Transportation Management Specialist

AppleOne Employment Services; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Job summary

AppleOne Employment Services in Greenville, SC seeks an experienced Transportation Management Specialist to oversee carrier performance, drive improvements, and collaborate with internal teams and leadership. You will act as the primary contact for provider issues, conduct reviews, manage escalations, and lead transportation improvement projects.

A data-driven mindset, root-cause analysis, and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or transportation service provider management.
• Experience with carriers, 3PLs, or logistics service partners.
• Experience with transportation scheduling and provider performance management.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, and data analysis.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to work with internal operations teams and external transportation providers.

Responsibilities

• Monitor transportation service provider performance against metrics, targets, and expectations.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly provider performance evaluations and quarterly business reviews.
• Identify non-conformances, gaps, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Manage escalations, corrective actions, countermeasures, and follow-up with providers and internal teams.
• Analyze transportation and operational data to prepare reports, trends, and recommendations.
• Lead or support transportation provider projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

KPI tracking

Root cause analysis

Data analysis

Advanced Excel

Communication

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Economics, or related field

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel macros

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary

A manufacturing organization in Greenville, SC is seeking an experienced Transportation Management Specialist to support their transportation service provider performance and continuous improvement initiatives. This role is ideal for a logistics, transportation, or supply chain professional who enjoys working with carriers, 3PLs, internal operations teams, warehouse partners, and leadership to improve service quality and operational performance. The position offers the opportunity to contribute in a collaborative manufacturing environment with strong process discipline, cross‑functional teamwork, and visibility across transportation operations. The Transportation Management Specialist will serve as a key point of contact for provider‑related issues, performance reviews, escalation management, corrective actions, and transportation improvement projects. Success in this role requires strong data analysis, communication, root‑cause problem solving, and the ability to hold service providers accountable while building productive working relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• - Monitor transportation service provider performance against established metrics, service targets, and operational expectations.
• - Conduct and document monthly and quarterly provider performance evaluations, including quarterly business reviews.
• - Identify non-conformances, recurring issues, performance gaps, risks, and opportunities for transportation process improvement.
• - Manage escalations, corrective actions, countermeasures, and follow‑up activities with transportation providers and internal process partners.
• - Analyze transportation and operational data to prepare reports, performance metrics, trend analysis, and recommendations.
• - Lead or support transportation provider projects, standard work updates, process documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Compensation and Benefits

• - Pay range: $38.00 to $48.00 per hour.
• - Job type: Contract/Temporary.
• - Location: Greenville, SC.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• - Monitor and manage transportation service provider performance, including KPI tracking, service reviews, and corrective actions.
• - Support transportation scheduling, logistics operations, issue resolution, and day‑to‑day service provider communication.
• - Analyze transportation and operational data to identify trends, inefficiencies, performance gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• - Lead or support cross‑functional transportation, logistics, warehouse, and process‑improvement initiatives.
• - 5+ years of professional experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or transportation service provider management.
• - Experience managing, monitoring, or working closely with carriers, 3PLs, transportation providers, or logistics service partners.
• - Experience with transportation scheduling, logistics operations, and provider performance management.
• - Demonstrated ability to monitor KPIs, identify root causes, and drive corrective action.
• - Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and data analysis.
• - Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• - Strong problem‑solving, root‑cause analysis, communication, organization, and attention to detail.
• - Ability to work effectively with internal operations teams and external transportation service providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• - Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Economics, or a related field.
• - Equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• - 6 to 10 years of relevant transportation, logistics, or supply chain experience.
• - 3+ years of project management or process improvement experience.
• - Experience in a manufacturing or automotive environment.
• - Experience with SAP, Power BI, KPI dashboards, Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• - Excel macro experience.
• - Experience supporting transportation digitalization, cost reduction, visual management, standard work, or best‑practice initiatives.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

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For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

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