Transport Control Tower Specialist (Temp)
Date: 1 Apr 2025
Location: ATHLONE, L, IE
Company: Teleflex
About Teleflex Incorporated
As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.
Teleflex is the home of Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose.
At Teleflex, we are empowering the future of healthcare. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.
Position Summary
The role of the Transport Control Tower Specialist is to manage, analyse, report and audit the Transport spend, trends and performance for Teleflex. This role will ensure shipments for all transport modes (Air, Ocean, Road, Parcel, Inter-modal) are recorded, with accurate spend, volumetric data and itinerary dates assigned to the correct financial coding per Teleflex financial rules. This role is also responsible for recording and match/pay of Freight invoices, with thorough capture of additional fees and recording and invoice disputes by reason code, communicating with Freight Supplier and Transport Manager where appropriate. The Control Tower specialist is required to interpret transport data, measuring key performance indicators and report analytics, that measure region, carrier, mode & lane trends with results communicated to the broader Global Transport team.
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Principal Responsibilities
• Process and inspect Transport shipments for all modes from all origin/destinations within the scope of the Transport Control Tower
• Measure and address Transport exceptions of planned itinerary to actual events, highlighting delays/exceptions to the Carrier and/or relevant Transport Manager
• Process deliveries & shipments into Teleflex’s TMS system ensuring accurate transport cost estimation
• Register/integrate Freight Invoices into Teleflex’s TMS system, applying & matching costs to shipments
• Audit freight invoices according to Control Tower guidelines & rules to detect charge discrepancies
• Register invoice discrepancies together with reason code and reason descriptions
• Register documents and supporting material into the Transport Management System for documentation retention purposes and issue resolution
• Attend Control Tower weekly dispute’s call together with Regional Transportation Managers to collectively address any aging of disputes and gain approvals for excel costs
• Attend daily Control Tower team virtual video calls & Teleflex Athlone on-site meeting
Education / Experience Requirements
• Knowledge in Supply Chain is required
• Global Transport knowledge preferred
• Very competent on Windows, MS Excel, MS word.
Specialized Skills / Other Requirements
• Self-driven and ability to work independently and/or as a team player
• Approachable and enthusiastic. Flexible and adaptable
• Good organisational skills with cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills – both internally and externally
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
Teleflex is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion and/or membership of the traveller community.
If you require accommodation and support to apply for a position, please contact us at talent.emea@teleflex.com.
Diversity fosters innovative thinking and entrepreneurship and that’s what we are about at Teleflex. We trust and value our people and their diversity and we make it fun to work here. We are on a journey to ensure our workplaces mirror the patients we serve and the communities we operate in. Our approach is simple, we embrace everyone and want them to feel they belong here. We are building a culture where all employees can bring their best and unique selves to work. If that appeals to you, we would love to hear from you. Come join a company where diversity is sought out and inclusivity is how we progress.
At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.
Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow™, Barrigel™, Deknatel™, QuikClot™, LMA™, Pilling™, Rüsch™, UroLift™ and Weck™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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