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Freight Procurement Consultant

$74k - $101.8k

Trimble Inc.

Optimize Global Freight Networks: Freight Procurement Consultant (Remote, US)

Step into the fast-paced world of cutting-edge logistics technology and empower top-tier shippers to transform their transport operations. If you are passionate about combining supply chain expertise with SaaS solutions to deliver impactful bid management strategies, Transporeon is where your talent thrives.

About Us:

Trimble is an industrial technology company transforming the way the world works by delivering solutions that enable our customers to thrive. We create technologies that connect the digital and physical worlds, helping our customers increase productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise-level solutions, our technology empowers professionals in construction, geospatial, government, transportation, and more.

About Transporeon:

At Transporeon, a Trimble Company, our mission is to bring transportation in sync with the world. We power the largest global freight network of more than 1,500 shippers and retailers and more than 210,000 carriers and logistics service providers. Every day they execute more than 120,000 transports on our platform and book more than 110,000 time slots. Transporeon connects all actors along the supply chain. It facilitates collaboration between the different parties, helps to automate manual processes and provides valuable real-time insights. Its modular solutions solve specific logistics challenges and range from transport planning, sourcing, execution and dock and yard management to freight audit. The platform provides insights into logistics operations, market developments and sustainability data, next to ensuring transparency in the supply chain through real-time visibility. It works worldwide and across all modes of transportation, empowering logistics teams to move, manage and monitor freight. Transporeon is headquartered in Ulm, Germany, and maintains 20 offices around the globe with over 1,400 employees across 25 countries. For more information, visit: .

What Makes This Role Great:

In this role, you will be the trusted advisor directly guiding enterprise shippers through high-impact transport sourcing events, leveraging advanced analytics and automation to shape how freight moves across global supply chains.

Key Exciting Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end consulting for major industry shippers, driving complex transport RFPs/RFIs and tender implementations from planning to execution.

• Transform customer shipment and rate data into strategic insights using platform analytics and scenario-modeling tools.

• Deliver interactive, high-value user training and consultative support to ensure seamless customer adoption of our SaaS platform.

• Partner across international teams, collaborating with sales, product management, and engineering to continuously elevate client outcomes.

Essential Skills & Experience: • Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of hands-on logistics or transportation industry experience, ideally supporting carrier or shipper operations.

• Solid background in RFP processes, transportation bid management, and data-driven analytical problem solving.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel alongside exceptional customer-facing communication skills.

• Self-motivated work ethic with the ability to manage complex priorities autonomously in a remote setup.

Bonus Points For:

• 5+ years of practical experience in logistics tender management or transport purchasing.

• Professional proficiency in English plus either Spanish or Portuguese.

Logistics: Location: Remote, United States Travel Requirement: 0-10%

Why You'll Love Working With Us At Trimble , we're not just a company that does good—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.

You'll work on projects that truly matter : Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.

• Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a hidden gem. You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of visionary pragmatists who think boldly and build things that work.

• Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often self-authored, empowering proactive doers.

Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

Hiring Range

$74,000.00–$101,800.00

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Bonus Eligible?

Yes

Commission Eligible?

No


Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.


How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on one of the Apply buttons located in this posting.

At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at , under Governance-> Governance Documents.

Our mission to transform the way the world works starts with transforming how we work together. By actively listening, asking questions, and taking intentional actions, we cultivate a culture that provides equitable opportunities for everyone to contribute and grow.

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