Director of Transportation

The Director of Transportation for Source-to-deliver is responsible for the GS North American transportation operations currently comprised of 8 direct reports and approximately 60 logistics associates, an $8M EUR operational budget, $550M USD freight spend thereof $200M USD of operational responsibility.  The Director of Transportation will report to the Vice President of GS Logistics North America. Should function as a strong business leader responsible for global transportation management, processes and initiatives supporting transportation to and from all North American plants and warehouses.Responsibilities include management of ocean freight, international air freight, rail, overland freight, expedited freight, selection, deployment and management of freight forwarders and new logistics service providers, Hazmat and Dangerous goods compliance, network design and optimization, capacity planning, budgeting, amongst other transportation related functions. Will have overall leadership responsibility for the deployment and management of NGTM (New Generation Transport Management). Defines the strategy and requirements for service level agreements between GS/OSD3-NA and partners (Robert Bosch, LSP’s, etc) after global alignment with GS/PE-SD organization.  Operational responsibility for Aftermarket, SMO, RBNA and Summerville, SC transport operations. Oversees the freight payment and invoice verification processes both internally and externally. Works with regional and international stakeholders and manages efficient communication. Drives performance and quality improvements. Creates a lean collaborative culture throughout our Logistics-Transportation organization along with coordinating and directing of business processes.  Identifies and executes process improvements and promotes use of standard processes and effective use of existing standard tools. Leads analysis of costs and budgets as well as physical and information processes and has an understanding of international supply chains. Manages and reports to specific KPI’s.