Transportation Consultant

About the role
As a Transportation Consultant, Transportation & Logistics, you will make an impact by blending deep domain expertise and hands on product leadership to drive outcomes across complex logistics environments. You will be a valued member of the Manufacturing & Logistics team and work collaboratively with the primary product team, stakeholders and clients.
In this role, you will
• Lead Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) initiatives to improve speed, quality, and reliability across the product development process.
• Own product design strategies to align with business goals and customer needs in transportation & logistics.
• Analyze market signals and customer feedback, translating insights into requirements, features, and tradeoffs.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog; translate strategy into actionable user stories and sprintable work; maintain transparent roadmaps.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and business to embed transportation & logistics knowledge into product decisions.
• Define and oversee product availability testing; establish reliability standards and test protocols; partner with QA for execution.
• Facilitate workshops/training on product management and logistics concepts; uplevel team capability.
• Establish compliance practices aligned to industry norms and client standards; partner with QA/UAT on test plans and sign off.
• Drive continuous improvement through metrics, instrumentation, and feedback loops to optimize product performance.
• Communicate progress, risks, and decisions to stakeholders; maintain alignment to business objectives.

Work Model
This position requires 3 to 4 days a week in a client office in Jersey City, NJ OR Alpharetta, GA.
What you must have to be considered
• 10+ years of extensive experience in product management, including backlog ownership and roadmap stewardship.
• Strong background in transportation & logistics industry domain (e.g., Transportation Planning, Execution, Warehousing, Distribution, etc.). Experience in Courier, Express and Parcel (CEP) domain is preferred.
• Demonstrated success collaborating across cross functional teams and operating in hybrid work models.
• Proven expertise in product availability/reliability testing (test strategy, protocols, pass/fail criteria, defect analytics).
• Fluency with data analytics for product performance (KPIs, dashboards, cohort analysis); decision making grounded in data.
• Track record of continuous improvement and measurable productivity gains.

These will help you succeed
• Familiarity with logistics subdomains (Transportation Management, Warehousing & Distribution, Courier/Express/Parcel (CEP), Freight Forwarding, Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Management, Cold Chain Logistics, Customs & Compliance, and Technology & Integration (TMS/WMS, EDI/API, IoT)
• Prior consulting experience in Transportation & Logistics industry; stakeholder engagement with operational leaders.

Top Skills:
1. Expert in Transportation Management Systems.
2. Supply Chian experience in Manufacturing, Retail or Client.
3. Strong communication skills
4. Package TMS software implementation experience.