Job Description

Ingram Barge Company, the leading carrier on America’s inland waterways, is seeking a partnership-focused self-starter with superior interpersonal, negotiation, and analytical skills to join our team as a Vendor Management Partner near any of our home offices (Nashville, TN, Paducah, KY, Reserve or Port Allen, LA, or St. Louis, MO). In this fully-remote (or in office if you prefer) role, you will lead the vendor management and contract process for service providers to develop vendors into reliable partners who consistently deliver best-in-class service, manage the fleet lease program to secure critical operating areas, and serve as a leader for additional value-add and cost-saving initiatives.

What you will be doing:

• Implementing and administering select service and lease agreements:
  • Serving as project leader and primary point of contact through contract development, negotiations, and execution
  • Creating template-based agreements and bid packages in collaboration with stakeholders
  • Providing analysis and recommendations to stakeholders
  • Achieving comprehensive win-win agreements that meet company objectives, maximizing Ingram’s financial and operational opportunities, and minimizing risk
  • Ensuring contract compliance, tracking performance metrics, and providing continuous reporting/feedback
  • Managing contract pipeline and lifecycle
• Leading vendor and lessor/lessee management and development process in designated areas:
  • Partnering with stakeholders, monitoring and assessing market and internal data, and manage vendor/lessor pricing and performance to ensure stakeholder and company needs are consistently met and stable and to identify and address provider/lease/contract needs, risks, and opportunities
  • Partnering with vendors to ensure consistently excellent service, best value pricing, and continuous improvement
  • Proactively managing supplier strategy, development, reviews, issue resolution, and performance
  • Providing reporting, analysis, and presentations to support data-driven vendor/market evaluation and strategic decision-making
• Identifying and implementing process improvements, expense reduction initiatives, and additional value capture opportunities
• Additional projects aligned with company needs

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Previous experience with vendor, contract, or project management, procurement, supply chain, logistics, or real estate/lease administration
• 3-5 years of experience required
• Previous shoreside marine experience a strong plus
• Demonstrated ability to proactively and efficiently identify and solve problems
• Self-starter with the ability to work both independently and in collaboration with others and the drive to deliver meaningful results
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Ability to travel up to 20%
• Demonstrated analytical abilities and proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and a variety of tasks simultaneously
• Positive, solution-oriented mindset with a drive to create partnerships, exceed stakeholder expectations, and deliver meaningful results

Additional Information

Why Work at Ingram?

• Choose your work environment – remote, hybrid, or in office
• A highly competitive compensation package with generous benefits beginning first day of employment for Medical/Prescription Drug plans, HSA, Vision, Dental and Health Care FSA.
• 15 vacation days & 12 sick days accrued annually and 2 floating holiday’s
• 401(K) match, Life and AD&D, Employee Assistance programs, Group Legal, & more
• Associate growth and development encouraged through internal training and tuition reimbursement program
• Financial and in-kind opportunities to engage with non-profits in your community
• Casual Dress Code

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

If you are requesting reasonable accommodation or disability assistance in submitting your application, you may email us at Recruiting@ingrambarge.com

Ingram Marine Group and its affiliates (“Company”) is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, work related mental or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information.

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