What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Inbound Transportation position at Adidas?
- Oversee the management and execution (track and trace, final mile delivery, invoicing) of all current and new Direct Ship customers.
- Organize and establish key relationships with the transportation stakeholders of Direct Ship customers
- Drive and maintain weekly/bi-weekly meetings as it relates to the delivery and accuracy of Direct Ship containers
- Work directly with Account Operations (AO) team, at all levels, to coordinate the shipments to the customers.
- Take initiative to communicate, improve and inform all internal parties of supply chain challenges as they relate to the flow of goods. IE port congestions, strikes, weather capacity etc.
- Align with AO and the customers to monitor monthly dedicated and direct ship order percentages, what can ship direct and what can be invoiced.
- Attend F2F meetings with key customers as nexessary.
- Control and improve the direct ship program by aligning with each customer DC to support on time deliveries, potential de-van and cross dock challenges and maintain ETA accuracy at the lowest cost possible.
- Capture, control and report on all transportation cost associated to Direct Ship customers.
- Manage, plan and forecast all ocean and airfreight direct shipments for adidas Group customers
- Oversee the coordination and communications for all direct shipments once in transit.
- Communicate with external 3PL’s to ensure accuracy of port of arrival and delivery dates.
- Communicate and collaborate with various yard locations, 3PL’s to better control the flow, availability and movement of containers.
- Take initiative to support on-going and changing needs such as providing feedback and information to improve the business and/or business process.
- Internally: Account Operations, Product Supply, Inbound Planning Origin, Order Fulfillment, Global Operations, Finance, Sales Development
- Externally: Carriers, 4PLs, 3PL’s, origin and destination teams of these entities. Local service providers, customer’s truckers and DCs, customers
- Strong leadership capabilities including coaching, development & living by inclusive practices
- Strong communication skills
- Systematic and statistical interpretation skills
- Demonstrated business acumen and must be familiar with the local US logistics market and aware of post-Covid global challenges
- Ability to understand and use financial data to make decisions
- Ability to anticipate problems, offer solutions, develop strategies, and address issues within the direct ship processes to meet financial targets
- Good problem-solving skills in the supply chain area
- Demonstrate ability to improve processes and challenge status quo
- Ability to demonstrate our values for living an inclusive and respectful culture of belonging.
- SAP user skills and experience is preferred
- Must be advanced in main MS Office applications such as Excel and PowerPoint
- A four year-degree from college or university with emphasis in supply chain management discipline preferred. We welcome other relevant experience or a combination of education and experience in place of formal education or a degree.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the supply chain or logistics industry
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