Freight Costs Manager

Alcon MX; Poland; On-site; PLN 210,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Group insurance

Lunch card

Transportation allowance

Pension plan

Multisport/cultural card

Free Alcon products

Job summary

Alcon seeks a Freight Costs Manager to lead international freight analysis, control, and reporting. You will drive data quality, oversee freight invoice processing, and coordinate with carriers, procurement, and AP teams to ensure accurate postings and timely payments.

The role requires strong Excel and ERP skills, experience with freight audit providers, and the ability to collaborate across regions. Hybrid work is available with a modern Warsaw office.

Qualifications

• Approximately 5 years in supply chain logistics or related BPA/cost control.
• Experience with freight audit providers is a solid plus.
• Ability to interact with cross-functional teams at all levels and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead freight audit and payment processes with providers.
• Oversee data transfer from freight audits to SAP and resolve issues.
• Audit freight invoices, approve payments, and prepare monthly reports.
• Coordinate internal teams and ensure timely supplier payments and data accuracy.
• Own analytics platforms (AERA) and train users, drive reporting enhancements.

Skills

Supply chain logistics

Freight audit providers

Cross-functional collaboration

Excel

SAP / ERP data handling

Tools

SAP

Supply Chain systems

Job description

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

Freight Costs Manager

The Freight Costs Manager will be a critical role in financial performance control, analysis, and reporting for primary & secondary freight across international regions and APL while ensuring accurate and timely freight invoice processing and payment. The role also serves as the regional Transportation SME for AERA and related analytics platforms, driving data quality, user adoption, reporting capabilities and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance visibility, operational performance, and cost control.

• Be the SPOC / project lead for our freight audit / payment process with the selected provider.
• Support freight invoices process
• Oversee accuracy of the transfer of data from freight audit provider to SAP and follow-up / resolve technical issues.
• Audit freight suppliers’ invoices, approve freight payments, and perform analysis on all data collected from external and internal sources and prepare monthly ad hoc reports
• Coordinate internal teams and monitor all payments to suppliers and provide optimal support to transportation teams and resolve all supply payment issues and ensure compliance.
• Integration / onboarding additional carriers to the freight audit provider platform
• Verify financial data processed by freight audit provider, monitor the correctness of the financial postings and the rate cards of the supplier, and be the first point of contact in case of adjustments and corrections.
• Lead and coordinate weekly freight invoice overview meetings with key stakeholders: Carriers, freight audit provider, BPA, Global Transportation and Accounts payable team
• Collaborate with our procurement team for rates administration: keep up to date a list of approved carriers, centralize rates from our freight suppliers, communicate accordingly any changes to our freight audit provider, and maintain records of carriers pricing.
• Support month-end process, accruals calculation, and other required reports as needed.
• Create and maintain weekly / monthly a database for our invoices per supplier / market / service.
• Own AERA and transportation analytics capabilities, acting as the regional super user for the platform, ensuring data accuracy, users training, adoption, reporting development and continuous enhancement of analytics capabilities across the regional transportation organization.
• Perform “ad-hoc” analysis.
• Lead / support on operational transportation projects as needed.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO ALCON:

• About 5 years supply chain logistics experience and / or supply chain BPA / cost controller
• An experience with freight audit providers will be a solid plus
• Demonstrated successful interaction & communication with cross-functional teams and working with all levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, and work in a team with diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrated analytical skills; solution oriented with a high sense of quality, attention to detail, accuracy, efficiency, and meeting tight deadlines.
• Team player who is also able to work independently and handle conflicting priorities while maintaining consistent, quality performance standards.
• Proficiency with Excel and Supply Chain systems.
• Ability to manage complexity and simplify/standardize outcomes.

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Opportunity to work in a best-in-class organization in Medical Devices/Equipment sector
• Opportunity to work in a high-paced agile environment
• Work with people who are passionate about delivering outcomes and a culture of simplification and ownership
• Truly international environment and daily interactions with colleagues from all over the world
• Attractive benefits package (private medical care, group insurance, lunch card, transportation allowance, pension plan, Multisport/cultural card, free Alcon products for you and your significant other)
• Attractive benefits package (private medical care, group insurance, lunch card, transportation, bonus)
• Hybrid model of work (3/2/weekly)
• Modern new office in Marynarska 15, Warsaw, with a lot of facilities inside Alcon Careers

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well‑known Opti‑Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.

At Alcon, we are committed to helping people see better. We believe patients should have access to quality eye care regardless of their economic circumstances; however, barriers to good eye health exist for patients in both developed and emerging markets. Alcon develops and manufactures innovative devices to serve the full life cycle of eye care needs. Its surgical group is one of the largest makers of equipment used for cataract removal and laser vision correction. Its consumer products include the well‑known Opti‑Free line of contact lens solutions and related products. Alcon, which was founded in 1945, sells its products in 180 countries worldwide.