.**My Role**:- Plan, define, carry-out strategic commodity sourcing activities both small and large.- Prepare procurement scope for each exercise, collect and prepare SOW and related documents for each commodity bid released.- As the main point of contact, maintain and develop the bidding process, including costing lanes for RFP's, analyzing potential business, contributing to bid strategy, etc.- Find gaps in carrier lane coverage, partnering with strategic and core carriers to ensure service performance standards are met.- Understand vendor capabilities, identify opportunities for alternative sources and arrangements, and make recommendations to reduce cost and risk, and optimize working capital.- Serve as an escalation point for correcting systemic vendor performance issues as well as incidental urgent issues within the managed logistics spend categories.- As a commodity and SME create metrics by which to measure your business partners (carriers) to ensure they are living up to expectations, SOW, and defined performance requirements.- Initiate, grow and, maintain provider relationships including - strategy development, qualification development, carrier development.- Continuously work with carriers and partners to negotiate improved performance and cost reductions and mitigations.- Actively monitor and develop KPI's to ensure business objectives are being met and measured to organizational goals.- Make recommendations and/or take corrective action to manage performance as appropriate and be an integral part of the disciplinary and termination process when necessary.- Utilize technology to fully understand market conditions and make necessary network adjustments.- Prepare and present monthly category updates which are to include pre identified KPIs and "state of the commodity".**My background**:- **2 - 5 years of experience in the logistics / supply chain industry.**:- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Operations Management or related Logistics field. (required)- **Excellent bilingual Spanish - English language skills, both verbal and written. (required)**:- Less than Truckload, Small pack services account management experience.- Freight Payment / Transportation Management System experience (preferred)- Must have strong attention to detail and effective communications skills.- Strong customer focus.**Why join us?**- You can grow at Aptiv. Aptiv provides an inclusive work environment where all individuals can grow and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity or beliefs.- You can have an impact. Safety is a core Aptiv value; we want a safer world for us and our children, one with: Zero fatalities, Zero injuries, Zero accidents.- You have support. We ensure you have the resources and support you need to take care of your family and your physical and mental health with a competitive health insurance package
