Director, Capacity Solutions Strategy & Analytics

Flint Hills Resources; Green Bay (WI); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

KBX Logistics, a Koch company, seeks a Director to lead Capacity Solutions Strategy & Analytics in Wisconsin, shaping capacity strategy, delivering actionable analytics, and owning transportation buy rates through RFP execution and carrier rate negotiations.

You will align market intelligence, transportation economics, and business analysis to practical sourcing and network decisions across modes, driving service, cost, and network performance for KBX, customers, and carriers.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams responsible for strategy, analytics, procurement, transportation operations, or related business functions.
• Experience using data, financial analysis, and market insights to influence business decisions and revise recommendations when evidence warrants.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating across business functions.
• Experience communicating complex analysis and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience building, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience using Excel, Power BI, or comparable analytical and business intelligence tools.

Responsabilités

• Lead, mentor, and develop the capacity strategy and analytics and transportation bid management teams, building a high-performing team grounded in Principle Based Management (PBM).
• Develop and execute capacity strategies across transportation modes to improve service, cost, carrier engagement, and network performance. Invite constructive challenge and partner with Managed Freight on operational needs and improvement opportunities to refine recommendations, agree on the path forward, and turn shared decisions into actionable plans.
• Own dedicated fleet strategy design and solution development, evaluating where dedicated capacity fits and how fleets align with customer needs and network requirements. Incorporate operational feedback and work with customers and Managed Freight to agree on implementation, with Managed Freight responsible for operating the transportation network.
• Own transportation buy rates through RFP facilitation and administration, rate analysis, and carrier rate negotiations across transportation modes. Partner with business stakeholders to develop and evaluate award scenarios.
• Provide analysis and recommendations for carrier sourcing, procurement, routing guide, and network decisions. Partner with Managed Freight on carrier and routing guide choices, and validate buy rates against market benchmarks to support commercial pricing.
• Lead embedded transportation business analysis within Capacity Solutions, using market intelligence, benchmarking, transportation economics, scenario analysis, and operational context to inform day-to-day decisions and strategic recommendations. Partner with Digital Portfolio for supporting enterprise data and reporting, with Digital Portfolio retaining ownership of those enterprise capabilities.
• Track and communicate the outcomes of capacity strategies, dedicated fleet strategies, and transportation buy-rate initiatives, including financial impact, service performance, network performance, risks, and realized value.

Connaissances

Leadership

Strategy development

Analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Team development

Negotiations

Outils

Excel

Power BI

Description du poste

Director, Capacity Solutions Strategy & Analytics

As the Director, Capacity Solutions Strategy & Analytics, you will lead teams that shape capacity strategy, deliver actionable analytics, and own transportation buy rates through RFP execution and carrier rate negotiations. You will connect market intelligence, transportation economics, and business analysis to practical sourcing, carrier, and network decisions across transportation modes. Working closely with Capacity Solutions and Managed Freight leaders, you will translate business needs into clear priorities and recommendations that improve service, cost, network performance, and value for KBX, our customers, and our carrier partners.

Our Team

The KBX Capacity Solutions team leads the company’s strategic sourcing, carrier engagement, procurement and bid execution, transportation rating, carrier contracting, carrier compliance, and capacity management across transportation modes. We work closely with Managed Freight, which operates and executes the transportation network, to deliver capacity solutions that are creative, cost effective, service focused, and create value for KBX, our customers, and our carrier partners. We seek mutually beneficial carrier arrangements that balance competitive buy rates and reliable customer service with sustainable carrier commitments.

What You Will Do

• Lead, mentor, and develop the capacity strategy and analytics and transportation bid management teams, building a high-performing team grounded in Principle Based Management (PBM).


• Develop and execute capacity strategies across transportation modes to improve service, cost, carrier engagement, and network performance. Invite constructive challenge and partner with Managed Freight on operational needs and improvement opportunities to refine recommendations, agree on the path forward, and turn shared decisions into actionable plans.


• Own dedicated fleet strategy design and solution development, evaluating where dedicated capacity fits and how fleets align with customer needs and network requirements. Incorporate operational feedback and work with customers and Managed Freight to agree on implementation, with Managed Freight responsible for operating the transportation network.


• Own transportation buy rates through RFP facilitation and administration, rate analysis, and carrier rate negotiations across transportation modes. Partner with business stakeholders to develop and evaluate award scenarios.


• Provide analysis and recommendations for carrier sourcing, procurement, routing guide, and network decisions. Partner with Managed Freight on carrier and routing guide choices, and validate buy rates against market benchmarks to support commercial pricing.


• Lead embedded transportation business analysis within Capacity Solutions, using market intelligence, benchmarking, transportation economics, scenario analysis, and operational context to inform day-to-day decisions and strategic recommendations. Partner with Digital Portfolio for supporting enterprise data and reporting, with Digital Portfolio retaining ownership of those enterprise capabilities.


• Track and communicate the outcomes of capacity strategies, dedicated fleet strategies, and transportation buy-rate initiatives, including financial impact, service performance, network performance, risks, and realized value.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience leading teams responsible for strategy, analytics, procurement, transportation operations, or related business functions.


• Experience using data, financial analysis, and market insights to influence business decisions, testing strategic assumptions against market evidence and constructive challenge, and revising recommendations when evidence warrants.


• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating across business functions.


• Experience communicating complex analysis and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.


• Experience building, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.


• Experience using Excel, Power BI, or comparable analytical and business intelligence tools.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain management, sourcing, procurement, or carrier management.


• Experience designing dedicated fleet strategies, negotiating carrier rates, or leading transportation bid events, carrier sourcing programs, or network strategy initiatives.


• Experience developing transportation rate analysis methodologies or sourcing decision-support processes.


• Experience using market intelligence, benchmarking, and transportation economics to improve business outcomes.


• Experience partnering with an enterprise data and analytics organization to develop scalable reporting and analytical capabilities.

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

KBX Logistics, a Koch company and global leader in transportation, offers world-class, technology-driven capabilities across all modes of managed freight and transportation asset management. KBX is uniquely positioned to meet the challenges shippers face, leveraging decades of firsthand experience and data-driven insights from a large, diverse, and global business network. By building mutually beneficial partnerships and innovative technology, KBX creates a competitive advantage for its customers and meets the growing need for cost effective and reliable supply chain solutions. For more information on KBX, visit www.kbx.com

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Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

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