Strategic Transportation & Logistics Lead

Stella Jones Corporation in; Harmonville (PA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stella Jones Corporation seeks a Transportation - Logistics Manager (Finance) in the US Northeast to lead and coordinate transportation operations, ensuring availability, safety, and cost efficiency across trucking and third-party carriers.

You will supervise exempt staff, manage freight claims, negotiate carrier rates, monitor service levels, and support safety programs while aligning with corporate finance goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include overseeing transportation operations, ensuring availability and efficiency.
• Oversight of safety, compliance, and governmental regulations in logistics.

Responsibilities

• Ensures transportation availability for all logistical needs.
• Transportation emergency storm response lead.
• Manages all freight claims as it relates to truck transportation.
• Reviews 3rd party performance, carrier sourcing, and performance optimization.
• Participates in business development strategies, capital projects and special projects.
• Enforces compliance with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations and contract compliance.
• Contributes to company transportation decisions; exploits cost-saving opportunities for logistics.
• Negotiates and publishes transportation rates of 3rd party trucking.
• Develop, implement and monitor 3rd party carrier rates, DOT and safety, service level compliance.
• Develops a close working relationship with all carriers and has a thorough knowledge of their operations including strengths and weaknesses.
• Initiates contact with the Yard Coordinators & drivers on a regular basis to optimize customer service levels and safety
• Service level tracking
• Participates and contributes to company safety program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Management duties included supervision of exempt and/or non-exempt staff. This includes but is not limited to, conducting performance evaluations and improvement plans, approving paid time-off (PTO), assigning or delegating work, providing on-the-job training, giving guidance to staff, taking disciplinary action, and interviewing candidates for open positions.

Job description

Stella Jones Corporation seeks a Transportation - Logistics Manager (Finance) in the US Northeast to lead and coordinate transportation operations, ensuring availability, safety, and cost efficiency across trucking and third-party carriers.

You will supervise exempt staff, manage freight claims, negotiate carrier rates, monitor service levels, and support safety programs while aligning with corporate finance goals and regulatory requirements.