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Carrier

Transportation Manager

Carrier

. Oversee daily domestic shipment execution, tender follow-up, and operational escalations from transportation planners and coordinators .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeAtlanta • Georgia • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $96,000 - $192,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing domestic transportation operations, including Full Truckload (FTL) and Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) logistics. Proven ability to lead teams, optimize freight operations, and implement process improvements to enhance service and efficiency.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Transportation Management System (TMS)Full Truckload (FTL) OperationsLess-Than-Truckload (LTL) OperationsPeople Leadership in LogisticsTransportation Performance Analysis

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Hard Skills
Domestic Transportation ManagementFreight Movement ExecutionService Performance MonitoringOperational KPI AnalysisProcess Improvement ImplementationBudget ManagementShipment TrackingTransportation Issue ResolutionLogistics OptimizationFreight Consolidation
Soft Skills
Team MentoringStakeholder CommunicationProblem SolvingCollaborationLeadership
Tools & Technologies
SAP ERPTransportation Management System (TMS)
Industry Keywords
Supply Chain ManagementLogisticsDistributionManufacturing LogisticsOperational Reviews

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Oversee daily domestic shipment execution, tender follow-up, and operational escalations from transportation planners and coordinators
  • Supervise and mentor a team of transportation professionals, establish performance expectations, and conduct operational reviews
  • Monitor pickup adherence, missed appointments, shipment tracking completeness, and delivery status across transportation lanes
  • Resolve transportation capacity and service issues with manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and business partners
  • Maintain shipment visibility and communicate potential transit disruptions to internal and external stakeholders
  • Lead Full Truckload (FTL) consolidation, Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) optimization, and trailer utilization initiatives
  • Facilitate daily operational KPI reviews, establish standard operating procedures, and drive corrective action follow-up
  • Manage departmental budgets and support transportation performance, service, and cost initiatives
  • Support logistics deployment activities and continuous improvement projects to optimize freight operations across the business
  • Report to the Senior Manager, Transportation

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, or Mechanical Engineering
  • 5+ years of experience managing domestic transportation operations, including freight movement, shipment execution, transportation planning, service performance monitoring, and transportation issue resolution
  • 3+ years of direct people leadership experience supervising transportation planners, coordinators, dispatchers, or comparable logistics operations personnel
  • Experience using a Transportation Management System (TMS) to execute, track, manage, and monitor freight movements
  • Experience using TMS to plan, execute, monitor, and optimize freight operations
  • Knowledge of Full Truckload (FTL) and Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) transportation operations
  • Experience leading teams in high-volume transportation, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, or supply chain environments
  • Experience analyzing transportation performance metrics and implementing process improvements that improve service, efficiency, or cost
  • Experience with SAP ERP and transportation, logistics, warehouse management, or supply chain modules
  • Experience working in a transportation operations center, logistics control tower, network operations environment, distribution center, or manufacturing logistics operation
  • Experience leading freight consolidation, transportation optimization, network optimization, or cost-reduction initiatives
  • Experience collaborating with manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, transportation providers, suppliers, and internal business partners
  • Ability to travel up to 25% domestically within the United States
  • Ability to work a hybrid schedule of three days in office and two days remote at the Atlanta Digital Hub in Atlanta, Georgia

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Short-term cash incentives, subject to plan requirements
  • Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Wellness incentives
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Paid vacation days, up to 15 days
  • Paid sick days, up to 5 days
  • Paid personal leave, up to 5 days
  • Paid holidays, up to 13 days
  • Birth and adoption leave
  • Parental leave
  • Family and medical leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Jury duty leave
  • Military leave
  • Purchased vacation
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment
  • Health Savings Account
  • Health Care Spending Account
  • Dependent Care Spending Account
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Hybrid schedule of three days in office and two days remote