Carrier Specialist

Description

Looking for a job that can grow into a lifelong career? At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you're just starting out or bringing years of experience, we'll provide the tools and support you need to succeed.

Lactalis is the world leader in dairy-a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Every day, we're proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day.

In the US, we offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, President specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone's cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi's, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow, Oui, Yoplait, Go-Gurt, :ratio, Green Mountain Creamery, and Mountain High, along with sour cream and a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun, Gopi, and Arz.

At Lactalis, we live by our core values-Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We're building a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone's unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us make an impact.

From your PASSION to ours

The Carrier Specialist will support the transportation leadership team in all aspects of carrier relationship management on behalf of Lactalis USA. This position supports the analysis of new providers, the performance of existing providers, and will assist in the management of all Lactalis USA transportation bids. This position involves working with many departments within the company, such as customer service, warehousing, procurement and the transport operations team as well as all of our Transportation Carrier partners and the LUSA Distribution Network operations leadership.

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key responsibilities for this position include:

* Support the analysis of Transportation bids including the develop of the templates used by external partners and the framework by which we analyze responses

* Evaluate Lactalis transportation rates against the external transportation market using trade literature and market analysis tools

* Create and maintain carrier scorecards based on our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

* Assist in the onboarding of new transportation providers that result from contract negotiation, through systems set up, to operational go live and invoicing

* Maintain carrier contract repositories including master agreements, rate addendums, certificates of insurance, W-9s, and other relevant documentation

* Report on savings achieved through changes in our carrier network and highlight gaps between expected and actual results

* Ensure that rates established in our transportation management system reflect the contract agreements and are implemented timely

* Support sustainable transportation initiatives for the modes of transport including Rail, Over the Road, and Intermodal, Electric Vehicles, and alternative fuels, within our transportation network

* Constantly analyze cost and service to determine weaknesses in our carrier base that require intervention

* Support Management in conducting business reviews with our carrier partners

* The Carrier Specialist will often independently represent the company in the interactions, written and verbal, in person and remote, with the Transportation community

* This position may involve travel to carrier locations and visits to Lactalis warehouses and corporate offices around the US

* Excellent written and verbal communication is required.

* This description reflects management's assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements

From your STORY to ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

Education

* Bachelors degree or equivalent experience required;

* Masters degree or higher preferred; or equivalent experience to include a minimum of five (5) years job related experience

Experience

* 5+ years related experience required

* Experience in Transportation is required

* Experience in Food Industry preferred

* Specialized Knowledge

* Transportation Management Systems is required

Skills / Abilities

* Superior communication skills, written and verbal.

* Proficient in Microsoft Office; Microsoft Access is a plus

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.