Highlights
Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities. Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Deerfield, IL |
| Industry | Retail |
| Salary | $125,000–$218,750 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.walgreens.com/ |
Description
Senior Manager, Inbound Transportation
Address: 106 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-05123-01106-2
Job ID 1907396BR
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Job Summary:
Responsible for managing the inbound transportation team and the consolidation network here at Walgreens. This role will serve as the lead in protecting cost and service within Walgreens inbound carrier network in addition to leading our growing consolidation network. This position will work closely with senior leadership internally, and our external carrier network to ensure needs are being fulfilled on time and in full.
Responsibilities:
- Manage 70,000 shipments a year with 100M+ in carrier spend across FTL and LTL
- Leads strategy across consolidation, tech and inbound operations.
- Manage on-time performance and financial KPI's
- Collaborate with sourcing in carrier sourcing activities
- Develop carrier scorecard and carrier QBR's
- Responsible for routing guide management within TMS
- Ensures the development of innovative approaches, processes, and solutions that support department strategies. Implements strategic policies when selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Erroneous decisions will result in critical delays in schedules and/or unit operations and may jeopardize overall business activities.
- Interacts regularly with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas and or stakeholders. Requires the ability to adapt to change, or gain acceptance from others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship.
- Creates and fosters a collaborative environment within the Transportation Team, focused on engagement, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Owns measurements of all Key-Performance Indicators and works to highlight site-specific opportunities and leads course-correction activities for improvement.
- Champions company initiatives, connecting efforts to company vision and purpose and driving increased engagement.
- Monitors industry trends, best practices, and regulatory issues as they relate to Transportation and shares learnings, as appropriate, with direct reports and peers.
- Develops and mentors through on-boarding, open communication, training, and development opportunities.
About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor''s Degree and at least 4 years of experience in a supply chain or business role OR a High School/GED plus 7 years of experience in a supply chain or business role.
- At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace
- At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
- Willing to travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA/Masters Degree
- APICS CSCP Certification
- At least 5 years of experience managing 3rd party relationships
- Managed a network with a minimum of 200M in freight spend
- Minimum of 3+ years of managing a consolidation network
- Infios (formerly Mercury Gate) experience
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
The Salary below is being provided to promote pay transparency and equal employment opportunities at Walgreens. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors. This role will remain open until filled. To review benefits, please click here jobs.walgreens.com/benefits. If you are applying on a job board or unable to click on the link, please copy and paste this URL into your browser jobs.walgreens.com/benefits
Salary Range: $125000 - $218750 / Salaried
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About Company
Founded over a century ago in 1901, we have a rich and colorful history of continuous improvement and innovation at Walgreens. From inventing the world’s first chocolate malted milkshake to the creation of one of the most popular and sophisticated mobile applications in retail shopping today, we have transformed ourselves into a leader within the retail and drug industry.
Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., the first global pharmacy-led, health well being enterprise.
At Walgreens you'll find a team positively energized by the unique talents, ideas, experiences and aspirations of every individual. In other words, you can be your authentic self in our stores, offices and other workplaces, and be comfortable and confident that what matters most here is doing your best to make health and well-being within reach for everyone on a daily basis.
Walgreens has a proud legacy of valuing diversity and fostering inclusion more than 100 years-strong, and we're still living that commitment. We intend to be recognized as a “Next Practices” company for diversity and inclusion – one whose cultures, people, perspectives and workplaces reflect the current and future customers we serve while delivering superior business performance.
Walgreens has over 9,500 stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.