NASA Transport Operations Manager

We take care of our employees, and they take care of our customers!

Become a member of a global community! The international logistics industry is an integral piece of the global trade puzzle; we make the world go round. Global supply chain management is what we do, and at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics. Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 19,000 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 350+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.

Our Mission

We recruit, train, and retain the very best logistics and technical experts the world over. We love to promote from within - more than 50 percent of our employees have been at Expeditors for five years or more. Our high retention rate is influenced by a unique compensation program for positions that are more than just jobs - they're chances to grow, do what you love and build a career with us!

The NASA Transport Operations Manager owns day-to-day execution across the Americas transportation operation. The position leads the ATL shift structure and DFW operational leadership, ensuring consistent coverage, disciplined execution, effective escalation management and achievement of customer service commitments across all shifts and locations.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead daily transportation operations across ATL, DFW and other assigned Americas locations.
• Direct and develop the ATL first-, second-, third-shift and weekend supervisors, the DFW Transport Operations Supervisor and designated team leads.
• Establish clear shift handovers, coverage plans, workload allocation and escalation paths across the 24/7 operating model.
• Monitor service levels, on-time-in-full performance, failure reason coding, operational quality, backlog, productivity and staffing.
• Ensure supervisors complete daily management routines, coaching, training, attendance management and performance follow-up.
• Act as the primary operational escalation point and lead service recovery, containment, root-cause analysis and corrective-action execution.
• Coordinate with warehouses, contract manufacturers, suppliers and carriers to resolve operational issues and maintain flow.
• Implement standard operating procedures, controls, safety and security requirements consistently across locations and shifts.
• Partner with the Enablement & Process Excellence Manager to test and adopt dashboards, productivity tools, automation and process improvements.
• Support implementation and operational readiness for new sites, carriers, lanes and programmes.
• Prepare regular operational performance updates and provide accurate risks, actions and resource requirements to the Senior Manager.
• Promote a culture of accountability, customer service, cross-shift collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Travel to customer, supplier, warehouse and operational locations as required.

Qualifications, Experience and Education Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of transportation or logistics experience and 5+ years of supervisory or management experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-shift, high-volume or multi-location operations.
• Operational knowledge of air, road, ocean and parcel transportation.
• Working knowledge of dispatch, track and trace, TMS, WMS and YMS systems.
• Strong skills in workforce planning, prioritisation, escalation management, root-cause analysis and performance management.
• Ability to host operational meetings, communicate with customer stakeholders and drive change through front-line leaders.
• Strong time-management, decision-making and communication skills.
• Self-starter with a highly motivated, results-driven attitude.
• Availability for domestic travel and occasional international travel.

Key Measures of Success

• Daily SLA, KPI and on-time-in-full achievement.
• Operational quality, backlog control and correct failure coding.
• Effective shift coverage, handovers and escalation response.
• Team productivity, training completion, engagement and retention.
• Timely closure of root causes and corrective actions.
• Successful operational adoption of new processes, tools and programmes.

Key Working Relationships

• Senior Manager, NASA Transport Operations & Strategy.
• ATL shift supervisors, DFW supervisor, team leads and operations teams.
• Customer transportation and onsite stakeholders.
• Warehouses, carriers, suppliers and contract manufacturers.
• Global Transport Enablement & Process Excellence, ESC, Freight Pay and BPA teams.

Expeditors offers excellent benefits:

• Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Time
• Health Plan: Medical
• Life Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Growth opportunities within the company
• Employee Referral Program Bonus