Freight Operations Supervisor

Integration International Inc.; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 48,216 - 68,880; Full time

Job summary

A logistics firm located in Franklin, TN, is seeking a qualified individual to manage the Airfreight approval process. Responsibilities include evaluating airfreight requests, ensuring compliance, reviewing costs, and collaborating with various teams to optimize airfreight usage. Ideal candidates should be adept at analyzing data, communicating forecasts, and developing internal tools to streamline operations. The position offers a competitive pay rate of $40.00 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Process referent and owner of Airfreight approval process, enforce compliance and proper information level.
• Evaluate tactical requests for airfreight and confirm necessity.
• Identify non-compliant airfreight occurrences and communicate costs and impacts.
• Analyze open PO’s with Planning personnel to reduce airfreight usage.
• Assess and maintain master data parameters for accurate cost estimates.
• Monthly review with Finance for correct cost allocation.
• Collaborate with Planning to define airfreight forecast.
• Translate forecast into transport handling units.
• Analyze deviations on forecast vs actual utilization.
• Lead and collaborate with International Transport Operations.
• Develop KPIs for airfreight analysis.
• Explore internal tools to simplify processes.

Job description

Location

6700 Tower Circle Franklin, TN 37067

Pay Rate

$40.00/Hour on W2

Key Responsibilities

• Process referent and owner of Airfreight approval process, accountable to enforce compliance, proper level of information for decision making and correct cost allocation.
• Evaluate tactical requests for airfreight, confirm necessity, and communicate with requestor.
• Identify non-compliant airfreight occurrences, calculate impacts (cost and CO2) and communicate to leadership.
• Analyze open PO’s and communicate with Planning personnel on opportunities to reduce upcoming airfreight usage proactively.
• Assess and maintain master data parameters for accurate air and ocean freight cost estimate vs Transit Times for decision making based on data.
• Monthly review with Finance to guarantee correct cost allocation of airfreight to different projects and cost center.
• Collaborate with Planning to define airfreight forecast for the subsequent months and discuss capacity with carriers and freight forwarders.
• Translate forecast into transport handling units, weights, and dimensions.
• Analyze deviations on forecast vs actual utilization and collaborate with planning to improve accuracy.
• Lead and collaborate with International Transport Operations and Procurement to identify and communicate hybrid alternatives to airfreight.
• Develop KPIs to analyze airfreight pareto and key triggers for action.
• Explore, identify, and develop internal tools to simplify overall process and streamline the approval flow.
• Assist LTP Leader with Ad-Hoc project support.

Key Interfaces

• Supply Chain Planning - central team
• Manufacturing Upstream Production planning and Shipping teams
• Transport Operations team
• Logistics and Global Supply Chain functional leaders (Quality, Supply Chain Planning, Trade, Transport)