Transportation Excellence Lead

Your Job:  As the Transportation Excellence Lead at Brooks, you are responsible for designing, optimizing, and scaling Brooks’ global transportation network to support business growth, cost efficiency, and service excellence. You will serve as the subject matter expert for global transportation strategy, systems, and process design.  You will be responsible for translating E2E business strategy into scalable operating models, systems, and partner strategies across ocean, rail, and trucking networks. You will interface Supply Chain Excellence, IT, Market Supply Planning, Sourcing, Customer Service, and other cross-functional teams to align Transportation processes, standards, and systems with broader Supply Chain and enterprise goals. You will drive operational, analytical, and project decisions by establishing financial and strategic guardrails, resolving issues independently, and escalating for sponsorship when required. You possess strong analytical expertise, the ability to operate in ambiguous environments, and the capability to design and implement solutions that scale with Brooks’ global growth. You will collaborate with other  subject matter experts to construct business cases with clearly defined requirements and financial analyses  including calculated returns on investment (ROI). For business cases that evolve into projects, you will represent Transportation in the planning and analysis, design, testing, and implementation phases. You may also assist with documenting business processes, business rules for data, and organizational roles and responsibilities. Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $104,217 - $156,325 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  Other: Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families! Benefits - Including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance. Paid Time Off - Brooks offers generous time off, including five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, and paid sick and parental leave. Bonus - In addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance. Perks - Including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.  Location - You will spend 4 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.