Senior Manager Transportation Purchases

003 The P&G Distributing LLC; United States; On-site; USD 126,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati is seeking a Purchasing Market Operations professional to execute sourcing strategies across the US and Canada. You will own carrier relationships, drive capacity and service improvements, and contribute to evolving procedures and services.

The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven analytics, and negotiation to optimize costs while navigating a fast-paced, dynamic transportation network at P&G.

Qualifications

• Leadership: purchaser leads strategy development across Market Operations and externally manages carrier relationships.
• Analytics: comfortable with large data sets, extract insights and drive actions.
• Agility: transportation network is dynamic; thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Negotiation: strong experience negotiating value and coaching team members on compliance.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing Transportation across multiple ship sites in the US and Canada.
• Externally-facing, relationship owner for dozens of carriers, driving capacity, service and structural cost.
• Opportunities for exposure internally and externally are significant.
• Contribute to and execute strategies in team/organization.
• Identify and lead developments of new ideas, techniques, procedures, services, or products.
• Focus on one or more brands, channels, lines, categories or team/organization with clearly defined objectives.
• Work under limited supervision and determine own priorities.
• Accomplish tasks as an individual contributor or supervise entry level professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Analytics

Agility

Negotiation

Job description

Job Location: CINCINNATI, GENERAL OFFICES

Job Description: This role in the Purchasing Market Operations job family is responsible for executing purchasing strategies within the market operations team. The role requires a keen understanding of the market dynamics and the ability to contribute to the development of new procedures and services.

Key Responsibilities

• Sourcing Transportation across multiple ship sites in the US and Canada.
• Externally-facing, the candidate will be the relationship owner for dozens of carriers, driving Capacity, Service and Structural Cost.
• The opportunities for exposure both internally and externally are significant.
• Contribute to and execute strategies in team/organization.
• Identify and lead developments of new ideas, techniques, procedures, services, or products.
• Focus on one or more brands, channels, lines, categories or team/organization with clearly defined objectives.
• Work under limited supervision and determine own priorities.
• Accomplish tasks as an individual contributor or supervise entry level professionals.

Job Qualifications

Leadership. Purchasing leads the strategy development across all aspects of Market Operations Relationship Management. Externally, the successful candidate will own dozens of carrier relationships. Although a commodity, it is a highly relational industry and superior relationship management skills are critical. Internally, it is critical to develop and leverage close relationships with Transportation Operations, Categories SNO leaders, Customer team leaders and ship sites.

Analytics. The successful candidate must be comfortable with large data sets. We have lots of data and it is critical that the candidate can efficiently manipulate the data, secure key insights and take action.

Agility. The Transportation industry is highly dynamic. P&G’s transportation network is also dynamic. The successful candidate must not only be comfortable with change, she/he must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Negotiation. The successful candidate must have significant experience in negotiating value. Ability to work under limited supervision and determine own priorities. Experience in developing knowledge and skills necessary for current job requirements. Ability to coach and advise team members on compliance with stewardship requirements.

Compensation

Total rewards at P&G include salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits.

Job Schedule: Full time

Starting Pay / Salary Range $125,700.00 - $157,100.00 / year

Equal Opportunity & Diversity

We are committed to providing equal opportunities in employment.

We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Immigration Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Procter & Gamble participates in E-Verify.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.

We are dedicated to meeting the needs of applicants requesting an accommodation/adjustment due to a disability in order to complete the online application process. If you have a disability that affects your ability to complete our online application process, please visit our Disability Accommodation Page.

Job Number

Job Number R000159039

Company Overview

P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We’ve spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship. The insight, innovation and passion of talented teams has helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and transparent, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters.