Senior Transportation Manager: Logistics & Cost Optimization

Responsibilities

• Provide transportation analysis with focus on business unit / supply chain requirements
• Provide recommendations on freight cost savings and streamlining opportunities
• Provide quarterly reports to business units that include cost savings opportunities and results
• Develop and maintain billing systems to ensure accuracy of supplier payments / account coding
• Resolve shipping issues and make recommendations for process improvements
• Creating and revising standard operating procedures for logistics processes
• Training freight forwarders / carriers
• Creating and tracking transportation process documents
• Conduct carrier RFP for domestic and international transportation
• Execute and enable carriers for domestic and international transportation
• Maintain the list of approved carriers and the routing guide; train and enforce the use of the routing guide
• Conduct quarterly business reviews with the business units and carriers
• Preparation of shipping forecasts
• Review and negotiate carrier contracts, including negotiating freight rates
• Work with business units to maximize transportation savings potential and provide quarterly status reports
• Guide and advise departments to optimize logistics performance
• Take corrective action with carriers in the event of service failures
• Manage one‑time rate quotes and one‑time shipments to support business units
• Monitor and develop transportation key performance indicators (KPIs)

• Bachelor's degree in transportation, logistics and/or supply chain
• 7+ years of experience managing transportation for a company the size of Coherent
• Experience in carrier or other related third‑party management
• Experience with Oracle Transportation Management tool or other Transportation Management system
• Experience in contractual and negotiation management

• Project management skills and experience
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)
• Knowledge of creating process flow diagrams (Microsoft Visio)
• Knowledge of databases and Power BI is an advantage

Coherent Corp. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.