Global Ocean Transportation Manager

Rangen Group; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Rangen Group is seeking a Manager of Global Ocean Freight & Logistics to lead the company’s ocean freight and transportation operations across all business units. You will facilitate purchasing, planning, and customer service to synchronize supply chain activities and support strategic objectives, including warehousing improvements.

You will negotiate rates, analyze bids, and drive cost efficiencies while collaborating with internal partners to optimize freight networks and compliance with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Logistics or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in ocean freight management, procurement, logistics or a similar role.
• Extensive expertise and knowledge of ocean freight within logistics.
• Excellent analytical, planning and organizational skills.
• Strong negotiating skills for vendor contracts.
• Continuous improvement and process orientation.
• Ability to interpret and enforce policy consistently.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building skills.
• Willingness to learn and innovate.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Motivated self-starter with strategic thinking.
• Excellent leadership, communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Seek out global leveraged volume quotes and negotiate competitive rates for all inbound and outbound shipments.
• Analyze bids and actuals; conduct audits for contracts/bids to actual for all shipments.
• Partner cross-functionally to develop and deploy long-term plans.
• Direct and ensure planning processes and systems are in place and compliant with policies.
• Develop collaborative supply chain relationships to drive growth and service excellence across internal and external partners.
• Manage ocean freight profitability including continuous improvement to increase efficiency and reduce waste.
• Prepare and present freight demand analyses and supply scenarios for discussions on inventory movements.
• Develop and manage end-to-end processes and standardization strategies across the organization.
• Maintain relationships with vendors and handle day-to-day operational issues and projects.
• Ensure compliance with international trade regulations and customs requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Planning and organizational

Negotiation

Process improvement

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Operations/Logistics

Job description

Why Join The Rangen Group?

As a newly formed independent global company with a 100-year legacy, we are poised for significant growth and opportunity. You will play a role in shaping our future, strengthening customer trust, and unlocking unlimited growth potential.

Position Summary

The Manager of Global Ocean Freight & Logistics will lead Rangen Group’s Global Ocean Freight and Transportation processes for all business units through effective facilitation of the purchasing teams, planning teams, customer service collaboration, and all Rangen Group supply chain functions to continually achieve synchronization across the organization. This includes strategic and tactical decision-making related to balancing demand and supply; aligning sea and land shipments and capability; and integrating global financial and operating plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operating and financial results. The position also supports and designs process improvement for warehousing and materials flow within factories and warehouses.

What You’ll Do

• Seek out global leveraged volume quotes and negotiate competitive rates for all inbound and outbound shipments.
• Analyze bids and actuals and conduct audits for contracts/bids to actual for all inbound and outbound shipments.
• Partner cross‑functionally to develop and deploy long‑term plans.
• Direct and ensure appropriate planning processes and systems are in place and are compliant with corporate policies.
• Partner with internal business and commercial partners to establish collaborative supply chain relationships to drive sustainable growth through best‑in‑class service of freight and logistics both externally and internally for flow of materials; this may require spoke & hub analysis, network consolidations and storage optimizations, 3PL/4PL outsourcing and other modes of handling freight and inventory to reduce cost and improve quality of support.
• Responsible for ocean freight profitability including continuous improvement processes to increase efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve performance.
• Prepare and conduct presentations including freight demand analysis and supply scenarios to facilitate discussions and drive proactive decisions around inventory pipelines and movement.
• Develop and manage the end‑to‑end process.
• Assist in evaluation and execution of standardization strategy across the organization.
• Manage and maintain relationships with vendors.
• Handle day‑to‑day operational issues and support ongoing projects.
• Ensure full compliance with international trade regulations and customs requirements for cross‑border shipments, minimizing delays, penalties, and supply chain disruptions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Operations, Logistics or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in ocean freight management, procurement, logistics or a similar role.
• Extensive expertise and knowledge of the logistics/supply chain industry specifically to ocean freight.
• Excellent analytical skills along with strong planning and organizational skills to identify opportunities to gain and utilize expense efficiencies.
• Excellent negotiating skills needed for ongoing vendor contract reviews.
• Continuous improvement and process orientation.
• Ability to interpret and enforce policy consistently across the organization.
• Strong interpersonal and team‑building skills with the ability to establish relationships with cross‑functional teams and team members.
• A desire and willingness to learn and innovate.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Detail‑oriented and ability to track details.
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to think strategically and work independently.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rangen, LLC Inc. is an equal‑opportunity employer. Rangen, LLC considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status. We invite you to join our diverse and growing team.