Transportation Specialist

Transportation Specialist

The Transportation Specialist at Fresh Alliance plays a key role in coordinating freight operations, managing carrier relationships, and supporting transportation sales goals. Reporting to the Transportation and Logistics Manager, this position ensures accurate and timely shipment execution through close collaboration with transportation providers, vendors, and internal teams. Responsibilities include overseeing daily Transportation Management System (TMS) processes, maintaining the approved carrier portfolio, tracking and tracing loads, and driving process improvements to enhance operational efficiency. The Transportation Specialist also contributes to quality control efforts, including claims handling and compliance monitoring, while actively supporting sales initiatives to grow the distributor member network.

We value the impact and connection that comes from regular in-person collaboration. This candidate will work from our Suwanee, GA or Salinas, CA office with anticipated travel up to 2-3 times per year. This salary range for this position is $55,000 - $65,000. We are unable to offer work sponsorship for this role.

Fresh Alliance, a Buyers Edge Platform brand, provides procurement services to distributors and foodservice operators with over 50+ years of experience in the fresh category. They procure products directly from 100+ premium grower / shippers and fresh processors, to deliver the best in quality and price. With a commitment to freshness, streamlined logistics, and k-12 services, Fresh Alliance redefines the industry standard, delivering a comprehensive solution and leverages high performance contracts supported by a wide variety of clients. Fresh Alliance is an integral part of the Fresh Division as it directly works with both Fresh Concepts and Produce Alliance providing a direct sourcing and contracting resources to their end user customers.

Your impact :

• Coordination with Transportation Providers
• Collaborate with transportation providers to ensure timely and accurate movement of shipments.
• Review purchase orders to guarantee order accuracy.
• Verify pickup and delivery information for all shipments.
• Track and trace loads to provide real-time updates.
• Management of Transportation Management System (TMS) :
• Oversee and manage daily TMS Processes.
• Maintain and manage a portfolio of carriers within the PA approved program.
• Communication :
• Engage in continual, tactical communication with external customers (Carriers, Vendors / Suppliers) and internal customers (Channel Representatives).
• Ensure effective communication channels to address any transportation-related inquiries or issues.
• Process Development :
• Assist in the development of internal processes aimed at increasing productivity and operational efficiencies.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to streamline transportation-related workflows.
• Support for Transport Quality Activities :
• Support various Transport Quality activities, including handling claims, monitoring EDI performance, and ensuring compliance with established standards.
• Sales Goal Achievement :
• Contribute to achieving quarterly sales goals by actively selling freight services to distributor members.
• Collaborate with the sales team to identify and capitalize on opportunities for expanding the customer base.

About you :

Not sure you meet every qualification? Studies show that diverse applicants often hesitate to apply unless they check every box. At Buyers Edge Platform, we value authenticity and inclusionif you're excited about the role, we encourage you to apply. You might be exactly who we're looking for!

What's in this for you :

We welcome all.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.