North America Regional Transportation Manager

HP
  • Houston, Texas
    5 days ago

    Job Description

    North America Regional Transportation Manager

    Description -

    Job Summary:


    This role is responsible for leading the design and execution of HP's North America domestic surface transportation network across Full Truckload (FTL), Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), and specialized delivery services. The position plays a critical role in implementing a new Transportation Management System (TMS) in partnership with RMS (formerly C.H. Robinson) and in optimizing carrier relationships and performance through data-driven decision-making, cost control, and service excellence.

     

    Key Responsibilities:

     

    • TMS Implementation Support:
      Partner with the Business Manager to support the deployment of HP’s new TMS solution in collaboration with RMS (formerly C.H. Robinson). Drive configuration, testing, and integration activities to ensure a successful implementation aligned with business needs.
    • Domestic Surface Transportation Network Management:
      • Full Truckload (FTL) & Intermodal (IMD):
        Collaborate closely with RMS to design and scale a robust FTL and IMD transportation network to support evolving business requirements.
      • Less-Than-Truckload (LTL):
        Manage relationships and performance with HP’s primary LTL partners (FedEx Freight, Expeditors International, Tazmanian Freight Systems). Oversee Ryder-managed LTL operations (e.g., Estes as an Amazon-preferred carrier).
        Lead efforts to identify and integrate regional LTL carriers into HP’s Greenfield initiative, transitioning from 21 DCs to 3 mega hubs.
      • White Glove Delivery:
        Oversee specialized delivery services for sensitive business segments (e.g., MPS, Indigo, Scitex). Manage relationships with white glove providers, including Expeditors, Tazmanian, CRST Specialized, TriAd, and Metro/SCI (Canada).
    • Procurement & Carrier Relationship Management:
      Act as the primary business owner of all NA carrier relationships (FedEx, UPS, Expeditors, Tazmanian, Ryder, etc.). Lead operational negotiations and partner with Procurement on cost-related initiatives to ensure competitiveness and service alignment.
    • Strategic Carrier Partnerships:
      Maintain and grow long-standing, strategic relationships with key partners. Oversee two Global Account Managers (GAMs) dedicated to managing our highest-priority carriers: Expeditors and FedEx.
    • Customer Experience & Operational Metrics (TCE):
      Own and report on Total Customer Experience (TCE) metrics. Identify root causes of service failures and provide weekly performance insights and improvement plans to senior leadership.
    • Cost Management & Visibility:
      Maintain a comprehensive understanding of transportation costs and cost drivers across all service lines. Develop and execute cost containment strategies to support budget goals.

     

    Qualifications:

     

    • 7+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, or supply chain management.
    • Strong carrier management and contract negotiation experience.
    • Data-driven decision-making skills and experience managing operational KPIs.
    • Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

     

    Pay & Benefits

     

    The pay range for this role is $93,400 to $143,800 USD annually with additional

    opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

    States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

    knowledge, skills, and experience.

     

    Benefits:

    HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

    • Health insurance
    • Dental insurance
    • Vision insurance
    • Long term/short term disability insurance
    • Employee assistance program
    • Flexible spending account
    • Life insurance
    • Generous time off policies, including;
    • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
    • 11 paid holidays
    • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
    • US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/

     

    The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

    posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

    with or without notice, subject to applicable law.


    Job -

    Supply Chain & Operations

    Schedule -

    Full time

    Shift -

    No shift premium (United States of America)

    Travel -

    25%

    Relocation -

    Not Specified

    Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

    HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).

    Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.

    For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal"

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, Texas

    Skills

    • Alliance/Partner Managementunmatched
    • Budgetingunmatched
    • Cargo/Freightunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Contract Negotiationunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Experienceunmatched
    • Dental Insuranceunmatched
    • Disability Insuranceunmatched
    • Distributed Control Systems (DCS)unmatched
    • Employee Assistance Planunmatched
    • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)unmatched
    • Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
    • Flexible Spending Accountsunmatched
    • Geneticsunmatched
    • Hewlett-Packard Product Familyunmatched
    • Hubsunmatched
    • Integration Testingunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Less Than Truckload (LTL)unmatched
    • Life Insuranceunmatched
    • Logisticsunmatched
    • Medical Conditionsunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Network Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Network Supportunmatched
    • Operations Managementunmatched
    • Performance Managementunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
    • Relationship Managementunmatched
    • Root Cause Analysisunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Sales/Support Engineering (SE)unmatched
    • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
    • Supply Chain Managementunmatched
    • Supply Chain Operationsunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Vision Planunmatched

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