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The Steely Group
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Global Transportation Manager
Remote, CA US
Posted: 11/13/2025
2025-11-13
2025-12-15
Employment Type:
Contract
Job Category: Supplies/Logistics
Job Number: 4754
Job Description
The Transportation Specialist (Global Transportation Manager) is responsible for acting as the Global Transportation Manager for a specified region (EMEA or Americas).
This role involves leading supplier relationships for appointed Transportation Service Providers, ensuring on-track performance for suppliers in scope. The specialist will develop, implement, maintain, and monitor best-in-class, cost-effective, and GDP-compliant transportation strategies and solutions, either individually or through Global Distribution Hubs.
Candidates must meet one of the following education and experience preferably in logistics or engineering/extensive Industry experiences:
Doctorate degree OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of experience OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience OR
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience
Minimum Requirements
This role involves leading supplier relationships for appointed Transportation Service Providers, ensuring on-track performance for suppliers in scope. The specialist will develop, implement, maintain, and monitor best-in-class, cost-effective, and GDP-compliant transportation strategies and solutions, either individually or through Global Distribution Hubs.
- Continuous improvement principles are applied while designing, implementing, and sustaining distribution solutions as part of Global Transportation Excellence.
- Perform regular performance and business reviews with supply chain partners on current business, escalations, reporting and improvements.
- Act as key contact for allocated GTX carrier, partnering with the third party to deliver responsive and effective supplier relationships?
- Support internal stakeholders in escalating issues to supply chain partners by maintaining excellent relationships with third parties on appropriate management level.
- Identify and drive improvements from data provided by SAP TM system.
- Be the subject matter expert for Transportation and related GDP topics for Americas region.
- Document and maintain procedures for the effective transportation of company products from source to customer.Â
- Initiate and lead projects related to GTX activities, aimed at enhanced compliance, improved service and increased efficiencies.
- Support investigations into transportation related incidents including root cause investigation and definition of corrective and preventative (CAPA), to further mitigate risk.
- Drive closure of CAPA and business cases in the area of transportation compliance together with compliance, third party suppliers and GTX colleagues.
- Awareness of industry trends and developments in logistics including updating and education of internal stakeholders and departments.
- Support in audits and respond to audit requests with GTX carrier related topics for Americas region.
- Knowledgeable on (country) regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical distribution as well as guidelines and business requirements.
- Establish, maintain and improve relevant KPIs and performance statistics.
Candidates must meet one of the following education and experience preferably in logistics or engineering/extensive Industry experiences:
Doctorate degree OR
Master’s degree and 2 years of experience OR
Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience OR
Associate’s degree and 8 years of experience OR
High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor degree preferably in logistics or engineering / extensive industry experiences
- 5+ years experience in logistics, supply chain, cold chain, and/or transportation expertise
- Solid experience in project management across departments and geographies
- Experience managing suppliers and improving processes
- Quick process understanding, insight, and visualizing
- Ability to use data to deliver insights and identify course of action
- Fluent in English, both in verbal and written communication
- Strong analytical skills (incl. MS Excel) and ability to distill insights
- Independent self-starter, able to work autonomously, under pressure, and in teams
- Natural relationship builder in which the company interests prevail: be soft on the relationship when possible and be tough when needed
- Result focused and proven ability to deliver results
- Motivated, persistent, eager to optimize, drive for excellence
- Strong relational, negotiating, and persuasion skills
- Problem solver with high sense of responsibility
- Strong communication and presentation skills (verbal & written)
- Oversee processes beyond own department
- GMP and GDP knowledge
- Knowledge of Operational Excellence tools, six sigma, FMEA
- Experience in TMS (e.g. SAP TM) and BW
- Experience setting up service level agreements
- Good technical writing skills