Job Description Summary
The Manager of Logistics Freight Audit & Payment Operations will lead a high-performing team responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant freight invoice processing across global logistics operations. This role will oversee carrier onboarding and management, resolve payment discrepancies, and maintain invoice integrity across freight audit systems. The ideal candidate will bring strategic leadership, financial acumen, operational rigor, project management, and a continuous improvement mindset to optimize freight spend and support enterprise logistics goals.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee end-to-end freight invoice validation and resolution processes.
- Collaborate with finance and logistics teams to ensure timely and accurate payments inclusive of financial accrual and statement of account support.
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies, disputes, and exceptions with carriers and internal stakeholders.
- Manage onboarding and setup of new carriers in freight audit and payment systems.
- Maintain carrier master data and ensure compliance with contractual terms.
- Partner with procurement and logistics teams to support carrier performance reviews.
- Ensure business rule logic data accuracy across audit platforms, ERP systems, and reporting tools.
- Monitor and improve data flows between logistics, finance, and carrier systems.
- Lead initiatives to automate and streamline freight audit processes.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Support internal and external audits with documentation and process transparency.
- Lead and develop a team of freight audit and payment specialists across regions.
- Establish performance metrics and drive accountability for operational excellence.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional projects to enhance freight audit and payment operations.
- Define project scope, timelines, and deliverables aligned with logistics and finance goals.
- Coordinate with IT, finance, and supply chain teams to implement system upgrades, process improvements, and compliance initiatives.
- Track project milestones and report progress to senior leadership.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- 7+ years of experience in logistics, freight audit, finance, or payment operations.
- Experience leading and managing cross-functional or global teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Supply Chain, Finance, Business, or related field
- Proven leadership experience managing cross-functional or global teams.
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency in freight audit platforms and ERP systems.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
Additional Information
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No