Transportation Procurement Lead: Freight Sourcing & Savings

BDP International; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BridgeNet Solutions, a member of the PSA Group, is seeking a Transportation Procurement Lead in Houston to support its 4PL program for freight procurement and strategic sourcing. You will lead carrier RFPs/RFIs and negotiate to deliver direct contracting and routing-guide improvements across key lanes.

The role collaborates with the Supply Chain Engineering team and Client Logistics stakeholders to unbundle freight from supplier pricing and build compliant carrier agreements with measurable

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in transportation procurement, freight sourcing, or logistics commercial management with documented carrier RFP/RFI leadership.
• Deep expertise in transportation procurement across ocean, air, road, and project cargo modes.
• Strong freight market knowledge and benchmarking across global lanes.
• Proven negotiation skills with track record of 15–25% freight cost reductions.
• Experience designing routing guides, compliance frameworks, and carrier scorecards in TMS/ERP.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to engage executives on rate terms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support transportation procurement events including RFI/RFP prep, 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 negotiations

RFP/RFI management

Routing guides

TMS/ERP knowledge

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Tools

TMS

ERP systems

Job description

BridgeNet Solutions, a member of the PSA Group, is seeking a Transportation Procurement Lead in Houston to support its 4PL program for freight procurement and strategic sourcing. You will lead carrier RFPs/RFIs and negotiate to deliver direct contracting and routing-guide improvements across key lanes.

The role collaborates with the Supply Chain Engineering team and Client Logistics stakeholders to unbundle freight from supplier pricing and build compliant carrier agreements with measurable