**At BASF,** we create chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, we are building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world’s leading chemical company, we help our customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation. We provide a challenging and rewarding work environment with a strong emphasis on process safety, as well as the safety of our employees and the communities we operate in and are always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development. **_Where the Chemistry Happens_** **Transportation & 3PL Manager - Charlotte, NC** As a member of the EDN Supply Chain leadership, you will be essential to both daily operational success and our strategic initiatives. This role will direct a team of supply chain analysts and leverage multiple internal and 3rd party service platforms to ensure operational and business success. The role spans truck, rail, and marine modes of transportation plus internal and 3rd party vendor services (warehouses, terminals, transloaders, etc.) for our North America business with multiple production facilities in North America and imports/exports with BASF affiliates and customers globally. The Transportation and Distribution team’s primary responsibility is to ensure logistics services are aligned with cost targets as required to satisfy our operational and customer requirements. This success is ensured through distribution network setup and planning, service level agreements, budgeting and cost management, and business alignment. As the leader, you have responsibility to identify and implement strategic change relative to network optimization, vendor selection and management, digitalization, process changes and team skill development. The Manager’s leadership is critical to facilitate a Continuous Improvement approach to our activities and ultimately impact our Customer Experience success. **_Formula for Success:_** Leveraging your education in Supply Chain, Logistics, IT/IS, Engineering, or related field, you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Transportation and Distribution team to enable business performance and operational success. Delivering experience and knowledge with logistics planning and operations, you will ensure the success of our service level expectations, supply reliability and contingencies strategies, and adherence to cost targets while utilizing SAP ERP, Cost Management and Analytical tools (PowerBI), and supplemental informational/transactional systems. Through a strong strategic focus and relationship management skills, you will work cross-functionally with operations, commercial leadership, sales, controlling, and service platforms to assess and propose strategic process changes and/or asset investments which ensure our supply capabilities and reliability relative to capacity management, safety, vendor operations, business continuity and growth initiatives. Develop and adhere to a Continuous Improvement mindset and principles supported through analytics, reporting and analysis to drive improvements in supply chain processes, capabilities, flexibility, reliability, and financial performance (i.e. Asset Effectiveness, DR, NCMs, Working Capital, Costs). Acting as a driver for change, you will identify and implement initiatives aligned with our digital roadmap and strategy to improve our process and team effectiveness and efficiency. This includes implementation and value extraction from systems such as SAP ERP, OMP Integrated Planning and network modeling, logistics track/trace systems, process mining and Power Apps systems. Demonstrating your leadership, you will play a critical role in people & team development by establishing an inclusive and high-performance team culture through the setting of targets and objectives, providing coaching and feedback, encouraging team input and innovation, supporting skill and knowledge building, and motivating talent to reach their full potential With advanced presentation skills, utilize data analysis, process expertise and situational awareness to compile and present precise conclusions and recommendations to the broader supply chain, business team, service platforms, 3rd party service providers both regionally and globally. **What we Look for in You:** _Education_ + Bachelor’s degree in business or related field with 5+ years of Supply Chain experience or 10+ years Transportation industry equivalent experience. _Experience_ + Supply Chain experience in a transportation environment + Transportation experience in over the road transportation services; FTL, LTL and Bulk + Transportation related strategy design and implementation + Creating and tracking transportation KPI’s + Working with customers to improve their overall transportation services _Knowledge/Skills_ + _Clear and timely communications_ + _Aggressive and Entrepreneurial Problem solving_ + _Transportation industry understanding with all modes_ + _Cost conscious mindset_ + _Continuous improvement mindset_ **_Create Your Own Chemistry: What We Offer You_** Adding value to our customers begins with adding value to you. You@BASF is the suite of benefits, perks, programs and unique opportunities we offer to support you—the whole you—in all stages of your life and career. With you@BASF, you create your own chemistry. The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans, to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career. BASF provides interesting and challenging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your job. #dispersionsresins&additives