Logistics Manager, Transportation

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Position Purpose:
Develops, implements, and monitors all logistics management activities required for the timely and efficient transportation and distribution of products.

Key Responsibilities:
- Develops solutions that leverage the Company' s volumes, systems and partnerships while providing consistently high levels of customer service in a cost-effective manner.
- Identifies and prioritizes logistics needs and communicates recommendations to upper management in order to achieve efficient product distribution.
- Provides data and recommendations on product tracking, route analysis, rerouting, costing and usage alternatives.
- Advises IS and system users in the development and implementation of logistics systems improvements and changes.
- Responds to Requests for Information (RFI) from potential software vendors.
- Tests vendor software packages to identify potential shortcomings; ascertains vendors' ability to customize products to Home Depot specifications.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- Reports to Sr. Manager, Director Sr. Director or VP
- Typically requires interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations.
- Typically faces situations that are unstructured and require original approaches.
- Typically considers new courses of action within broad policies and medium-term goals when solving problems.
- Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.

Travel Requirements:
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:
- Frequent periods are spent standing or sitting in the same location with some opportunity to move about; occasionally there may be a need to stoop or lift light objects (typically less than 8 pounds).

Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
- Under regular pressure to meet deadlines, quotas and/or must frequently deal with difficult issues related to people or situations.

Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:
- No additional qualifications

Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:
- No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 5

Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None

Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None

Certifications:
- None

Competencies:
- Excellent project management skills. Demonstrated abilty to perform financial analysis. Ability to ascertain and solve problems. Strong computer skills.
- Strong communication skills.