Top Supply Chain & Procurement Jobs in Chicago, IL

Prices partial truckload, refrigerated LTL, and expedited freight bids using shipment data, market intelligence, historical data, and carrier feedback. Partners with Business Development and carrier teams to establish lane costs, capacity assumptions, margins, and customer pricing. Owns RFP quality control, submission, documentation, deadlines, award tracking, and process improvements while managing multiple bids.

Manages carrier relationships and daily partial-freight operations for assigned shipper accounts. Responsibilities include consolidating and planning loads, scheduling pickup and delivery appointments, tracking shipments, resolving exceptions, maintaining accurate TMS records, and supporting clean billing. The role serves as the primary day-to-day account contact and identifies new lanes and shipment volume for the sales team.

Manages Mexico cross-border and logistics operations for customer accounts, including pickup and delivery appointments, carrier communication, accessorials, awarded lanes, transloads, capacity, profitability, and KPI performance. Identifies operational improvements, resolves complex shipment issues, supports customer reviews, and collaborates with sales, carriers, and internal teams. Requires understanding of FDA and SAGARPA border processes and developing expertise in transportation markets, pricing, and brokerage.

Own pricing for partial truckload, refrigerated LTL, and expedited freight bids. Analyze shipment and market data, establish lane costs and capacity assumptions, apply margins, validate carrier capacity, and submit accurate customer RFPs on deadline. Partner with Business Development, carrier sales, and strategy teams while tracking bid outcomes and improving pricing tools and processes.