Summary:
This position assists the Transportation group in managing multiple aspects of Sunoco's relationship with our third-party carrier partners. This involves negotiating freight rates, demand planning for carrier usage and assisting in resolving outstanding financial issues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
* Negotiate freight rates with third party carriers. Track freight rates and adjustments
* Track carrier incidents such as cross-drops and spills and report to HES group monthly
* Assist with collection of money owed to Sunoco because of incidents. Report monthly on current balances
* Provide freight rates for new business opportunities in Salesforce
* Work with Sales Reps on freight rates for prospective dealers
* Provide freight rates and carriers for ethanol and bio diesel movements
* Assist with holiday planning by determining additional carrier needs, days and shifts, for upcoming holidays.
* Update freight rates as needed for dealers whose actual load volumes are different than anticipated
* Sign up new carriers as needed in support of Sunoco's expanding footprint
* Maintain solid working relationships with third party carriers
* Develop and maintain third party carrier scorecard for evaluating carrier performance
* Support Sunoco transmix business with carrier help as needed
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
* 8+ years of experience in the petroleum logistics field
* Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
* The ability to prioritize work requirements within tight, concurrent deadlines
* Travel is required in this position, ability to remotely cover emails/phone calls while traveling.
Preferred
* Bachelor's degree in Business/Logistics or related field
* Functional knowledge related to commercial petroleum operations including product supply and scheduling.
* Functional knowledge of petroleum product pricing