At LG, innovation is the foundation of everything we do. We make products and services that make lives better, easier and happier through increased functionality and fun. Put simply, we make “Life Good” – from home appliances, consumer electronics, vehicle components and mobile communications to business innovations in digital signage, air conditioning, solar and LED lighting.

We are currently seeking our newest innovator to join our dynamic team as a Logistics Manager on the Operations Transportation Team!

Summary

Primary focus of this role is to continuously strive for improvements through developing/maintaining KPI monitoring tools, analyze and report cost trends, and seek improvement opportunities to deliver quality products to our customers on time at competitive transportation cost.

Responsibilities

• A transportation manager is responsible for overseeing the entire logistics process.
• Below are activities, not limited to, a manager would perform on a daily basis.
• Daily tender, OTD, Same day IOD management with constant communication with carriers to strive for excellence
• Perform bidding activities for transportation
• Taking on special ad-hoc projects to improve efficiency and service levels (ex: Scheduled deliveries, Execution of new transport modes, etc.)
• Negotiating with carriers on terms and conditions.
• Follow-up on daily tender rejections and missed OTD by carrier obtain corrective action plan impacting KPI improvements
• Requires having extensive knowledge of the transportation industry and relationship with carriers.
• Constant communication/negotiations with carriers to improve performance
• Must have knowledge of the ins and outs of carrier operations
• Creates and presents Ideas and thoughts to leadership team based on fact based management.
• The level of passion to learn and overachieve is key for an analyst's role.
• Continuously thrive for better way to monitor and manage health level of all aspects of operations
• Regional customer support
• Builder/SKS support
• TPMP Project Lead
• Data Analystucs/Sims
• Ad-Hoc Project Management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with extensive knowledge within the transportation industry 5-7 years
• Analytic with strong quantitative skills
• Deep knowledge of transportation industry
• Excellent communication skills and an analytical mind with business acumen
• Must have truckload, LTL transportation management experience & transportation contract review for terms & conditions experience
• Tableau skillsets are required
• MS Excel, Powerpoint, Word skills needed
• TMS, WMS, YMS experience a plus

LG Electronics, USA Inc., LG Mobile Research USA LLC, LG Electronics, Alabama, inc., LGEVU and Zenith Electronics LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the Company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.

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