Senior Transportation Optimization Leader
Entegris, Inc.
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Job summary
Entegris, Inc. is seeking a Senior Principle, Transportation Optimization to design and execute our enterprise transportation strategy across domestic and global operations. You will lead network design, operating model decisions, and governance for strategic partners while maintaining day-to-day carrier relationships.
This role emphasizes analytics, cost-to-serve modeling, and continuous improvement. The position requires 15+ years in transportation leadership, experience with Control
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field.
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain strategy, network design, distribution, or related disciplines.
- Demonstrated experience leading transportation optimization and transformation initiatives.
- Experience evaluating and implementing Control Tower, 4PL, MSP, and transportation technology solutions.
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and business case development skills.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence executive stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Develop transportation optimization strategies aligned with company growth, customer service, and profitability objectives.
- Lead transportation network design and optimization initiatives across domestic and international operations.
- Develop cost-to-serve models and transportation network scenarios that support strategic decision making.
- Evaluate mode strategy, transportation flows, network capacity, service requirements, and resiliency opportunities.
- Identify opportunities to improve transportation cost, service performance, visibility, and scalability.
- Monitor industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving transportation practices.
- Evaluate and recommend transportation operating models, including internally managed, Control Tower, 4PL, MSP, and hybrid solutions.
- Lead outsource versus insource assessments for transportation planning, execution, analytics, visibility, and support functions.
- Develop financial models, organizational impact assessments, and business cases supporting transportation transformation initiatives.
- Design governance structures, metrics, service requirements, and accountability frameworks.
- Establish operating processes and performance expectations for transportation service providers.
- Ensure selected operating models deliver measurable service, productivity, and financial benefits.
- Evaluate Control Tower, 4PL, MSP, visibility, and technology partners.
- Establish governance models and executive review processes for strategic transportation technology partners.
- Partner with Procurement and Legal on commercial terms and contractual requirements.
- Measure implementation success and value realization against approved business cases.
- Own the transportation technology strategy and roadmap.
- Lead selection and implementation of TMS, Control Tower, visibility, optimization, freight audit & payment, and analytics platforms.
- Develop end-to-end transportation visibility capabilities supporting proactive decision making.
- Partner with IT to drive automation, integration, and modernization initiatives.
- Leverage advanced analytics and digital solutions to improve transportation performance.
- Develop transportation KPI frameworks and executive dashboards.
- Utilize analytics to identify opportunities for service improvement and cost reduction.
- Lead Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Conduct scenario modeling and strategic assessments supporting network decisions.
- Measure and report realized benefits from optimization initiatives.
- Collaborate with Operations, Customer Logistics, Planning, Procurement, Finance, and IT.
- Lead enterprise transportation transformation initiatives.
- Present recommendations, business cases, and strategic plans to senior leadership as part of strategic long-range planning cycles.
- Drive adoption of new transportation processes, systems, and operating models.
- Support organizational capability development and change management efforts.
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Entegris, Inc. is seeking a Senior Principle, Transportation Optimization to design and execute our enterprise transportation strategy across domestic and global operations. You will lead network design, operating model decisions, and governance for strategic partners while maintaining day-to-day carrier relationships.
This role emphasizes analytics, cost-to-serve modeling, and continuous improvement. The position requires 15+ years in transportation leadership, experience with Control
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