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AdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for our customers in a wide variety of end markets and applications that touch people's lives, such as building and construction, fertilizers, plastics, solvents, packaging, paints, coatings, adhesives, and electronics. Our reliable and sustainable supply of quality products emerges from the vertically integrated value chain of our three U.S. based manufacturing facilities. AdvanSix strives to deliver best-in-class customer experiences and differentiated products in the industries of nylon solutions, chemical intermediates, and plant nutrients, guided by our core values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability and Respect.
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Why work at AdvanSix?
• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences
Position Summary:The Logistics Leader - Truck Mode is responsible for the logistics processes, carrier identification and relationship management, including partnering across supply chain, sales, finance, manufacturing, procurement, and customer service to drive processes and systems that satisfy customers and optimize cost.
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy, implement, and execute bids and auctions with trucking logistics service providers including the support of contract negotiation strategy and execution
• Drive Freight and Distribution productivity across all business segments; lead and engage on project teams for key productivity initiatives
• Develop project plans for each of these key initiatives and use the project plans as a communication tool to track progress, schedule, issues, and hold team members accountable to deliverables
• Work closely with Finance, site logistics leaders, vendors, commercial leaders, supply chain planning, production, and use Six sigma methodology to identify productivity, cost reduction, and continuous improvement opportunities
• Develop performance metrics and dashboards and provide cost to serve data on monthly basis to commercial teams as needed/requested
• Accountable for trucking logistics vendor management and performance
• Manage the overall relationship with carriers and providers and acquire additional carriers/providers as required by business operational needs
• Investigate logistics issues and drive root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions
• Develop a clear understanding of all global dangerous goods regulations as they apply to trucking
• Support commercial teams on logistics components of strategic projects, transactional pricing, and new product introduction
• Ensure overall effectiveness of logistics operations for the business
• Proactively and efficiently escalate critical business issues to teams and leadership and facilitate the problem identification, alternatives, and decision-making process with the stakeholders
• Be a role model and mentor for peers and stakeholders in both behaviors and results

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain/logistics management, engineering, MIS, or related field
• Advanced degree preferred
• APICS, CLTD certification a plus
• Six Sigma Greenbelt certification a plus
• 7+ years of experience with demonstrated success in a number of logistics, supply chain, and/or manufacturing roles

Additional Qualifications:

• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with PowerBI and AI tools
• Excellent leadership and verbal and written communication skills
• SAP S4 HAHA experience a plus
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Experience managing people and ability to influence up, down, and across an organization
• Demonstrated analytical skills
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to build high performing teams that achieve results
• Some travel is required

The base compensation range for this role is $118,800 to $178,200.
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan.
Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer-provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer-provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.
The pay range, incentives and benefits listed above are general guidelines only and not a guarantee of total compensation or benefits. The final offer will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, the responsibilities of the job, experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the job location, applicability of a collective bargaining agreement, length of service, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on your role, business results and individual performance. All aspects of total rewards offered are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.
At AdvanSix, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past work experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
AdvanSix is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of AdvanSix about this opening. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at AdvanSix via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of AdvanSix, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by AdvanSix for this position and a valid agreement with AdvanSix is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the AdvanSix agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.