Corporate Transportation Manager

Post Holdings, Inc.; Lakeville (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 132,000; Full time

Job summary

Post Consumer Brands in Lakeville, MN, is seeking a Corporate Transportation Manager to lead a Transportation Planning team and oversee the tactical execution of transportation operations.

You will collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Customer Operations to ensure reliable service and optimal cost performance across a complex network.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree in a related field is required.
• Minimum five years of relevant industry experience.
• At least two years of people-management experience.
• Broad knowledge of logistics processes and planning systems.
• Experience in consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, or warehousing preferred.
• Familiarity with TMS, ERP and Tableau or similar tools.
• Strong financial acumen for cost control and decision-making.
• Proven leadership and change management abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Resilience to shifting priorities and data gaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a Transportation Planning team.
• Build relationships with carrier partners and internal stakeholders.
• Ensure sufficient transportation capacity from plants to distribution centers and customers.
• Monitor and improve transportation cost and service performance indicators.
• Analyze carrier performance, lanes, and capacity to drive solutions.
• Partner with Procurement to select transportation partners.
• Develop strategies to mitigate market disruptions and inform leadership.
• Create transportation plans for network changes and start-ups.
• Leverage TMS and enterprise systems to improve execution.
• Promote safe, compliant transportation operations.

Skills

Logistics knowledge

Leadership

People management

Strategic problem solving

Communication

Decision making under uncertainty

Cost management

Relationship building

Analytical mindset

Results oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related field

Tools

Transportation management systems

ERP platforms

Tableau

Job description

Business Unit Overview

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.

Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

At Post Consumer Brands, we are looking for big thinkers who are ready to make an impact. As our Corporate Transportation Manager, you will lead a talented team responsible for keeping products moving across a complex network of manufacturing sites, distribution centers, customers, and carrier partners.

This is an opportunity to combine hands-on operational leadership with strategic problem-solving. You will help deliver reliable service, manage transportation costs, strengthen carrier performance, and shape logistics solutions that support continued business growth.

About the Role

The Corporate Transportation Manager leads the Transportation Planning team and oversees the tactical execution of transportation operations. You will serve as a trusted escalation point when transportation challenges arise, helping the team make sound decisions, maintain product flow, and keep operations moving.

You will work closely with teams across Supply Chain, Customer Operations, Supply Planning, Finance, Procurement, Warehousing, Plant Operations, Sourcing, and network optimization. The work is fast-moving and highly visible, offering the opportunity to solve immediate business challenges while advancing longer-term transportation strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Transportation Planners, including hiring, goal setting, training, performance management, and daily execution.


• Build strong relationships with carrier partners and internal stakeholders across customer service, warehousing, plant operations, sourcing, and supply chain.


• Ensure sufficient transportation capacity for shipments from manufacturing plants to distribution centers and from distribution centers to customers.


• Establish, monitor, and improve transportation cost and service performance indicators.


• Analyze carrier, lane, capacity, and customer challenges and translate insights into practical solutions.


• Partner with Procurement to identify transportation partners that meet short-term and long-term network needs.


• Develop strategies that reduce the impact of market disruptions and communicate cost and service implications to leadership.


• Create transportation plans that support network changes, including site start-ups, production shifts, and customer realignments.


• Use transportation management systems, reporting tools, and enterprise systems to improve execution and decision-making.


• Promote safe, compliant transportation operations that align with company policies, contracts, government regulations, and applicable laws.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• A four-year degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.


• At least five years of relevant industry experience.


• At least two years of people-management experience.


• Broad knowledge of logistics processes, transportation operations, and planning systems.


• Experience in consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, or a related supply chain environment is preferred.


• Familiarity with transportation management systems, ERP platforms, Tableau or similar reporting tools, and other integrated planning systems.


• Strong financial acumen, including cost control, cost-benefit analysis, and transportation-related business decision-making.


• Demonstrated success leading people, building engagement, coaching others, and supporting change.


• Strong communication, collaboration, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.


• The resilience to navigate changing priorities, address difficult issues, and make thoughtful decisions when complete information may not be available.


• A results-oriented approach with the ability to identify problems, set clear priorities, and move solutions forward.

Why You’ll Love This Role

This is a unique opportunity to lead a highly engaged team while influencing one of the company's largest and most visible supply chain functions. You'll have the chance to make a measurable impact on transportation performance, customer service, and cost management across a complex network, solving challenges that directly affect business results.

As Post Consumer Brands continues to grow and evolve, you'll help shape key transportation strategies, lead significant network initiatives, and collaborate with leaders across Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Customer Operations. If you're energized by leading people, driving change, and tackling meaningful business challenges in a fast-paced environment, you'll find no shortage of opportunities to grow your career and make your mark.

Ready to Make an Impact

If you are an engaging people leader who enjoys solving complex problems, developing others, and turning transportation challenges into business opportunities, we would love to hear from you.

Bring your experience, curiosity, and ambition to Post Consumer Brands.

The pay range for this position is $89,506 - $132,468 per year.