Americas Transportation & Logistics Leader

USA SOLVENTUM US LLC; Eagan (MN); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Assistance

Health benefits

Job summary

Solventum is seeking an Americas Transportation Operations Leader to oversee freight movements across the Americas. You will develop regional strategies, budgets, carrier plans, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet business and customer requirements, while ensuring safety, compliance, and cost efficiency.

You will lead the transportation team, manage complex disruptions, and collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, or related field with 10–12 years' experience.
• Experience with transportation operations, carrier management, freight execution, and import/export coordination.
• Experience with regional operating requirements, customer expectations, and transportation market dynamics.
• Experience with transportation management systems, ERP, analytics tools, and related systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation operations across the Americas, ensuring safe, compliant, cost-effective freight movements.
• Develop regional strategies, budgets, carrier strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Direct transportation activities by setting priorities and allocating resources.
• Provide leadership and development for the transportation team.
• Manage complex transportation challenges, service disruptions, capacity constraints, and escalations.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial, and providers to optimize transportation performance.
• Influence transportation decisions and outcomes across global logistics impacting service, cost, and compliance.
• Build relationships with internal and external stakeholders reflecting Solventum values.

Skills

Transportation operations

Carrier management

Freight execution

Import/Export coordination

Logistics systems

ERP platforms

Analytics tools

Operational governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering

Master's degree in supply chain, logistics, transportation, business, engineering

Tools

Transportation management systems

ERP platforms

Freight audit and payment systems

Job description

Solventum is seeking an Americas Transportation Operations Leader to oversee freight movements across the Americas. You will develop regional strategies, budgets, carrier plans, and continuous improvement initiatives to meet business and customer requirements, while ensuring safety, compliance, and cost efficiency.

You will lead the transportation team, manage complex disruptions, and collaborate with Supply Chain, Procurement, Trade Compliance, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Planning, Commercial