**Summary of Position** • To support and maintain carrier relationships to ensure successful negotiation and consumption of carrier services, providing the lowest landed cost of North American goods to an exceptional service standard • Represent the inbound transportation team to the larger organization to ensure optimal collaboration to support new and evolving vendor programs, sales goals and budget fluctuations • Work closely with the DC Management, Outbound Transportation Operations, Replenishment and Buying staff, Carriers and the Inbound functional teams to optimize inbound transportation **Principal Duties and Responsibilities** • Effectively communicate and implement all domestic inbound transportation programs, procedures and policies as negotiated with carriers • Collaborate with the buying staff to support negotiation of favorable freight terms with suppliers • Utilize available data and information to creatively solution and recommend inbound transportation strategies to improve cost and service levels • Facilitate and implement programs with buyers and vendors • Execute reports to evaluate and continually improve the performance of the inbound carrier base by assessing and managing each carrier’s overall support of Dollar Tree • Continuously research emerging and existing supply chain strategies for incorporation into current DT / FD carrier consumption processes • Participate in budget development and budget reporting, to include the monthly P&L • Collaborate with finance determine project ROI’s and budget; ensuring carrier and merchant activities occur within the bounds of the annual and monthly budget • Support operational disaster recovery to ensure business continuity • Represent transportation relations in business meetings • Organize and prioritize workload and tasks to ensure proper flow of information • Complete other various assignments, as required **Minimum Requirements/Qualifications** • Bachelor’s degree with a major in business, logistics or finance is preferred; or equivalent work experience • Two to three years of transportation experience • Working knowledge of LTL, truckload and intermodal operations, third party dedicated fleet management, industry contracts and vernacular • Extensive computer skills, to include Excel, Word and Outlook, with the aptitude to learn new applications as needed • Must possess qualities of integrity, discretion and strong ethics • Ability to conceive, develop and implement new ideas, procedures and processes • Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally • Ability to work will with people at different levels within and outside of the company • Flexibility to travel **Desired Qualifications** • Experience in retail industry and/or large transportation company • Previous transportation work experience with a multi-billion dollar organization This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, as they may be amended or added to as needed Dollar Tree and Family Dollar are Equal Opportunity employers.