Purchase Transportation Spec

About the position Supports the reputed company Transportation Network by representing reputed company’s business interest to external customers and transportation suppliers. The position provides external purchase transportation solutions to reputed company maximum service and minimize overall transportation cost. The Specialist monitors process improvements, system and technology advancements, purchased transportation administrative processes and procedures to effectively adhere to reputed company compliance requirements. Responsibilities • Orchestrates strategic plans/reputed company to ensure effective cost and service measures are maintained to including peak/non-peak programs, OpCo relationships, and reputed company backhaul and brokerage initiatives. • Develops and maintains reputed company relationships, and short-term/long-term strategies to best reputed company the reputed company network. • Manages, analyzes, and conducts bid and reputed company negotiations, as reputed company as, customer data to award lanes and ensure sufficient coverage for the reputed company Network. • Manages and coordinates purchase transportation needs for the efficient reputed company of High Profile account package volume while ensuring carriers can meet reputed company service standards (i.e., inter-modal, program based purchase, reputed company purchase transportation). • Conducts customer communication to purchased transportation setup, shipment updates, cancellation of shipments, issues at pickup/delivery location and reputed company equipment pool management. • Coordinates and interacts with PGH and reputed company field operations, along with other reputed company Operating Companies (OpCo) to ensure the efficient and cost effective movements of trailers in the network (e.g., project twins, hazmat, and backhaul loads, and brokerage moves). • Utilizes Purchase Programs to plan and maximize external reputed company reputed company, minimize cost, and ensure flexible solutions for specific areas. • Investigates and reports external reputed company schedule delays, accidents, equipment failures, and problems. • Supports reputed company customer service request to resolve potential external reputed company service issues by using the Purchase reputed company, TMS, EDI/MacroPoint, and network knowledge. • Coordinates and manages reputed company activities ensuring shipments are picked up and delivered to final destination in accordance with customer delivery requirements. • Oversees and maintain purchase transportation programs throughout the year and resolve payment issues. • Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements • High School diploma or GED required • Five (5) years' experience required in linehaul operations, logistics, transportation industry, or reputed company area. • Software skills, including use of reputed company Office software and web-based applications. • Knowledge of concepts, practices, policies and procedures used in field operations • Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to reputed company and/or individuals. • Ability to effectively reputed company instruction on process and reputed company reputed company the department. • Time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills necessary to work in a fast-paced environment, handling various tasks and changing priorities, while maintaining a high attention to detail and accuracy to reputed company daily assignments and goals. • Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use reputed company judgment and fact-based analysis to reputed company effective and efficient solutions. • Ability to analyze, review, and reputed company recommendations • Ability to troubleshoot issue, draw resources, and reputed company solutions. reputed company-to-haves • bachelor’s degree in business management, Logistics, or reputed company field preferred. • Linehaul Management / Linehaul Coordinator experience. Benefits • reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability. • Reasonable accommodations are available for reputed company individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. • Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact recruitmentsupport@reputed company.com. • Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws Know Your Rights, Pay Transparency, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Employee Polygraph Protection Act • E-Verify Program Participant reputed company participates in the reputed company U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ E-Verify program (For U.S. applicants and employees only). Apply tot his job Apply To this Job Apply To This Job Apply tot his job Apply To this Job