Senior Manager, Inbound Transportation

Job Summary:
Responsible for managing the inbound transportation team and the consolidation network here at Walgreens. This role will serve as the lead in protecting cost and service within Walgreens inbound carrier network in addition to leading our growing consolidation network. This position will work closely with senior leadership internally, and our external carrier network to ensure needs are being fulfilled on time and in full.

Responsibilities:

• Manage 70,000 shipments a year with 100M+ in carrier spend across FTL and LTL
• Leads strategy across consolidation, tech and inbound operations.
• Manage on-time performance and financial KPI’s
• Collaborate with sourcing in carrier sourcing activities
• Develop carrier scorecard and carrier QBR’s
• Responsible for routing guide management within TMS
• Ensures the development of innovative approaches, processes, and solutions that support department strategies. Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Erroneous decisions will result in critical delays in schedules and/or unit operations and may jeopardize overall business activities.
• Interacts regularly with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas and or stakeholders. Requires the ability to adapt to change, or gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship.
• Creates and fosters a collaborative environment within the Transportation Team, focused on engagement, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Owns measurements of all Key-Performance Indicators and works to highlight site-specific opportunities and leads course-correction activities for improvement.
• Champions company initiatives, connecting efforts to company vision and purpose and driving increased engagement.
• Monitors industry trends, best practices, and regulatory issues as they relate to Transportation and shares learnings, as appropriate, with direct reports and peers.
• Develops and mentors through on-boarding, open communication, training, and development opportunities.

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens ( proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 4 years of experience in a supply chain or business role OR a High School/GED plus 7 years of experience in a supply chain or business role.
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA/Masters Degree
• APICS CSCP Certification
• At least 5 years of experience managing 3 rd party relationships
• Managed a network with a minimum of 200M in freight spend
• Minimum of 3+ years of managing a consolidation network
• Infios (formerly Mercury Gate) experience

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Salary Range: $125000 - $218750 / Salaried