Freight & Transportation Operations Lead

Agiliti Health, Inc.; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Agiliti Health, Inc. in Eden Prairie, MN, is seeking a Traffic Operations Lead to plan and execute daily shipping movements across Truckload, LTL, Special Handling and Air/Ocean carriers.

You will liaise with transportation vendors and serve as a local shipping contact for the Corporate facility. You will partner with the Director on long-term strategy, oversee TMS enhancements, drive cost savings, and ensure ERP integration while maintaining analytics and quarterly reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in general business field or supply chain logistics; equivalent experience will be evaluated.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in supply chain logistics/freight management.

Responsibilities

• Act as key contact for freight and shipping questions and requests.
• Executing Freight Shipments.
• Tracking and Tracing.
• Mitigating shipment issues.
• Act as main contact for shipping at Corporate Facility, including some package management.
• Act as on-call contact for necessary customer contracts.
• Manage Corporate Receiving/Package Room.
• Collaborate with Director to create and execute long-term strategy.
• TMS Enhancements.
• Operational Efficiencies to drive Cost Savings & Avoidance.
• Integration into ERP(s).
• Evaluating new carriers, executing RFPs, contract negotiations.
• Maintain Shipping Database/TMS.
• Audit Freight Shipment Invoices and allocate accordingly, dealing with discrepancies.
• Upkeep weekly, monthly analytics.
• Design Ad-Hoc analytics as requested by other cross-functional teams and Director.
• Conduct Quarterly and Annual Business Reviews.
• Act as Transportation Subject Matter Expert for cross-functional teams.
• Establish SOPs.
• Partner with business leaders on project-based customer logistics.
• Consult on new customer opportunities, contracts, etc.

Skills

Transportation knowledge

Communication

Organization

Data analytics

Problem solving

Adaptability

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or supply chain logistics

Tools

MercuryGate

Microsoft Excel/Power Queries

Job description

Agiliti Health, Inc. in Eden Prairie, MN, is seeking a Traffic Operations Lead to plan and execute daily shipping movements across Truckload, LTL, Special Handling and Air/Ocean carriers.

You will liaise with transportation vendors and serve as a local shipping contact for the Corporate facility. You will partner with the Director on long-term strategy, oversee TMS enhancements, drive cost savings, and ensure ERP integration while maintaining analytics and quarterly reviews.