Transportation Supervisor

Transportation Supervisor

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer  

Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide. 

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment.  As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About The Role

Essity is looking for an experienced Transportation Supervisor (Lead for Central Planning Team known as "Smart Hub"). The key purpose of the role is to organize and manage transport planning and outsourced warehousing, meeting service level agreements and main KPIs. The role supervises a team of transportation professionals, overseeing the day-to-day execution of load planning and some outsourced WH operations for North American manufacturing sites.  Ensuring planning best practices are achieved to deliver efficient, reliable, cost effective, transportation solutions for Essity customers and stakeholders.

This role will be based in our Service Excellence Center in Appleton, WI.

We’re looking for people who embody our values, aren’t afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We’re always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we’d love to talk.  

What You Will Do

• Coordinate Smart Hub (Central Transport Planning Team) resources and workloads
• Lead Smart Hub for transport planning and execution to deliver service level agreement
• Proactive advise about improvements on transport planning scope for the region, i.e. exclusion of lanes, simulation of new scenarios, optimization projects
• Manage relationship with different stakeholders, Customer Service, Logistics, RDM, Transport Coordinator, Transportation Manager, etc.
• Serve as a single point of contact for operational issues and escalate if required
• Create a seamless and satisfying internal and external customer experience for all interactions with the Smart Hub
• Review key reports to identify and act on performance trends and provide input to RDM and Transportation Manager
• Total employment responsibility: planning-team: initial scope 1 person, with some growth likely

Who You Are

• 3+ years experience in Transport Planning and Execution, and Managed Service management;
• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred but not required;
• Diverse Professional Transportation knowledge and Supply Chain Management skills;
• Strong analytical and business oriented;
• Negotiation and interpersonal skills, for people management and workforce organization;
• Ability to manage and meet deadlines and multi-task daily activities;
• Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills;
• Experience with SAP and/or other Transportation Management Systems.

What We Can Offer You 

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. 

Compensation And Benefits:

Expected Compensation

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits 

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.  

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits: 

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance 
• Wellness program provided through Rally  
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) 
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution 
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance 
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays 
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.   

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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Job Requisition Id:

Essity256801