Logistics and Transportation Project Manager

Adecco is hiring immediately for a Logistics and Transportation Project Manager with a local client in Austin, TX. Pay is $58.00/hr - $69.00/hr.

• Lead onboarding for common transportation messages, such as:
  Load tender (e.g., 204 / 300 / API tender), Shipment status and key data elements (214 / 240 / 315), Appointment scheduling (when applicable), Freight invoice (110 / 210 / 310), Other EDI and API messages as needed.
• Ensure data mapping aligns with Blue Yonder TMS structures and operational workflows.
• Lead electronic document exchange integration (transmit, receive, and store documents in Centralized Document Repository).
• Plan and coordinate unit testing, end-to-end testing, and operational validation with carriers.
• Proactively escalate risks and delays with impact-based recommendations.
• Partner closely with transportation planners, execution teams, and freight pay/audit to confirm integrations solve real operational problems.
• Ensure carriers are onboarded in a way that supports: timely tendering and acceptance, accurate shipment visibility, reduced manual work and exceptions, clean billing and dispute reduction.
• Develop and execute cutover strategies that minimize disruption to daily shipping.
• Work with Logistics Analytics team to develop and track onboarding metrics such as carrier compliance, cycle time, go-live success rate, and post go-live defects.
• Identify opportunities to standardize carrier integration and reduce custom work.
• Support future TMS enhancements, carrier expansions, or regional rollouts.

• Project management experience, EDI onboarding experience.
• Logistics and Transportation experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in transportation, supply chain systems, or logistics technology.
• Direct experience working on carrier EDI and API integrations.
  
  Strong understanding of common transportation data flows and message types.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and external partners without direct authority.
• Hands-on knowledge of transportation operations, including how planners and execution teams use TMS inputs and outputs.
• Experience working with or implementing Blue Yonder TMS (preferred).
• Experience onboarding dozens of carriers across multiple modes, domestically and internationally.
• Experience supporting TMS implementations, upgrades, or large transportation transformations.
• Experience with electronic document transmission to and receipt from Logistics providers.

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits, and 401K plan. Paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, other paid leave required by law, and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria.

Pay Details: $58.00 to $69.00 per hour.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.