Freight Market Strategy Lead

Tyson Foods, Inc.; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. in Springdale, AR seeks a Transportation Market Strategy Manager to lead enterprise-wide freight strategy and own the annual RFP/mini-bid program. You will monitor market conditions, set rate targets, and guide lane, carrier, and mode decisions to optimize cost and service.

You will develop data-driven inputs, evaluate transportation technology, and collaborate with Procurement, Operations, Finance, and other groups to deliver savings and ensure best-value freight sourcing.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Transportation/Procurement experience.
• Experience: 3 - 5 years in transportation procurement, carrier management, or freight market analysis.
• Computer Skills: Excellent; advanced Excel and bid/optimization tools; experience with TMS and rate management platforms preferred.
• Communication Skills: Excellent; able to present market conditions and bid recommendations to senior leadership and negotiate with carriers.
• Special Skills: Transportation knowledge across truckload, intermodal, LTL, and private fleet; RFP and award strategy; freight market analysis; savings quantification and tracking; vendor and technology evaluation.
• Supervisory: None
• Travel: 1 - 6/year

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual transportation RFP and recurring mini-bid strategy, including lane scoping, scenario design, award logic, and carrier allocation, and shepherd awards through implementation with Procurement, Operations, and the business units.
• Monitor freight market conditions, including spot and contract rate trends, carrier capacity, fuel, and seasonality, and translate that intelligence into a documented spot strategy, contract rate targets, and recommendations on carrier mix and mode selection.
• Provide rate and cost inputs that drive mode, carrier, and origin decisions in network models, routing guides, and load-build rules, and maintain these inputs reflect current market cost.
• Identify, quantify, frame up, and track savings initiatives across all modes; own savings calculation and reporting.
• Serve as the group’s subject matter expert on transportation technology road map; evaluate new tools and vendors, build business case, and lead implementation with IT and TMS vendor.
• Coordinate with senior Leadership, Procurement, Operations, Finance, and Accounting to understand business impacts, gather requirements, and educate users on implications of rate, carrier, and technology changes.

Skills

Market knowledge

RFP strategy

Carrier management

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Transportation/Procurement experience

Tools

TMS

Rate management tools

Bid optimization software

Job description

Tyson Foods, Inc. in Springdale, AR seeks a Transportation Market Strategy Manager to lead enterprise-wide freight strategy and own the annual RFP/mini-bid program. You will monitor market conditions, set rate targets, and guide lane, carrier, and mode decisions to optimize cost and service.

You will develop data-driven inputs, evaluate transportation technology, and collaborate with Procurement, Operations, Finance, and other groups to deliver savings and ensure best-value freight sourcing.