Transportation Manager, North America

Danfoss; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Danfoss is seeking a Transportation Manager, North America, to oversee multi-modal transportation operations and ensure reliable product movement across the U.S. and Canada.

The role focuses on optimizing networks, carrier performance, and freight governance while collaborating with Supply Chain, Finance, and Customer Service teams to support manufacturing and customer commitments. You will lead domestic and international transportation strategy, drive cost efficiency, and resolve disruptions

Qualifications

• Experience leading domestic and international transportation operations across multiple freight modes.
• Knowledge of freight audit, payment programs, carrier management, and claims administration.
• Ability to analyze transportation data, identify trends, and communicate recommendations balancing service, cost, and performance.
• Proven success building collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams, carriers, suppliers, and providers.
• Experience using transportation and business systems, including transportation management platforms, ERP systems, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead transportation operations across truckload, LTL, parcel, intermodal, ocean, and air freight to ensure reliable product movement and customer support.
• Partner with carriers, service providers, and internal stakeholders to improve transportation performance, capacity planning, cost efficiency, and network resilience.
• Manage freight audit, payment, and claims processes to improve accuracy, governance, and financial visibility.
• Use transportation data, market insights, and performance reviews to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence.
• Resolve transportation disruptions, urgent freight issues, and service escalations to protect production schedules and commitments.

Skills

Transportation leadership

Freight audit & payment

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

TMS/ERP systems

Tools

TMS

ERP systems

Reporting tools

Job description

Job Location: Ames, IA, US, Baltimore, MD, US, Tallahassee, FL, US

Employment Type: Full Time

Segment: Danfoss Climate Solutions Segment

Job Category: Supply Chain and Operations

Work Location Type: Remote

Annual Salary Range: USD 120,000-150,000

Job Experience Level: Mid-Senior level

Transportation Manager, North America

Req ID: 51480

Job Location: Ames, IA, US, Baltimore, MD, US, Tallahassee, FL, US

Employment Type: Full Time

Segment: Danfoss Climate Solutions Segment

Job Category: Supply Chain and Operations

Work Location Type: Remote

Annual Salary Range: USD 120,000-150,000

Job Experience Level: Mid-Senior level

The Impact You'll Make

As Transportation Manager, North America, you will help ensure products move reliably and efficiently across the United States and Canada. Your work will directly support manufacturing operations, customer commitments, and business performance by strengthening transportation execution across domestic and international networks. You will lead transportation strategy and operations across multiple freight modes while improving carrier performance, freight audit governance, payment accuracy, and claims management. By combining data, market insights, and strong partnerships, you will help create a more resilient and cost-effective transportation network. Working closely with teams across Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Customer Service, Sales, Planning, Distribution, and Warehousing, you will identify opportunities to improve service, reduce disruption, and enable continuous improvement across the transportation function.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead transportation operations across truckload, LTL, parcel, intermodal, ocean, and air freight to ensure reliable product movement and customer support.
• Partner with carriers, service providers, and internal stakeholders to improve transportation performance, capacity planning, cost efficiency, and network resilience.
• Manage freight audit, payment, and claims processes to improve accuracy, strengthen governance, and increase financial visibility.
• Use transportation data, market insights, and performance reviews to identify improvement opportunities and drive operational excellence.
• Resolve transportation disruptions, urgent freight issues, and service escalations to protect production schedules and customer commitments.

What We're Looking For

• Experience leading domestic and international transportation operations across multiple freight modes within a manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain environment.
• Strong knowledge of freight audit and payment programs, carrier management, transportation sourcing, contract oversight, and claims administration.
• Ability to analyze transportation data, identify trends, and communicate recommendations that balance service, cost, and operational performance.
• Proven success building collaborative relationships across cross-functional teams, carriers, suppliers, and external service providers.
• Experience using transportation and business systems, including transportation management platforms, ERP systems, and reporting tools.

Salary Range Disclaimer: The base salary range represents the low and high end of the range for this position. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. The range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000.

What You'll Get from Us

The opportunity to influence transportation strategy and operational performance across a complex North American network. A collaborative environment where your ideas, expertise, and continuous improvement mindset can make a visible impact. Access to learning, development, mentoring, and global career opportunities that support your professional growth. Flexibility, autonomy, and support to help you do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The chance to work on meaningful challenges that help drive operational excellence and deliver value to customers around the world.

• You'll receive benefits like annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they're worth asking about—we think they're pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.