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Linehaul Strategy & Operations Lead (SPX Express)

5-10 Years
  • Posted 15 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Description:

  • Own end-to-end linehaul transportation across sorting centers, hubs, and distribution points, ensuring reliable movement of parcels and achievement of service-level targets.
  • Design and continuously optimize transportation routes, schedules, frequencies, and network configurations to improve speed, reliability, and overall efficiency.
  • Forecast transportation demand and develop short- and long-term capacity plans, including peak/campaign periods, to ensure sufficient fleet capacity while maintaining cost efficiency.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce transportation cost, improve truck utilization/load factor, minimize empty runs, and improve cost per parcel/trip.
  • Establish and monitor key Linehaul KPIs including on-time departure/arrival, transit time, truck utilization, capacity utilization, SLA achievement, and transportation cost.
  • Manage transportation partners and 3PL vendors, including capacity commitment, performance evaluation, service quality, cost, and operational compliance.
  • Lead cross-functional improvement projects to solve operational bottlenecks, streamline transportation processes, and improve network productivity and scalability.
  • Develop operational plans for major campaigns and unexpected disruptions, ensuring network stability and business continuity.
  • Analyze operational and transportation data to identify performance gaps, root causes, and opportunities for network improvement.
  • Partner closely with Sorting Center, First Mile, Last Mile, Operations Planning, Procurement, Finance, BI/Data, and other stakeholders to drive end-to-end network performance.
  • Lead and develop the Linehaul team, establish clear priorities and performance expectations, and drive strong execution across the network.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or above in Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related fields.
  • 5-10 years of experience in transportation, linehaul, middle mile, logistics network, fleet management, or related areas.
  • Strong experience in transportation/network planning, capacity planning, route optimization, and operational performance management.
  • Experience managing 3PL/carrier/vendor partners and transportation costs.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate data into operational actions.
  • Proven experience leading process improvement, cost optimization, or logistics transformation projects.
  • Experience in e-commerce, express delivery, 3PL, retail distribution, or large-scale logistics networks is highly preferred.
  • Strong stakeholder management and team leadership capabilities.

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