Freight Audit Manager

Your Job

KBX is looking for a Freight Audit Manager to support our Freight Audit Team supporting our rail activity, whose core responsibilities will be to provide leadership and direction to the team and to acquire and develop appropriate talent and resources needed to meet current and future business and customer needs.

This role will also assist with the execution of key initiatives and strategies that are aligned with and will advance the overall KBX vision.

The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, a high level of attention to detail, exhibit strong problem-solving skills, the ability to think economically, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

The candidate will partner with the team to actively seek to identify process and system improvements in the overall AP process to improve the efficiency of processing resulting in timely payments.

Our Team

Our Freight Audit team is responsible for facilitating resolutions to freight invoices to ensure that we are delivering reliable, accurate, and timely invoice processing for our internal and external customers.

This team closely partners with other individuals on our AP Freight Audit Team, accounting departments, procurement and rating to root cause and resolve invoice discrepancies to ensure timely payment to carriers.

What You Will Do



* Fulfill the expectations of a leader and supervisor, ensuring direct reports are your primary responsibility.


* Lead and develop a team whose knowledge and capability are highly valued.


* Provide regular and timely feedback, holding the team accountable to ensure growth and improvement.


* Be a champion of change, encouraging the team to actively participate in transformation initiatives and objectives, and challenging the status quo.


* Maintain preferred partnerships with other business groups as well as our carriers by actively and clearly communicating, supporting, and continually building mutual respect.


* Regularly evaluate workload and ensure it is distributed appropriately across the team.


* Maintain a solution-focused attitude amongst the team during times of adversity, creating an atmosphere for brainstorming and collaborative efforts that drive positive results.


* Work with Freight Auditors to identify and resolve any discrepancies or issues to ensure the timely and efficient payment of freight invoices.


* Regularly evaluate aged freight invoices, encouraging collaboration and appropriate escalation to ensure resolution and payment to carriers.


* Ensure team is regularly reviewing and working with the carrier aging and proactively communicating to their leader if there are issues driving delays in processing.


* Timely communicate and escalate known problems and articulate actions taken to the Payables Director to assist in further escalations and resolutions when appropriate.


* Actively encourage and develop entrepreneurial thinking skills across the team to i...