Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company · 1 day ago
International Traffic Manager
Grand Rapids, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expKnape & Vogt Manufacturing Company is seeking an International Traffic Manager responsible for the distribution, movement, and storage of supplies and materials. The role focuses on optimizing the Asia Pacific supply chain and driving process improvements while ensuring effective logistics decisions in collaboration with various departments.
Building MaterialIndustrialManufacturingWarehousing
Responsibilities
Focus on the Asia Pacific supply chain delivery, routes, containers, expedited, and consolidated freight
Responsible for day-to-day ocean shipment processes globally and drayage domestically, acting as the lead, coordinating, and facilitating decisions that keep freight continuously moving
Coach on execution toward KPI’s and hold our business partners accountable for high performance
Own tactical relationships with global logistics partners
Provide input into the department strategy plan and cascade the execution across the organization
Define, plan, and execute mid-size projects to improve the existing business and set the stage for future growth. This includes partnership changes (i.e., ocean and drayage changes) and evaluating and rebidding freight routes
Perform freight analysis, carrier metrics, and establish budgeting guidelines
Drive and support the annual bid processes for ocean and drayage; is tasked with developing, improving, and maintaining the bid files, keeping up with industry standards, associated communications, obtaining rate quotes from carriers, arranging, and analyzing all areas of the bids, providing insight, and making recommendations for approval
Define reporting requirements, such as rate impact analysis, root cause analysis, and performance reporting, to support recommendations
Evaluate performance against KV’s organizational goals (or KPIs), including performance vs budget, on-time performance; recommend, implement, and execute strategies to improve KPI’s
Drive continuous improvement through all areas of responsibility, internal and external
Build relationships with team members and external customers to work through supply chain issues
Support the strategic sourcing team with special projects and assignments
Drive organizational effectiveness and excellence through developing processes, leading teams, enabling a highly motivated work environment, and creating innovative approaches for improvement
Coach and develop others to ensure organizational success; identify talent and provide opportunities to learn and grow; recognize great performance; provide ongoing feedback; address performance issues decisively and quickly
Responsibility for overseeing Trade Compliance and managing associates as necessary
Assist with selecting and obtaining fleet drivers and equipment
Publish and present metrics on logistics performance
Qualification
Required
5 years of Supply Chain and/or logistics-related experience in a manufacturing environment including managing business partners and contracts
3 years working with Asia Pacific supply chain and Asian culture
extensive experience in international trade
previous experience in a leadership or supervisory role
Bachelor's Degree in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain/Sourcing, or related field
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite and databases
ERP Systems
Transportation Management System(s)
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Company
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
A privately held company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, Knape & Vogt is a global leader specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of functional hardware, office and healthcare ergonomics and storage-related components for original equipment manufacturers, specialty distributors, hardware chains and major home centers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2006-08-28Acquired
Leadership Team
John Montigny
President & CEO
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