Job Description

Global Logistics Manager

Position - Global Logistics Manager - Freight Payment

Job Location - Bangalore

Position Description:

The Global Logistics Freight Payment Manager is responsible for managing the global team and overseeing the payment of carrier freight invoices for Asia, EMEA, and the Americas Region using the freight payment module in SAP and the Transportation Management System (TMS). This team also enables the Freight procurement team to optimize freight portfolio through data analysis capability development.

Accountabilities:

- Manage a team of 25-30 employees including direct report staff of both direct employees and contingent employees

- Oversee freight pay and audit process including accruals for domestic and international transportation for various transportation modes including air, ocean, truck and rail

- Drive Key KPI\'s including, on-time payment, freight payment match %, carrier billing accuracy.

- Implement the internal freight pay audit process driving towards 100% global overage

- Coordinate the on-boarding of new carriers onto the payment process

- Interface with 3PL payment provider in the Americas providing cost center coding rules and payment inquiry support

- Manage relationship with external VAN provider of EDI services

- Troubleshoot and drive issue resolution regarding freight pay and audit errors

- Improve timeliness and accuracy of carrier payments

- Improve accuracy of monthly accrual processes, simplifying process where applicable

- Standardize all freight payment process utilized, reducing the current exception processing

- Oversee the loading of new and updated carrier rate cards into the TMS for various modes of transportation

- Oversee employees reviewing US customer carrier routing guides and maintaining carrier determination tables in SAP PR2 and PH1

- Support all financial audit requests related to internal audit of freight payments

- Support Business Unit requests for freight spend analytics, Journal entries, and freight accruals.

- Maintain and update all polices and procedures for the payment process

- Implement RPA tool for repetitive audit and coding tasks.

- Drive and complete other projects as assigned.

Position Qualifications/Competencies - Required:

- Strong leadership, people management record preferred

- Bachelor\'s degree in Business, Logistics, Accounting OR equivalent experience and knowledge required.

- Minimum of 6-12 years working experience in Logistics industry

- Accounts payable, payment processing, EDI project management, System integration experience are considered as plus

- Ability to effectively manage and large team of employees, promote teamwork, and drive efficiencies

- Excellent attention to details, strong communication and organizational skills.

- Strong focus on compliance

- Ingenuity and the ability to solve issues independently or in collaboration with others.

- Ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financial information and files

- Ability to travel approximately 5-10%, possible international

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