FBAP (Freight Bill Audit & Payment) Sr. Manager

Yazaki es el líder mundial en la investigación, desarrollo y suministro de soluciones de poder y datos de la Industria Automotriz.

Yazaki trabaja con cada una de las armadoras de vehículos más importantes del mundo y siempre nos hemos esforzado por mantener un crecimiento estratégico y estable durante nuestros 83 años de historia. Actualmente buscamos talento con fuerte potencial de desempeño y energía capaz de fortalecer y generar el ambiente de trabajo positivo que nos enorgullece.

The FBAP Senior Manager is responsible for the development, deployment, training and operational management of the freight bill audit and payment process as well as all carrier compliance and claims activities covering $350M+ in annual expenses.  The FBAP Manager will continuously improve and standardize the freight payment process across all Yazaki North and Central American legal entities.

The FBAP Senior Manager is responsible for providing direction and leadership to ensure all invoices related to 17,000+ monthly shipments are processed and paid on time, including GL coding and validation.  Managing these efforts will require excellent communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills working with carriers, third party payment vendors, accounts payable, indirect purchasing, transportation, and operations teams.

People:

• Interview and hire salaried associates (Supervisors/Specialists/Analysts). Facilitate the recruitment and assignment of all personnel required within the organizational structure.  Defines duties, responsibilities and scope of authority and accountability within FBAP team.
• Conduct performance reviews, corrective action, and goal setting for team of salaried employees.
• Provide career development, mentoring, and promotional opportunities to direct reports to create future leaders.
• Provide leadership to team members in identifying risks early and guide them in developing appropriate mitigation plans as well as escalation points.
• Utilize leadership skills to align, develop and lead a diverse workforce to a common goal.
• Ensure team has a strong focus on details and is thoroughly trained in the problem resolution and escalation process.
• Intervene when necessary to negotiate and resolve issues quickly with strong customer focus to ensure no transportation service disruption or delays.

Operations:

• Lead the FBAP team in implementing, optimizing, and standardizing the FBAP processes and procedures, including approval process and systems.
• Streamline the FBAP process by leveraging systems and third-party payment vendors to automate manual tasks and enhance efficiency. 
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve controls and maintain strong relationships.
• Oversee 3-way matching process, third party payment vendor, and month end accrual process.
• Support FBAP team with carrier freight payment and aging concerns.
• Validate month end accrual process to ensure all supporting documentation and analysis is provided timely.
• Works with and monitors 3rd party freight payment company to address areas for improvement.
• Have a solid understanding of supply chain and transportation terms and of the interaction between internal and external partners.
• Work cross-functionally with international teams to support operational objectives.
• Support the transportation team by providing freight payment KPI’s and spend reporting.

Declaración de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo.

Yazaki está comprometido con ofrecer igualdad de oportunidades de trabajo para todos sin importar raza, color, religión, sexo, edad, estado civil, nacionalidad de origen, discapacidad, capacidades diferentes o cualquier otra característica legalmente protegida. La igualdad de oportunidades se extiende a todos los aspectos de la relación de trabajo. Yazaki cumple cabalmente con la ley estatal y federal de igualdad de oportunidades de empleo y se esfuerza por mantener el lugar de trabajo libre de cualquier tipo de acoso.