Global Transportation Senior Manager

The Global Transportation Senior Manager leads the development and execution of OTR’s global transportation strategy, ensuring the efficient, cost‑effective, and compliant movement of goods across domestic and international markets. This role provides enterprise‑level leadership across transportation operations, carrier management, freight procurement, logistics optimization, and continuous improvement, while advancing customer service, inventory, trade compliance, and financial objectives. The position partners closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, and third‑party logistics providers (3PLs) to build and sustain a world‑class transportation network.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Develops and executes a global transportation strategy aligned with OTR’s growth agenda.
• Defines and implements long‑range transportation road maps for domestic and international distribution.
• Identifies and prioritizes opportunities to improve service performance, reduce transportation costs, and increase network efficiency.
• Leads transportation network design and optimization initiatives across the enterprise.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with global ocean, air, rail, parcel, LTL, FTL, and intermodal carriers.
• Leads transportation sourcing events, carrier negotiations, and contract management activities.
• Evaluates carrier performance through scorecards, service‑level metrics, and quarterly business reviews.
• Diversify the carrier portfolio to mitigate capacity, service, and geopolitical risk.

• Provides oversight of daily transportation execution across all regions.
• Partners with business units and carriers to ensure reliable on‑time pickup and delivery performance.
• Oversees freight planning, routing, shipment visibility, and exception management processes.
• Manages transportation management systems (TMS) and logistics technology capabilities.

• Develops and tracks key SIOP metrics such as forecast accuracy, service levels, and inventory health.
• Provides executive reporting and insights to drive informed decision‑making.
• Leverages data visualizations and analytics tools to communicate trends, risks, and opportunities.

• Develops and manages annual transportation budgets.
• Delivers freight savings through network optimization, modal conversion, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitors freight spends against budget and provides executive‑level reporting on performance trends.
• Analyzes transportation cost drivers and implements corrective actions to improve financial performance.

• Ensures compliance with global import and export regulations.
• Oversees customs brokerage activities and related operational controls.
• Partners with Trade Compliance on tariffs, duties, Incoterms, and regulatory changes.
• Maintains compliance with government transportation regulations and security programs.
• Leads Lean and Six Sigma Initiatives within transportation operations.
• Leverages transportation analytics and KPIs to improve service, cost, and operational performance.
• Deploys best practices across global logistics operations.
• Drives automation and digital transformations across transportation processes.

Other duties can be assigned based on company needs and employee capabilities.