Secure reliable, compliant and cost-effective outsourced transportation capacity. Own vendor sourcing, onboarding, performance, risk and relationship management across the lifecycle, while improving service and outsourced cost. Vendor Management owns capacity and vendor performance; Procurement owns sourcing governance and contracts, Operations owns dispatch and execution, and Finance validates financial results and savings.
Responsibilities
- Develop the sourcing strategy, market map and capacity forecast.
- Maintain a diversified vendor portfolio aligned with growth and service needs.
- Lead RFQs, commercial evaluations and negotiations with Procurement.
- Benchmark rates and track verified savings and cost avoidance.
- Allocate volumes based on service, cost and risk within delegated authority.
- Lead due diligence, onboarding and operational readiness.
- Maintain vendor master data, documents, rates and approved scope.
- Manage renewals, suspension and exit jointly with Procurement.
- Own vendor scorecards, reviews and performance-improvement plans.
- Resolve commercial and service disputes and escalate material exceptions.
- Identify and implement new outsourcing opportunities.
- Monitor concentration risk, continuity, insurance and contingency capacity.
- Enforce HSSE, regulatory, security and company-policy compliance.
- Maintain audit evidence and close governance gaps.
- Lead the Vendor Supervisor and set priorities and review cadence.
- Drive accountability and collaboration across vendors and internal teams.
Qualifications & Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business or a related field
- More than 5 years of experience
- Relevant transportation vendor-management or procurement experience
- CIPS, CSCP or CLTD preferred
- Strong transport-market, tendering and negotiation capability
- Contract, P&L and cost-management acumen
- Advanced Excel; ERP/TMS and Power BI capability
- Vendor risk, HSSE and compliance discipline
- Analytical problem-solving and commercial judgment
- Stakeholder, change and team leadership
