Job Description
Our client is an established, privately owned Australian distribution business supplying a broad customer base through a national network of warehouses. Known for a values led culture the business is investing in a more disciplined, commercially led approach to freight as it grows.
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The Role
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This newly created position has explicit ownership of freight costs, carrier relationships and invoice accuracy across the whole network. Leading a small team, it is a hands on role and suits someone with expertise in freight, transport or supply chain and is ready to move into a role with real commercial teeth: rate negotiation, tender processes and a genuine mandate to chase down cost leakage and make it stick.
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Key responsibilities include:
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Building and maintaining a national carrier network that's competitive on price and reliable on service, running tenders and rate reviews as needed.
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Sitting across the negotiating table with carriers and 3PLs on pricing, contracts and service terms, and holding them to account through regular scorecards and reviews.
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Taking ownership of how freight costs are recovered from customers, closing gaps that let revenue slip through unnoticed.
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Getting hands-on with the numbers:



checking carrier invoices line by line against agreed rates and actual shipments, chasing down credits where something doesn't add up, and signing off invoices within your authority.
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Working day to day with warehouse and distribution centre teams to keep deliveries running smoothly, and stepping in when something goes wrong for a customer.
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Acting as the internal expert other teams come to for advice on carriers, freight pricing and transport options.
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The Person
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A background in freight, transport, supply chain or logistics, with real exposure to carrier negotiation or freight commercials, not just day to day coordination.
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Comfortable in the detail of invoices and numbers as well as in a room negotiating with a carrier providers
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A qualification in logistics, supply chain, business or finance is a plus, but strong on-the-job experience will carry just as much weight.
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Someone accountable and proactive who'll take genuine ownership of the freight function rather than waiting to be told what to fix.
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Comfortable leading a small team and building relationships across warehouse, customer and carrier stakeholders.
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📌 Freight And Transport Manager (Victoria)
🏢 Optimum Consulting
📍 Victoria