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About the Role
Reporting to the Senior Manager, US & Canada Transportation, you will lead, optimize, and coordinate all outbound transportation activities for the U.S. to meet cost and service targets. You will serve as the primary subject matter expert for paid outbound freight management, coordinating daily team workflows, resolving operational escalations, and coaching a team of transportation specialists. You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Customer Management, Finance, Warehousing, and external 3PL providers.
Responsibilities
- Lead daily operations, task assignments, and progress tracking for the outbound transportation team, resolving tactical escalations
- Manage the annual outbound transportation budget, tracking cost performance, analyzing variances, and implementing corrective actions
- Build and maintain strategic partnerships with freight carriers, implementing and tracking service KPIs to resolve performance deviations
- Conduct rate negotiations, including RFPs, spot quotes, and ad hoc shipment charges
- Plan and execute process improvement projects, such as order consolidation and drop trailer scheduling, to drive transportation efficiency
- Audit and approve vendor invoices to ensure accurate and timely payments
- Collaborate with warehouse and order management teams to coordinate freight pickups and troubleshoot delivery issues
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related business field
- Professional experience in supply chain operations, with a strong focus on cost management and logistics execution
- Technical expertise managing FTL, LTL, and parcel freight operations
- Experience coordinating daily workflows and mentoring team members in a logistics environment
- Proficiency with ERP and transportation management systems, with preferred experience in SAP and ShipERP
- Strong analytical skills to model transportation costs, identify invoicing discrepancies, and perform root-cause analysis on performance gaps
Skills
- Cost management
- Logistics execution
- FTL freight operations
- LTL freight operations
- Parcel freight operations
- ERP systems
- Transportation management systems
- SAP
- ShipERP
- Analytical skills
- Cost modeling
- Root-cause analysis
Location
- US
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related business field
Salary/Compensations
- $70,400 to $93,800 USD Per Annum
- 72,400 - $96,500 CAD Per Annum
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement savings programs
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Wellness resources
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
About the Company
- Spin Master is a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company.
- Our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader.
- Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
- Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making.
- We have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Equal Opportunity
- Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
- Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.
- Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.