Section Leader Transportation Strategy and Planning

The Section Leader Transportation Strategy and Planning oversees the APS Transportation Strategy and Planning department in forecasting the Company's transportation needs by developing and maintaining a long-range forecast, fleet standards and operating metrics, and by evaluating emerging technologies in the industry.

• Bachelor's degree in Business or other job-related field from an accredited college or university plus five (5) years relevant experience in transportation, automotive technology and/or financial analysis.
• In lieu of bachelor's degree, a combination of college coursework and experience in transportation, automotive technology and/or financial analysis equaling nine (9) years is required.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

• Knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations related to the Transportation industry.
• Exposure to equipment operations, vehicle design, and automotive technology issues.
• Strong verbal and written communication, negotiation, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of financial accounting, forecasting and business analysis.
• Experience in process improvement and automation.
• Working knowledge of computer software applications (e.g., spreadsheets, database management, word processing).

1) Manages day-to-day activities by providing leadership and direction to team members in the Transportation Strategy and Planning department.Lead and mentor staff by coaching employees, communicating feedback on performance, providing appropriate training, developing new practices, improving productivity and processes to achieve continuous improvement objectives.

2) Develops annual transportation vehicle and equipment long-range forecast and replacement cycles.

3) Supervises the development and maintenance of the fleet standards that will be used during the procurement process for Company vehicles and equipment.Ensures transportation standards are safe, appropriate and cost effective.Interfaces with internal customers to ensure the fleet standards align with business needs and cost constraints.

4) Directs operational aspects of the equipment management information systems to develop fleet replacement cycles and internal customer budget reports to ensure alignment and visibility into fleet cost drivers.

5) Develops and maintains fleet operational metrics to provide transparency into fleet performance.Creates and maintains fleet service level agreements and interfaces with senior management to ensure fleet costs are aligned with service level expectations.Performs industry benchmarking (i.e., performance, financial, cost and service level) to determine best in class; assists Transportation in the development of internal and external reporting.

6) Partners with business units and other Transportation departments to optimize processes and support department-wide process improvements.

7) Manages department expenditure, budgets and resources.Provides leadership to ensure department safety, environmental and regulatory activities are completed.

8) Manages operations of outside Travel Agency to assure the Corporate travel needs are met according to company policy.