Transportation Director jobs in Georgia

Transportation Director directs, develops, and implements overall operations of a transportation network including safety, compliance, equipment, and staff. Develops and directs operational policies and procedures to ensure safety and efficiency in all transportation activities. Being a Transportation Director monitors transportation costs, service level agreements, and performance metrics to identify and resolve problems and achieve efficiencies. Partners with internal and external stakeholders to forecast and meet capacity needs. Additionally, Transportation Director oversees the acquisition and oversight of transportation providers. Requires a bachelor's degree in logistics, transportation, supply chain management, or equivalent. Typically reports to top management. The Transportation Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Transportation Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)

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Director of Transportation
  • sugar foods corporation
  • Villa Rica, GA OTHER
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    Overview:

    The Director Transportation is responsible for managing all aspects of transportation from coordination of the day-to-day transportation operations to directing major projects. This would include creating reporting, establishing metrics (KPI’s), and improving transportation management practices by supporting transportation procurement processes and creating strong operational processes and controls around the movement of inventory.  Working cross functionally with other areas, most notably our internal fleet, is a requirement for success in this role. 

    This role requires one to be very familiar with Oracle Transportation Management (OTM Cloud).   The role will need to optimize the existing systems the company has as well as identify potential other systems that the company should implement.  

    This role requires the ability to coordinate outbound shipment arrival with internal and external parties and to ensure data alignment across our systems and partner’s platform to drive process improvement by partnering with transportation providers and internal parties. Finally, this position plays a critical role ensuring that the operations group meets or exceeds customer needs and business objectives. No task is too big or too small if it supports driving customer satisfaction and business requirements.

    Qualifications

     

    • Related Work Experience: 5 years of work experience in the transportation or relevant related field

     

    • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field and at least 5 years of experience in Business Management positions, including a minimum of 2 years managing analysts, planners and professional-level or hourly staff

     

    • Project Management experience, either formal training, or multiple years of project management leadership with the ability to handle multiple tasks and projects successfully

     

    • Previous ownership of carrier/supplier relationships and processes

     

    • Experience in directly negotiating with transportation/logistics vendors, specifically with domestic truck carriers (LTL, FTL)

     

    • Detail-oriented with strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills, along with the ability to leverage data to develop business insights, identify trends and support management decision making

     

    • 3-5 years’ experience with Oracle OTM TMS planning & execution, along with OTM freight audit & payment

     

    • 2-3 years’ transportation planning experience leveraging FourKites is a strong plus.

     

    • Solid systems aptitude: knowledge of Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Office applications, with emphasis on Excel (Pivot tables / VLOOKUPS) and Access

     

    • Strong customer service experience: a demonstrated ability to interface with customers, carriers, and internal warehouse leadership

     

    • Experience in companies who have their own fleet is a plus. 

     

    • Self-motivated and an ability to take initiative in a dynamic & fast pace environment

     

    Responsibilities

     

    • Ensure all transportation software tools are fully optimized and standardized across the organization

     

    • Optimize (balance) service and costs, making difficult decisions and resolving operational and customer issues.

     

    • Challenge the status quo by identifying productivity opportunities, articulating (project plan) the ROI, and driving and implementing change

     

    • Develop OTM strategic plan to ensure OTM generated optimization/execution plans are consistently above 85%; mitigate and eliminate manual planning via tribal knowledge

     

    • Develop FourKites strategic plan targeting 90% implementation across common carriers and internal fleet

     

    • Develop standardized carrier performance metrics to measure carrier performance impacting transportation effectiveness

     

    • Manage and drive the execution of projects from inception to completion 

     

    • Monitor and formally report upon expected results of initiatives

     

    • Drive process improvements across technology providers, internal teams, and carriers (i.e., OTM, FourKites)

     

    • Quarterly network modeling refinement recommendations

     

    • Develop, implement and maintain an effective track & trace model working closely with the buying, customer care and Fleet teams.

