Logistics Specialist III

1 month ago

Newport, United States Uber Freight Full time
Schedule: FT

Job Type: Hybrid

Salary Type: Hourly

About the Role

Be a part of a team that assists and supports transportation management for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Opportunity to implement and improve processes, drive efficiencies, and create positive financial impact to the customer's business. The Logistics Specialist III will be accountable for creating and maintaining the carrier relationships with consistent and professional communications. This position will work onsite at our Uber Freight Newport, Kentucky Center of Excellence and interviews will be conducted at this location. This position follows a hybrid schedule once fully trained (2 days from home & 3 days in office). Shift: 8:30am - 5:30pm /Tuesday-Saturday.

What the Candidate Will Do
  • Effective and timely freight coverage and carrier selection through systemic routing guide and spot shipments including rate negotiation
  • Use Uber Freight proprietary software to route freight based on customer demand with the use of Lean processes and customer business rules
  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with carriers
  • Use Uber Freight proprietary TMS system to manage carriers, rates, and tender freight
  • Negotiate and contract rate agreements with carriers, reconcile established rate levels with available purchased transportation providers, seek out new carriers to provide service at competitive rate levels
  • Identify patterns with shipper, receiver, and carrier performance and recommend actions for improvement
  • Support LTL, TL, and Intermodal RFQ process for existing and prospective customers
  • Benchmark and negotiate lane rates to ensure cost is aligned or better than market
  • Study and understand market trends, seasonality, and how these things impact rates and carrier capacity
  • Support customer's strategic roadmap plan through project management techniques
  • Proactively solve problems by identifying gaps between current and desired future states as well as drive action to close gaps
  • Use data to understand product performance and to identify improvement opportunities
  • Use KPI's to measure performance to standard work and customer supply chain to support internal and external customer meetings
Basic Qualifications
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent
  • 1+ years of experience in Transportation/Logistics/Supply Chain, preferably carrier-facing
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Logistics /Supply Chain Management or Business
  • 3+ years of experience in Transportation/Logistics/Supply Chain
  • Knowledge of transportation management system applications, routing and dispatch software
  • Familiarity with Lean methodologies and tools (PDCA, A3 planning/problem solving, root cause analysis, process mapping, poka-yokes, visual management, etc.)
  • Software: Microsoft Access and Excel skills for statistical analysis

About Uber Freight

Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world's goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.

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EEOC

Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

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