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Senior Freight Manager, 1st Shift (Plant 54, Dalton, GA)Position Overview
Shaw Industries is seeking a Senior Freight Manager
The Senior Freight Manager - Residential will be responsible for working with the Residential Business Unit and ISC leadership to develop strategies to optimize sales revenue and/or the current freight revenue. This role will lead efforts to develop and maintain all freight and routing parameters in the Transportation Management System (TMS).
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more.
Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.
Primary Responsibilities:
Collaborate directly with Residential sales leadership (SVP, DVP, RVP) and category management on freight programs to strategically grow their businesses.
Analyze large data sets and present recommendations to logistics and sales leadership.
Directly manage the Corporate Freight Analyst.
Build strategic relationships with supply chain teams, pricing and inventory management to innovate strategies for improving freight or sales revenue. Supervise changes to the Manhattan Transportation Management System (TMS) including company-wide freight increases.
Manage reporting of sales/margin dollars and freight revenue impact on all Residential BU freight promotions, Test & Learn, and permanent freight adjustments to senior sales, pricing, and ISC leadership.
Support Business Solutions, IS, Pricing and other internal customers with coordinating TMS testing.
Qualifications
Four-year degree + 1 year of management experience.
Experience with data warehouse, SQL queries and Excel pivots.
Ability to make decisions and think strategically.
Preferred Skills:
Working knowledge of transportation and logistics, data analysis, and TMS applications (preferred).
Competencies
Deliver Compelling Communication
Drive Results
Lead Change
Demonstrate Strategic Influence
Build Trusting Relationships
Shaw benefits include:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance and disability coverage
Tuition reimbursement
Employee assistance program
Health savings account
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401K and Retirement Plans
Product discounts for employees
Adoption assistance
Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations)
And much more.
Work Shift
8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM