Transportation Logistics Specialist

Transportation Logistics Specialist Location Inver Grove Heights, MN Onsite Flexibility Hybrid Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8am 5pm Contract Details Position Type: ContractContract Duration: 5 monthsStart: As Soon As PossiblePay Rate: $45.00 $50.00 / Hour (USD)Shift / Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 8am 5pm; potential overtime during harvest season Job Summary The Transportation Logistics Specialist will perform activities that ensure efficient truck transportation of materials and products from origin to destination for the CHS Ag and Energy Platforms. This position seeks a professional who will participate in identifying and selecting the most appropriate and cost-effective truck transportation. The Transportation Logistics Specialist will provide stakeholders in the product lines with accurate and market-based freight pricing and ensure that accurate freight rates are loaded in appropriate rating systems. They will build a firm understanding of freight markets within the position's scope of responsibility and use this understanding to communicate market insights, context, and knowledge to stakeholders within CHS. Likewise, the Transportation Logistics Specialist will work to improve organizational understanding of customer and plant specific shipping requirements across multiple product lines and assist in effectively managing to these requirements and communicating them to our third-party truck carriers. Key Responsibilities Support CHS's enterprise transportation carrier management strategy through rate negotiations, relationship management, capacity management, shipment execution, truck carrier segmentation and overall spend managementNegotiate rates with carriers, maximize load pairing (backhauls) and value creation across product lines in a collaborative manner with other CHS transportation team membersIndependently analyze current transportation operations practices to resolve process and cost improvement opportunitiesWork under general supervision and independently solve issuesNegotiate rates and contract terms, ensuring rates paid for transportation services are competitive and executed in the best interest of CHS (one CHS voice to truck carriers)Serve as subject matter expert on transportation markets and ratesEnsure that all third-party transportation relationships are profitable and accretive to business unit earningsMonitor carrier performance and KPIs and take corrective action to reverse negative trends and maintain required service levels to meet both CHS and customer expectationsUpdate TMS (Master Mind), internal documents/spreadsheets, databases and systems for contracts, freight rates, and volume estimates, customer information and resolve any truck freight invoice issues to ensure accurate payments to third party truck carriersOther duties as assigned Required Skills Rate negotiation with transportation carriersLoad pairing and backhaul optimizationTransportation operations analysisRate and contract term negotiationKnowledge of transportation marketsCarrier performance monitoring and KPI managementTMS (Master Mind) proficiencyFreight rate management and pricing analysisContract managementIssue resolution and problem-solvingStakeholder communication Work Environment / Physical Requirements Potential overtime during harvest season; must be open to working OT hours Benefits Medical insuranceVision insuranceDental insurance401k Retirement Fund About the Client Global Agribusiness Cooperative a farmer-owned cooperative focused on energy, agronomy, grains, and foods. They connect farmers and customers to empower agriculture. About GTT GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. As a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation, we highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, financial services, and technology companies, along with some of the nation's largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies across the US and Canada. We look forward to helping you land your next great career opportunity! Job Number 26-03731 #LI-GTT #LI-Hybrid

Created: 2026-04-13