Logistics Administrator: IV (Lead)

Job Title: Logistics Administrator: IV (Lead)Location: Lincoln, NEDuration: Contract – 3 monthsAvailable Shift: Monday - Friday onsite - 8am-5pm Potential overtime during harvest season, so must be open to working some OT hours. Essential Responsibilities: Support enterprise transportation carrier management strategy through rate negotiations, relationship management, capacity management, shipment execution, truck carrier segmentation and overall spend management.Negotiate rates with carriers, maximize load pairing (backhauls) and value creation across product lines in a collaborative manner with other transportation team members.Independently analyze current transportation operations practices to resolve process and cost improvement opportunities.Will work under general supervision and independently solve issues.Negotiate rates and contract terms, ensuring rates paid for transportation services are competitive and executed in the best interestServe as subject matter expert on transportation markets and rates.Ensure that all third-party transportation relationships are profitable and accretive to business unit earnings. Other duties as assigned Systems and Data: Monitor carrier performance/KPI’s and take corrective action to reverse negative trends and maintain required service levels to meet both client and customer expectations.Update TMS (Master Mind), internal documents/spreadsheets, databases and systems for contracts, freight rates, and volume estimates, customer information and resolve any truck freight invoice issues to ensure accurate payments to third party truck carriers. Nice to have: Grain commodity trading experience