Parcel Logistics Sourcing Intelligence Manager

What You Will Do

Parcel Logistics Sourcing Intelligence

• Own sourcing intelligence for global parcel, courier, express, and service parts logistics.
• Build shipment, lane, service-level, and market benchmarks for RFQs and negotiations.
• Analyze carrier pricing structures, service offerings, network capabilities, transit performance, and market competitiveness.
• Support sourcing strategies across global integrators, regional parcel carriers, express providers, and specialized service parts logistics suppliers.

RFQ & Negotiation Analytics

• Support RFIs, RFQs, renegotiations, and carrier reviews with pricing, scenario, and cost analysis.
• Partner with sourcing leads to strengthen negotiations through fact-based targets, market intelligence, and commercial sensitivity analysis.
• Evaluate supplier proposals across pricing, service, coverage, technology, and performance.
• Analyze carrier commercial models such as earned discounts, tiered pricing, incentives, rebates, minimum charges, index-based pricing, and surcharge structures.
• Model savings impact from carrier mix, service mix, and shipment profile changes.

Savings Governance & Cost Control

• Apply standardized savings and cost avoidance methodologies to ensure consistency, auditability, and credibility across sourcing initiatives.
• Track negotiated versus realized savings and identify leakage risks through structured analysis.
• Measure compliance with negotiated pricing agreements, earned discounts, incentive structures, and contractual commitments.
• Support initiatives focused on reducing transportation spend through optimization of carrier mix, shipment characteristics, service levels, and network design.

Market & Risk Intelligence

• Monitor key parcel market cost drivers including General Rate Increases (GRIs), fuel surcharges, demand surcharges, peak season charges, labor costs, capacity constraints, and regulatory developments.
• Track industry developments across parcel, courier, express, and service logistics providers.
• Assess market trends, carrier pricing movements, network strategies, and competitive dynamics.
• Translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing strategies, negotiation playbooks, and risk mitigation recommendations.

Digital Enablement & Continuous Improvement

• Support digital sourcing and RFQ processes by defining data, analytics, and benchmarking requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in sourcing intelligence through advanced analytics, automation, AI-enabled techniques, and business intelligence tools.
• Develop models to improve service-level performance, transportation efficiency, and total cost visibility.
• Identify opportunities for structural cost reduction, service optimization, and logistics network improvement.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with Global Logistics Sourcing, Supply Assurance, Finance, Contracts, Operations, and Digital teams to align sourcing intelligence with business objectives.
• Support executive decision-making through clear, actionable insights and data-driven recommendations.
• Collaborate with logistics service providers and internal stakeholders to improve commercial outcomes and operational performance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on parcel logistics market trends, carrier economics, and sourcing opportunities.

What You Need to Bring

Qualifications & Experience

• 8-12 years of experience in logistics pricing, transportation procurement, sourcing analytics, logistics commercial management, or supply chain analytics.
• Strong experience in parcel logistics, small package transportation, courier services, express logistics, or service parts logistics.
• Proven experience supporting RFQs, supplier negotiations, carrier selection, and commercial evaluations.
• Strong understanding of parcel pricing, including zones, dimensional weight, earned discounts, tiered pricing, fuel, accessorial, and peak surcharges.
• Familiarity with service parts logistics, aftermarket supply chains, field service support operations, and time-critical logistics networks is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting technology, aftermarket service, spare parts, warranty fulfilment, or mission-critical supply chains is preferred.
• Ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable business insights.

Analytical, Digital & Tooling Skills

• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and data analysis.
• Experience with sourcing platforms and procurement tools such as Coupa preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics tools.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics and data-driven decision-making approaches.
• Experience in cost modelling, pricing intelligence, carrier analytics, and service-level optimization.

Professional Attributes

• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
• Structured, detail-oriented mindset with strong governance and analytical discipline.
• Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed, and fast-paced environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving capability.
• Curious, continuous learner with a passion for using analytics to drive supply chain performance improvements.
• Ability to balance commercial, operational, and customer service considerations when supporting sourcing decisions.