What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Director position at Schneider Electric?
Schneider Electric has an opportunity for a Transportation Director in our Franklin, TN location. Lead Domestic and International Transportation and Customs team and network across North America.
Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities and enrich lives. Our 135,000 employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone and at every moment.
https://youtu.be/4EtpkB0cuXE
Great people make Schneider Electric a great company.
Join Our Team as Transport Director North America !
What Will You Do in This Role?
- Lead with Impact: Oversee the Domestic and International Transportation and Customs teams, ensuring we provide exceptional service while optimizing costs and productivity.
- Enhance Customer Experience: Ensure Schneider Electric delivers market-leading service levels and innovative transport solutions that meet our customers’ needs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Direct and manage all Transportation and Customs operations in North America, focusing on improving supply chain efficiency and compliance with regulatory standards.
- Develop Comprehensive Plans: Create and implement a strategic transportation plan that enhances customer service and key metrics, including On-Time Delivery, CO2 reduction, and cost-saving initiatives.
- Drive Transformation: Lead initiatives to transform transportation operations, leveraging technology and process improvements to support business growth and enhance operational efficiency.
- TMS Expertise: Utilize your understanding of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) to optimize routing, load planning, and freight management, ensuring streamlined operations.
- Foster Collaboration: Support contract negotiations with domestic and international transportation providers, promoting a collaborative environment.
- Drive Operational Excellence: Implement best practices across the network to reduce costs and enhance service delivery, while maintaining a high-quality carrier performance management program.
- Champion Digital Innovation: Lead with a digital mindset, prioritizing transportation digitization in all strategic initiatives.
- Sustainable Supply Chain: Advocate for and implement sustainable supply chain practices, focusing on reducing carbon footprints and enhancing eco-friendly transportation solutions.
- Regulatory Compliance: Ensure strong partnerships with US Customs, adhering to regulations for imports, exports, and Maquiladora operations.
- Engage Stakeholders: Animate the stakeholder network to foster understanding of Transportation and Customs across Global Supply Chain and Front Office teams.
- Support and Develop Teams: Provide guidance to all business areas, sponsor key logistics projects, and instill a culture of accountability and employee engagement.
- Mentorship and Growth: Effectively manage performance, set clear goals and expectations, and mentor direct reports and emerging talent. Ensure robust development and succession planning within the organization.
Qualifications
We recognize that skills and competencies can be demonstrated in various ways, including through life experiences.
This job might be for you if you have:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Global Supply Chain, or a related field.
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in a leadership role in transport and logistics, specifically as a Director or in a similar capacity.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in transport or related fields
- Project management and project sponsor experience
- Strong understanding of a matrixed network a plus
- US Customs experience preferred, US Customs Brokers License a plus
Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k) match, and more. Click here to find out more about working with us: http://se.com/us/careers
We seek out and reward people for putting the customer first, being disruptive to the status quo, embracing different perspectives, continuously learning, and acting like owners. We’re recognized around the world for welcoming people as they are. We create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company. See what our people have to say about working for Schneider Electric.
Let us learn about you! Apply today.
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€36 billion global revenue
13% organic growth
150 000 employees in 100 countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.
You can find out more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion here and our DEI Policy here
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
