Senior Manager, Operational Excellence (3PL Logistics) Hybrid

GEODIS Career; Brentwood (TN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid maternity and paternity leave

Career development programs

Mental wellness app

Financial wellness programs

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

GEODIS is seeking a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to lead cross-functional improvement projects across Transportation Management and Final Mile operations. You will work with Central Management and site leaders to charter initiatives, establish baselines, and capture Finance-validated savings.

The role is hands-on—conducting on-site diagnostics, leading kaizen events, and coaching leaders to sustain gains while deploying standard work and performance management across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years of transportation/logistics operations or continuous improvement experience, including 3+ years leading improvement projects in a 3PL, carrier, or large shipper environment.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required; Black Belt strongly preferred, with a documented record of delivered, Finance-validated savings.
• Solid financial acumen: cost-to-serve fundamentals, business case construction, and presenting results to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the division's priority improvement projects end-to-end: chartering, baseline, root-cause analysis, solution design, implementation, and Finance-validated benefits capture.
• Run margin diagnostics at underperforming sites and accounts, with 90-day action plans and weekly follow-up.
• Facilitate kaizen events and structured problem-solving (A3/DMAIC) across cross-docks, final mile stations, and TM centers.
• Deploy standard work, daily management, and visual controls at priority sites; build site scorecards for safety, service, cost, and cash.
• Partner with IT and Engineering to embed process improvements into TMS workflows and last-mile platforms; document standardized processes.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Analytics

Excel

Power BI

SQL

Financial acumen

Travel up to 40%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Industrial Engineering/Business

Tools

Blue Yonder

Oracle TM

MercuryGate

Job description

GEODIS is seeking a Senior Manager, Operational Excellence to lead cross-functional improvement projects across Transportation Management and Final Mile operations. You will work with Central Management and site leaders to charter initiatives, establish baselines, and capture Finance-validated savings.

The role is hands-on—conducting on-site diagnostics, leading kaizen events, and coaching leaders to sustain gains while deploying standard work and performance management across sites.