Senior Transportation Procurement Manager

Senior Transportation Procurement Manager

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• Posted on September 8, 2026

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Seattle, WA 98108, USA

• Hybrid
• Management
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: SENIO
  008029

Darigold is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Transportation Procurement Manager to join our growing team! The Senior Transportation Procurement Manager leads Darigold’s liquid bulk transportation, ensuring cost-effective, timely and compliant movement of milk while maximizing processing capacity. This critical role provides strategic and operational leadership, manages a high-performing team and collaborates across Planning, Operations and Commercial teams. Leveraging expertise in milk supply, processing and logistics, the Senior Transportation Procurement Manager drives efficiency, profitability, sustainability and continuous improvement across the network.

Darigold is the fifth largest dairy cooperative in the United States based on milk volume and one of the largest privately held organizations headquartered in the state of Washington. Since 1918, our producers have taken pride in producing dairy products with unsurpassed quality. Today, we are one of the nation's largest agricultural cooperatives, producing over 8.5 billion pounds of milk every year.

Through innovative technology and our efficient and flexible production capabilities, we deliver value-added products and customer-driven solutions. Darigold is now known throughout the world for bringing fresh, wholesome dairy products and ingredients from the Northwest to people all around the globe.

What You Will Do:

• Manage relationships between regional bulk milk haulers and plant operations to ensure an efficient and balanced transportation network.
• Source and negotiate contracts with bulk haulers to support Darigold’s bulk milk interplant and commercial activities, including managing freight claims, accruals, payments and audits.
• Manage the daily operations and tactical execution of the Darigold Bulk Milk Hauling Transportation Planning Team.
• Serve as the primary contact for resolving escalated operational issues between freight haulers and delivery plants, providing on-call support, as needed, for unexpected disruptions, tanker investigations and related matters.
• Develop innovative solutions to rebalance the network during unplanned downtime events
• Investigate hauler-related issues such as weight discrepancies, paperwork errors, process inefficiencies or SOP deviations and develop improvement plans to enhance operational performance.
• Act as SME to haulers and plant personnel on proper procedures for safe and efficient milk pickup and delivery at farms and processing plants.
• Support NDA Field Staff with producer and hauler issues, producer requests and farm milk quality issues and reroutes.
• Collaborate with Operations and Planning teams to develop short-term (0-2 months) operational plans for Darigold’s processing and transportation network.
• Support daily and weekly fluid balancing for Darigold plants, factoring in planned maintenance, current market conditions and production schedules.
• Oversee root cause and corrective action investigations to address business questions related to bulk fluid supply, demand, inventory, transportation and processing.
• Develop the team by identifying skill gaps and creating targeted development plans to build capabilities across the team.
• Identify opportunities and implement cost-saving initiatives in coordination with haulers, plant operations and producers.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders across all company levels and departments to ensure alignment and execution of the bulk fluid balancing strategy.

What You Will Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics or Engineering or…