Transportation Manager - Piedmont Hardware Brands

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IRVING, TX, US

Strategic Business Unit: All Companies (Amerock, Ashland, Bulldog &Shur-Line)

Job Title: Transportation Manager

Company Description

Piedmont Hardware Brands is a manufacturer of the well-known brands of Amerock, Shur-Line, Bulldog and Ashland Hardware. Our corporate office is in Mooresville, NC. We have manufacturing facilities in St. Francis, Wisconsin;

Gaer, Canada; and Monterrey, Mexico. We have a distribution facility in Freeport, Illinois.

This role can be located in Mooresville, NC, Irving, TX, St Francis, WI or Freeport, IL.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Transportation Manager will ensure that the contracted parties (3PL, Parcel, Intermodal, etc) maintain and establish all appropriate fleet, cost and quality in equipment and personnel to meet the business requirements.

This position will maintain daily oversight and coordination with outside providers, both domestic and international, as well as coordinate with site management for particular requirements.

The Transportation Manager will require familiarity with domestic/international shipments best practices, legal requirements, government regulation and safety procedures as required by the contracted  addition, the Transportation Manager will need to become a collaborative partner with all of the operating locations and management personnel. This position will maintain and drive oversight and coordination with all parties. Knowledge of domestic/international shipment options, legal issues, government regulations, and safety procedures is required.

This position is primarily responsible for:

• Managing 3PL in their execution of TL carrier lane awards and capacity commitments to ensure reliable service to all businesses during peak periods
• Co-managing carrier report card review process in partnership
• Working with DC's, 3PL and carriers to plan for capacity and service
• Reviewing 3PL service performance by company, by supplier weekly & monthly
• Ensuring all billing, whether by internal or external, is audited on a regular basis as contracted
• Reviewing cost performance of core carriers and 3PL weekly
• Responsible for ongoing compliance related to North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Drawback and Duty Deferral Programs, Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Highway Transportation System (HTS), Post Entry, Export Control Classification Numbers (CCNs) and Valuation related to SAP and all US/Foreign operations
• Providing leadership to bring pack into forwardDC's on-time to protect Customer fill rate, efficiently load available
  
  Warehouse space, and control transportation spend
• Additional work cross functionally to develop KPI reporting for all PPIC shipment activity
• Other duties as assigned

Q ualifications

• BA/BS Degree required, preferably in Logistics, Business or related field
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience required. Minimum of five (5) years of management experience
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods industry preferred
• Expertise in transportation operations and pricing in each of the following areas:
  Truckload, LTL, Intermodal
• Experience managing an outsourced logistics provider strongly preferred
• Transportation contracting and procurement experience
• Experience leading change in large organizations is highly desired
• Solid knowledge of Excel, Access and strong analytical skills required
• SAP knowledge a plus
• Strong presentation skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills, required

Piedmont Hardware Brands and its Business Units are Equal Opportunity Employers and complies with applicable employment laws. Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans are encouraged to apply.