accessorial itemization, and supporting rate card administration.
  • Proactively identify, quantify, and present cost-savings and network-optimization opportunities to clients as a core component of ongoing account support, including responsibility for presenting a defined annual savings target to the client across air, ocean, and ground supply chain optimization.
  • Establish baselines, define KPIs, and implement performance measures to track ongoing solution effectiveness.
  • Track spot event volume, quote cycle time, and rate and accessorial accuracy trends; flag recurring issues and template or process gaps and drive corrective actions.
  • Apply advanced analytics to interpret business data and drive continuous improvement.
  • Meet with clients on a regular basis and deliver clear, executive-level presentations.
  • Lead recurring business reviews with key clients, presenting performance results, savings delivered, and forward-looking optimization roadmaps.
  • Act as a liaison across Operations, Sales, Clients, and the broader Engineering team to align on solution design and delivery.
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers and analysts, supporting their technical growth and project execution.
  • Other duties as assigned.


Other Skills and Abilities

Strong technical aptitude across:

  • Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
  • Transportation Management Systems (TMS) such as e2open TMF or Descartes Aljex; Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) experience a plus
  • SmartSheet (or similar) structured trackers and Coupa Sourcing (CSO)/Coupa Pay
  • Microsoft Visio (or similar) for process mapping


Experience with:

  • Transportation routing and network optimization tools, such as Appian DirectRoute (trucking) and Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru (supply chain network design)
  • Simulation and inventory modeling tools
  • Data visualization platforms - Tableau, Spotfire, and Power BI


Additionally:

  • Strong working knowledge of Air, Ocean, and Ground transportation operations, pricing, and optimization, including per-kilo, per-container, and per-truckload rate construction and common accessorials.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex analyses into clear client deliverables.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.
  • Ability and willingness to travel approximately 10% of the time for client meetings, business reviews, and site visits.
  • Ability to work on-site in Houston, TX.


Education and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree preferred in Engineering/Business/Supply Chain or equivalent.
  • MBA and/or Industrial Engineering favored.
  • Minimum of seven years of related experience.


Certification and Licenses

  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.

About Crane Worldwide Logistics

Crane Worldwide Logistics is a global logistics company that provides customized supply chain solutions to various industries. The company offers air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution, and other logistics services. Crane Worldwide Logistics operates in more than 120 locations across 30 countries. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Learn more about Crane Worldwide Logistics
Size
2,500 employees
Industry
Transportation
Founded
2008
* Ladders Estimates

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