Sr. Transportation Specialist

Position Summary

Position Summary

To help lead the Corporate Logistics & Transportation Department with implementing transportation strategies, leveraging technology tools, and collaborating across teams to solve complex transportation challenges.

Responsibilities

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Position will directly report to the manager – North America Logistics & Transportation. This position will have frequent global interaction with all levels of Parker employees, suppliers and customers for air, ocean and international shipments.

Spend: This role manages $100 million in spend

Your Role

• Lead logistics support for assigned groups and divisions, ensuring alignment with Parker’s overall Win Strategy
• Manage transportation activities across multiple modes internationally, overseeing a freight spend exceeding $100M
• Manage and resolve any logistics issues or invoicing requests for international providers
• Administer the outsourced freight payment program for assigned groups and transportation modes
• Support freight audit, payment, and reporting processes, internationally
• Drive the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the global Transportation Management System (TMS)
• Lead transportation technology initiatives, including NMFC, SMC3, and API integrations
• Conduct benchmarking studies using leading industry tools (e.g. Drewry, Xeneta) to optimize transportation performance
• Support the pricing negotiations for international freight contracts
• Manage and contribute to various logistics projects and continuous improvement efforts

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Supply Chain Management or related field, Advanced degree (MBA preferred)
• 3 years of progressive experience in transportation or logistics within a manufacturing or supply chain environment
• Demonstrated ability to exceed performance expectations and deliver results
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
• Proven negotiation skills and experience managing vendor relationships
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and data visualization tools such as Power BI
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities
• Self-starter with strong initiative, assertiveness, and a customer-focused mindset
• Collaborative team player with experience working in a matrixed organizational structure
• Preferred: Industry certifications such as APICS, CSCMP, or equivalent

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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