Transportation Lead at Kenvue NA in Skillman, New Jersey

Job Description:

Kenvue is currently recruiting for:

Transportation Lead



Who we are

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we're the house of iconic brands - including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Tylenol, Listerine, Johnson's and BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages that you already know and love. Science is our passion; care is our talent. Our global team is made up of ~ 22,000 diverse and brilliant people, passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact the life of millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage - and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future-and yours.

Role reports to: Sr Manager of US Transportation Operations
Location: Skillman, NJ (Kenvue's corporate headquarters is currently located in Skillman NJ, but is scheduled to move to Summit, NJ in or around early 2025.)
Travel : 10%
Pay: 92,000- 149,500


What you will do

The Transportation Lead is responsible for overseeing transportation services, including freight management, strategic transportation analysis, compliance, claims, freight payment, import/export services, and deviations. Facilitate the expedited freight approval process and track spend. Partner with manufacturing, distribution, and planning colleagues to streamline flow and minimize costs.

Key Responsibilities
• Supervise transportation analysts, with responsibility for goal setting, development, and performance management.
• Evaluate and propose automation solutions that maximize resource effectiveness, decrease cycle times, and minimize transactional defects.
• Support transformation projects by helping to define business process requirements with business partners to improve the customer experience and attain capabilities goals.
• Analyze strategic transportation supply chain requirements and develop creative solutions.
• Primary point of contact for sites and logistics providers to communicate issues affecting shipment flows, including but not limited to missing documentation, freight delays, quality events and shipping receiving delays.
• Collaborate with internal & external business partners, including Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing, and Carriers to deliver results across critical metrics owned by Transportation such as on-time delivery, cost improvement programs, freight spend performance vs. budget, security infraction rates, and quality deliverables.
• Lead operational activities to support carrier bids for various domestic and inter-region transport moves; including requirements, baseline validation and lane implementation to pre-established metrics.
• Lead/participate in operational vendor management meetings (business reviews, reporting on operational vendor performance) and lead day to day tactical relationship with the vendors
• Utilize data to develop analyses that uncover insights and opportunities; provide input and analyze strategic transportation supply chain requirements. Lead process improvement projects leveraging PM methodologies like Six Sigma, FPX, etc., to drive reliability and or cost efficiencies.
• Oversee specified transportation services, including freight management, strategic transportation analysis, compliance, claims, freight payment, import/export services, and deviations.
• Additional responsibilities include coordination, track & trace/exception management for assigned transportation lanes, and ad-hoc operational analytics to drive day to day business efficiencies



What we are looking for
Required Qualifications
• Minimum Bachelor's degree required
• Minimum 6 years of relevant work experience required
• Experience in logistics, customer service, transportation, distribution, operations, supply chain, and/or information technology
• Intermediate Microsoft Office proficiency, including lookup & reference functions, conditional statements, pivots, and macros
• Requires data analytics experience to successfully organize, analyze, and interpret data to identify opportunities and influence business operations
• Ability to handle multiple priorities successfully and work independently while demonstrating initiative
• Ability to work in fast paced environment with multiple priorities
• Strong intellectual curiosity and ability to embrace learning
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and work with different cultures
• Need to be comfortable challenging the status quo and navigate between different hierarchical levels while maintaining collaboration and inclusion

Desired Qualifications
• People leadership experience preferred
• Demonstrated business results in optimizing business processes, using various Data & Analytics tools
• Experience or thorough working knowledge desired with SAP, BW, Tableau, or Power BI; Alteryx, Qlik, or other data software is a plus
• Experience and depth of understanding with Transportation Management Systems (e.g., Blue Yonder, Oracle) or other supply chain systems such as ERP's (e.g., SAP). Previous TMS implementation experience a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills to succeed with internal and external business partners
• Project management experience and tools
• Six Sigma/Process Excellence Tools, Training or certification
• APICS Certification
• Need to be comfortable challenging the status quo and navigate between different hierarchical levels while maintaining collaboration and inclusion


What's in it for you

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $92,000 to $ 149,500 This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate's skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.
• Competitive Total Rewards Package*
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Resource Groups
• This list could vary based on location/region

*Note: Total Rewards at Kenvue include salary, bonus (if applicable) and benefits. Your Talent Access Partner will be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the recruitment & hiring process.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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