Coherent

Transportation Program Manager

Coherent • $90K — $120K *
Sherman, TX 75090In-Person
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in transportation, logistics, or supply chain
  • 7+ years managing transportation in a large scale company
  • Experience in managing carriers and third-party logistics
  • Familiarity with Oracle Transportation Management or similar systems
  • Proven skills in contract negotiation and management

Responsibilities

  • Analyze transportation logistics to meet business and supply chain needs
  • Recommend cost-saving measures and streamline transportation processes
  • Prepare quarterly reports focusing on cost savings and performance
  • Develop accurate billing systems for suppliers and track coding
  • Resolve shipping challenges and suggest improvements to current processes
  • Draft and update standard operating procedures for logistics operations
  • Train freight forwarders and carriers on logistics procedures

Benefits

  • Career development opportunities through training and mentorship
  • Exposure to diverse projects in a large corporate environment
  • Potential for impact on company-wide cost-saving initiatives
  • Chance to work with advanced logistics and transportation technology
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including EHS compliance
Full Job Description
Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities
  • Provide transportation analysis with focus on business unit / supply chain requirements
  • Provide recommendations on freight cost savings and streamlining opportunities
  • Provide quarterly reports to business units that include cost savings opportunities and results
  • Develop and maintain billing systems to ensure accuracy of supplier payments / account coding
  • Resolve shipping issues and make recommendations for process improvements
  • Creating and revising standard operating procedures for logistics processes
  • Training of freight forwarders / carriers
  • Creating and tracking transportation process documents
  • Conduct carrier RFP for domestic and international transportation
  • Execute and enable carriers for domestic and international transportation
  • Maintaining the list of approved carriers and the routing guide; training and enforcing the use of the routing guide
  • Conduct quarterly business reviews with the business units and carriers
  • Preparation of shipping forecasts
  • Review and negotiate carrier contracts, including negotiating freight rates
  • Working with business units to maximize transportation savings potential and providing quarterly status reports
  • Guiding and advising departments to optimize logistics performance
  • Taking corrective action with carriers in the event of service failures
  • Manage one-time rate quotes and one-time shipments to support business units
  • Monitor and develop transportation key performance indicators (KPIs).

Education & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in transportation, logistics and/or supply chain
  • 7+ years of work experience managing transportation for a company the size of Coherent
  • Experience in carrier or other related third party management
  • Experience with Oracle Transportation Management tool or other Transportation Management system.
  • Experience in contractual and negotiation management

Skills
  • Project management skills and experience
  • Proficiency in MS Office skills (Excel, PPT, Word, etc.)
  • Knowledge of creating process flow diagrams (Microsoft Visio)
  • Knowledge of databases and Power BI is an advantage

Safety Requirements

All employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.

Quality and Environmental Responsibilities

Depending on location, this position may be responsible for the execution and maintenance of the ISO 9000, 9001, 14001 and/or other applicable standards that may apply to the relevant roles and responsibilities within the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.

About Coherent

Coherent, Inc. is a global leader in providing laser-based solutions to a broad range of commercial and scientific research customers. The company designs, manufactures, and markets lasers, laser-based systems, precision optics, and related accessories for a diverse group of customers. Coherent's markets include scientific research, OEM components and instrumentation, microelectronics, materials processing, and life sciences. The company's products are used in a wide range of applications. Coherent was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Learn more about Coherent
Size
5,085 employees
Market Cap
$4.6 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$419.7 million
Founded
1966
5 Year Trend
+27.8%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
NASDAQ
COHR
* Ladders Estimates

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