Associate Manager, Transportation

Overview     Transportation Scheduling process owner
Plan, organize, and optimize the scheduling of shipments to ensure timely delivery and efficient use of resources (fleets and warehouses). This involves analyzing data, using TCT transportation planning models, coordinating with various stakeholders
Assign appropriate Carrier to each Shipment based on Pepsi Co´s policies, contracts, and agreements with Carriers, the current "Route Guide" and capacity availability information captured by TCT visibility processes
Adjust schedules as needed to ensure a practical and feasible shipment schedule
Monitors A/R (carriers’ acceptance and reject to solve them with time pressure)
Being the Focal Point to create and update the Shipments "Trip Build"
Responsibilities
Comply to scheduling processes and procedures
Ensure proper transportation planning technology adoption and utilization
Meet service and productivity objectives
Plan, optimize and schedule the most efficient routes for shipments, considering factors such as cost, transit time, fleet productivity and service level agreements (SLAs)
Work closely with warehouses, carriers, and customers to ensure alignment on shipment schedules, considering Pick-up and/or Delivery requirements
Choose the appropriate carriers that minimize freight spending and maximize operational efficiency
Publish the final shipment "Trip Build" according to the agreed cut-off time schedule (when applicable)
Collaborate with peers (transport planners) to balance daily workloads and support the business
Collaborate with Transport execution team to solve issues / lack of transport capacity constraints
Support to control & performance & execution teams to identify root causes for carriers’ performance deviation
Qualifications
Engineering university degree from a Tier 1 institute
Overall experience of close to 2-5 years in an industry working in transport planning process
Proficiency in MS Excel and knowledge of SAP, TMS or logistics software
Fluent in English.