     

    • Manage a transportation spend of $80MM

     

    • Manage a team of 3 transportation analysts and planners

     

    • Freight payment and cost analysis

     

    • Create and maintain transportation shipment data and metrics (KPI’s)
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Deputy Director of Transportation
  • City of Roswell
  • Roswell, GA FULL_TIME
  • City of Roswell, Georgia www.roswellgov.com/jobs JOB DESCRIPTION To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommod...
  • 16 Days Ago

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Deputy Director of Transportation
  • City of Roswell, Georgia
  • Roswell, GA FULL_TIME
  • City of Roswell, Georgia JOB DESCRIPTION PLEASE GO TO www.roswellgov.com/jobs TO APPLY. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactori...
  • 16 Days Ago

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Transportation Market Sector Director
  • S&ME, Inc.
  • Augusta, GA FULL_TIME
  • Position: Transportation Market Sector Director Requisition Number: 2023-2920-01 S&ME is a reputable and thriving, 100% employee-owned, multi-disciplined civil engineering and consulting firm, offerin...
  • 22 Days Ago

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Transportation Market Sector Director
  • S&ME, Inc.
  • Atlanta, GA FULL_TIME
  • Position: CEI Transportation Market Sector Director Requisition Number: 2023-2920-01 Do you have extensive experience in the transportation and construction engineering and inspection (CEI) industry a...
  • 24 Days Ago

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Deputy Director, Transportation
  • Rockdale County, Georgia
  • Conyers, GA FULL_TIME
  • Job SummaryThis position is responsible for planning and administering the field operations and maintenance functions of the Rockdale Department of Transportation. Work involves administrative and sup...
  • 1 Month Ago

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DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
  • Wilmingtonde
  • Wilmington, NC
  • **DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION** * Type: Open Competitive * Salary/Pay Rate: M-07 - $76,741 to $123,551 * Posted Date: 02/...
  • 4/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Director of Transportation
  • National Association of Development Organizations
  • Waterloo, IA
  • **Job Listing: Director of Transportation** > > Director of Transportation Iowa Northland Regional Council of Government...
  • 4/22/2024 12:00:00 AM

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DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION
  • Universal Health Services, Inc.
  • RECRUITING ALERT: We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospita...
  • 4/22/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Transportation Director
  • Dean Transportation
  • Fenton, MI
  • Location Fenton, MI - School Bus Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time Pay Rate Shift Various Shifts Close Date Description Appl...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Director of Transportation
  • West Pak Avocado, Inc.
  • Murrieta, CA
  • **Director of Transportation** Department **131105 - Logistics-Administrator** Location **MUR - Murrieta** * Bachelor's ...
  • 4/21/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Transportation Director
  • National Association of Development Organizations
  • Cambridge, OH
  • **Job Listing: Transportation Director** > > Transportation Director Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA) *P...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Assistant School Transportation Director
  • Baldwinsville Central School District
  • Baldwinsville, NY
  • Baldwinsville Central School District has an opening for the position listed below. Assistant School Transportation Dire...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

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Director of Transportation
  • Goodwill Industries of San Diego County
  • Chula Vista, CA
  • About Us Are you looking for meaningful work and want to make a difference? Joining the Goodwill team could be a great f...
  • 4/19/2024 12:00:00 AM

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.Beginning from the Atlantic Ocean, the state's eastern border with South Carolina runs up the Savannah River, northwest to its origin at the confluence of the Tugaloo and Seneca Rivers. It then continues up the Tugaloo (originally Tugalo) and into the Chattooga River, its most significant tributary. These bounds were decided in the 1797 Treaty of Beaufort, and tested in the U.S. Supreme Court in the two Georgia v. South Carolina cases in 1923 and 1989. The border then takes a sharp turn around the tip of Rabun County, at latitude 35°N, thou...
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Income Estimation for Transportation Director jobs
$155,826 to $205,496

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