Commercial Transportation Manager

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

As the Commercial Transportation Manager, you will be responsible for implementing and driving the success of our procurement model and for fostering collaboration and improvement efforts for Alcoa production locations for transportation and logistics.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low carbon technologies. You have the power to shape things to make them better.

Alcoa is seeking a dynamic and strategic Commercial Transportation Manager based in Rotterdam.
Reporting directly to the EMEA Transportation and Logistics Manager, this role is accountable for effectively coordinating commercial transportation activities related to supplier sourcing as well as defining and implementing strategies for several transportation modes (road, barge, rail, container, port operations and warehousing).

Responsibilities:

• Define and implement the Transportation category strategies, utilizing Strategic Sourcing processes, tools and policies.
• Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop Total Cost Ownership (TCO) models to identify improvement opportunities.
• Negotiate contracts ensuring the most beneficial commercial agreements with suppliers in line with the strategy.  
• Develop competitive bidding processes (E-auctions, Gain events…) as well as supporting ad-hoc negotiations.
• Develop long-term contract governance to increase productivity, reduce cost and upgrade IT communication.
• Manage the relationship with various stakeholders to integrate category plans and outcomes in local budgets and price planning.
• Improve customer value through faster response to key customers’ changing logistics needs.
• Provide support to Global Transportation projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or Transportation and Logistics Management/ Supply Chain (or regional equivalent),
• Equivalent industry experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ Supply Chain experience or 5 years in a relevant industry.

Requirements:

• Transportation market and Commercial background.
• Broad transportation, logistic and inventory control knowledge.
• Demonstrated successful use of Project Management skills.
• Previous managerial experience.
• Leadership experience.
• Proven experience in negotiations.
• Strategies development experience.
• Knowledge of transportation regulatory requirements and pricing strategies.
• Occasional Travel to suppliers and locations will be required.
• Fluency in English.

Skills:

• Microsoft Suite and Power BI knowledge, SAP/Finance system knowledge.
• An outgoing personality with the ability to cultivate relationships with suppliers and stakeholders.
• Public Speaking/ Presentation creation for Senior management.
• Rich knowledge and experience of chartering would be an asset.
• Dutch/Spanish language would be an asset.

About the Location

Alcoa is an international company with multiple locations and joint ventures across six continents. Wherever you choose to join us, you'll be joining a global team committed to advancing sustainability and delivering excellence and innovation. As industry pioneers, we are redefining what it means to be a sustainable aluminum company, bridging the journey from mines to metal.

We are values led, vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real progress.  Our commitments to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe, respectful and inclusive of all individuals, free from discrimination, bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate. 

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work, be your authentic self, and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career! 

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.