Job DescriptionPrimary 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 RequirementsAll employees are required to follow the site EHS procedures and Coherent Corp. Corporate EHS standards.
Quality and Environmental ResponsibilitiesDepending 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.
