MANAGER, DOMESTIC TRANSPORTATION

Company: Finish Line
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: October 12, 2024

Job Description:

Come work for us!

We are looking for dedicated employees to join our team to help our customers have the best experience possible every time they enter a JD Finish Line store.

Our employees are key to our success.

This position is responsible for managing logistics, transportation and supply chain activities for outbound transportation inclusive of small package (parcel, pool delivery) delivery, and distribution coordinated with new stores, remodels, and closings through variable supply chain channels to assure business needs are met and/or exceeded. Foster carrier relationships, maintain a benchmarking network, and provide analysis and reports of industry trends, risks, and anticipated impact; utilizes that information to ensure cost effective on-time delivery to the customer. This leader will effectively exhibit JD Finish Line's core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following key duties:

• Manage the partnerships with national parcel providers, regional parcel providers, and pool delivery agents to provide cost and service effective store deliveries.
  
  • Line-haul services in support of any solutions
  • Responsible for carrier RFI, RFP, onboarding, SOP documentation, system integration coordination, and operations management.
  • Assists with the management of the transportation budget and revised forecasts as it relates to outbound customer delivery.
  • Partners with transportation, supply chain ops, real estate, and procurement teams to improve/automate processes and procedures.
  • Creates, manages and utilizes reporting tools for carrier assessment: monitoring on-time performance, costs, claims ratio, and other operational needs.
  • Leads freight auditor process improvement as it relates to TL, LTL, Intermodal, and small package services.
    
    • With a dotted line to analytics, develop the Transportation Analysts as it relates to domestic transportation
    • Works cross-functionally, understanding business needs, to make customer focused, cost effective decisions.
    • Makes independent, sound decisions that support the business initiatives and goals.
    • Provides a high degree of education of transportation, as well as a learning attitude.
    • Supports and fosters distribution center(s) diverse culture and employee engagement initiatives.
    • Possesses a high degree of customer service, always exceeding expectations.
    • May have direct report/people management responsibilities in the future.
    • Additional duties and projects as required. Required Education and/or Experience
      
      Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university and at least 5 - 7 years' additional experience in transportation, with vendor onboarding and direct carrier management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. People management/leadership experience is a plus. Internal JD Finish Line experience is a plus.
      
      Required Computer and/or Technical Skills:
      
      Should have advanced knowledge and abilities with Google Suite, Access, Excel, but also the ability to learn WMS, TMS, Power BI, or other applications.
      
      Physical Demands:
      
      The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
      • Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
      • Use hands to finger, handle and feel
      • Reach with hands and arms
      • Talk and/or hear
      • Stand for up to 2 hours at a time regularly
      • Walk or move from one location to another
      • Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
      • Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 50 pounds occasionally
      • Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company's policies are required for this position.
      • Average work week is 40-50 hours, which can vary depending on business need.
      • The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting with very limited exposure to a moderate to loud warehouse setting.
        
        The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.
        
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        Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
        
        The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.
        
        EEOC Statement:
        
        The Finish Line, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local EEO laws. The Finish Line, Inc. prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on the individual's race or color, religion or creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, sex, pregnancy status, age, military status, disability, or any other protected characteristic or class protected by law. The Finish Line, Inc. provides reasonable accommodation for disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.
        
        Need accessibility assistance to apply?
        Applicants who require accessibility assistance to submit an employment application can either call Finish Line at (317) 613-6890 or email us at talentacquisition@finishline.com. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will respond as soon as reasonably possible. (This email address and phone number is only for individuals seeking accommodation when applying for a job.)

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