Party City Looking for Outbound Transportation Manager at Rockaway, NJ Full Time

PCHI OVERVIEW

Party City Holdings, Inc. is the largest party goods supplier and party retail chain in the world. We are also the country’s premier retailer of Halloween costumes, accessories, and decorations. Party City Holdings is made up of two divisions, Party City Retail Group (PCRG) and AMSCAN Wholesale. At Party City Holdings, we like to have fun! We are helpful, passionate, and creative. We inspire our customers with exciting concepts, themes and ideas and provide everything they need to bring them to life. We make it easy to create unforgettable moments.

Job Overview

The Outbound Manager owns the management of outbound shipments from our Amscan Wholesale DC locations to Retail Stores and Wholesale Accounts utilizing multiple modes of Transportation, including Pool Delivery, Less Than Truckload, Truckload, and Intermodal. In this capacity, the Outbound Manager is responsible for maintaining the relationship with multiple Domestic transportation providers, ensuring contractual performance is achieved. Working through an Outbound team, this role requires collaboration with key stakeholders in Fulfillment, Finance, Inventory, Wholesale Operations, and Store Operations to ensure service level agreements are met, outbound transportation budget goals are established and achieved, and corrective actions are implemented if KPIs fall below target levels

Responsibilities and Duties

· Leverage negotiation skills, analytical acumen, and experience with RFP/RFQ management to drive selection of store delivery and line haul transportation providers.

· Provide weekly analysis and presentations to Store Operations leadership outlining performance of carriers across national markets

· Drive continuous improvement by identifying reporting and process enhancements that align to company objectives.

· Proactively identify opportunities for improvement in Transportation cost and service for stores and wholesale accounts.

· Collaborate with key PCHI stakeholders and vendor partners to meet goals and objectives, ensure data collection and reporting, and ensure commitments are communicated and met.

Skills & Competencies Required:

Leadership Competencies

Energizes Others: Has high energy and passion. Is influential, collaborative and adaptable to the needs of others.

Results Focused: Consistently among top performers; gets important things done. Puts customer first when making decisions or forming a plan.

Strategic Agility: Understands key relationships relevant to achieving short and long range objectives. Uses data, analysis and business acumen to make good decisions.

Building Partnerships: Communicates in a way to build trust and partnerships; collaborate with internal and external partners, Customer First focus.

Other Competencies

Business Acumen:

• Experience leading and implementing RFP/RFQ process, and demonstrated record of achieving cost and service improvements through bid process.
• Solid understanding of domestic transportation pricing via mode (Truckload, Less Than Truckload, Intermodal, Pool Distribution)
• 3rd Party provider management experience
• Good negotiating skills
• Strong analytical and financial analysis
• Ability to interpret business analytics reporting and derive insights/conclusions to deliver cost and service improvements.
• Ability to handle multiple issues simultaneously, with strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Operate in a continuous improvement mode, with focus on quality, cost and delivery

Problem Solving:

• Proven analytic and problem-solving skills
• Use knowledge of Supply Chain concepts to drive effective decision making that considers total Supply Chain impact (Inventory, Fulfillment, and Transportation)
• Above average skills in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint)

Scope:

• Responsible for carrier relationships, service levels and financial impact to the organization
• Partners with managers from Inventory and Fulfillment to ensure strong “connective tissue” across the Supply Chain, and makes decisions that are in the best interest of the customer.
• Directly responsible flow of goods to the stores affecting store labor and inventory
• Builds a successful pipeline of talent within Transportation, by effectively coaching and developing direct reports.

Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization
• Lead by example a continuous improvement culture and mindset

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Engineering, or Business field. MBA or related Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years working in logistics/supply chain/transportation, with demonstrated record of managing 3rd party providers
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience with pool carrier providers and modeling

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 – $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Logistics: 5 years (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Multiple locations