Transportation Network Strategy Lead

Exol; Town of Florida (NY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K

PTO and other benefits

Job summary

Exol is seeking a strategic Transportation Manager, Network Strategy to lead, design, optimize, and continuously improve the transportation network. This role develops scalable strategies, capacity plans, routing models, and business cases to improve service, cost, and network performance.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in transportation planning, network design, or supply chain strategy, with strong analytics, Excel, and TMS experience, preferably Manhattan Active TM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, engineering, business, or related field.
• 8+ years of transportation planning, network design, or supply chain strategy.
• Experience with Transportation Management Systems, preferably Manhattan Active TM.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills.
• Proficient in Excel and data visualization tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management in fast-paced environments.
• Experience designing and optimizing retail consolidation transportation networks.
• Experience supporting supplier-to-retailer distribution networks and cross-dock operations.
• Experience with multi-origin, multi-stop planning and freight consolidation.
• Experience building network optimization business cases and capacity models.

Responsibilities

• Network Strategy & Design: Develop and maintain transportation network strategies, optimize transportation flows, evaluate cross-dock footprint and service areas, and build routing and consolidation strategies to improve scalability and performance.
• Capacity Planning: Create short- and long-term capacity plans, identify constraints, and model transportation scenarios to support growth and customer expansion.
• Network Analytics: Analyze transportation costs, shipment flows, and performance trends; develop business cases and recommendations that support executive decision-making.
• Planning Systems & Governance: Define and maintain transportation planning parameters within Manhattan Active TM, establish planning standards, and partner with IT and Continuous Improvement to enhance planning capabilities.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with transportation, supply chain, IT, continuous improvement, and operations teams to support scalable and efficient network performance.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Financial modeling

Problem-solving

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

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

Tools

Manhattan Active TM

TMS

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Exol is seeking a strategic Transportation Manager, Network Strategy to lead, design, optimize, and continuously improve the transportation network. This role develops scalable strategies, capacity plans, routing models, and business cases to improve service, cost, and network performance.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in transportation planning, network design, or supply chain strategy, with strong analytics, Excel, and TMS experience, preferably Manhattan Active TM.