Strategic Freight Procurement Lead

PSA BDP; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BridgeNet Solutions, a PSA Group member, seeks a Procurement Lead to drive transportation procurement and strategic sourcing initiatives within the 4PL program. You will lead RFP/RFI events, develop rate benchmarks, and support direct carrier contracting to achieve cost reductions on key lanes.

Collaborate with legal and procurement teams to finalize terms, design routing guides, and monitor monthly savings realization while expanding direct contracting across lanes and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related field.
• 7–10 years in transportation procurement or freight sourcing with leading RFP/RFI events.
• Experience in end-to-end RFP processes and rate negotiations.
• Strong freight market knowledge across ocean, air, road, and project cargo.
• Proven ability to achieve 15–25% freight cost reductions through direct contracting.
• Experience developing routing guides and carrier scorecards within TMS/ERP.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation with carrier and client executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support transportation procurement sourcing events, including RFI/RFP preparation, tender management, carrier evaluation, and negotiation support across target lanes and modes.
• Act as an extension and provide strategic support with Client transportation procurement functions.
• Develop freight spend baselines and market benchmarks to inform procurement strategies, identify cost reduction opportunities, and establish target rate ranges for sourcing events.
• Design and execute carrier direct contracting strategies for priority lanes, working to unbundle freight from supplier‑inclusive pricing and establish transparent carrier rate cards.
• Analyze vendor‑incoterm mix, current service metrics, and mode/lane profiles to identify suitable candidates for direct carrier contracting and routing guide enforcement.
• Collaborate with Client Legal and Procurement teams on contract terms, service level requirements, and data‑sharing SLAs for new carrier agreements.
• Develop routing guides and carrier selection frameworks, embedding approved rates and preferred carrier assignments into TMS/ERP workflows.
• Track procurement savings realization monthly and expand carrier direct contracting to additional lanes and vendors as the program matures.
• Support leverage of group purchasing organization structures for suppliers that cannot fully unbundle freight or transition incoterms.
• Contribute to carrier performance scorecarding, providing procurement‑perspective data for on‑time performance, dwell, exceptions, and rate compliance.

Skills

Transportation procurement

Freight market knowledge

Negotiation skills

Routing guides/compliance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Logistics/Business

Tools

TMS/ERP

Job description

BridgeNet Solutions, a PSA Group member, seeks a Procurement Lead to drive transportation procurement and strategic sourcing initiatives within the 4PL program. You will lead RFP/RFI events, develop rate benchmarks, and support direct carrier contracting to achieve cost reductions on key lanes.

Collaborate with legal and procurement teams to finalize terms, design routing guides, and monitor monthly savings realization while expanding direct contracting across lanes and vendors.