Director of Logistics

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Responsibilities Include:

• Provide leadership for the department by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Full project life cycle ownership:
  Project manage all onboarding, planning, implementation, and execution of project tasks, scope of work changes, reporting, budget management, and deliverables for multiple projects simultaneously. This would include management of your own projects.
• Create, maintain, and manage all project documentation, processes, procedures, and reporting.
• Set and continually manage day-to-day activities, billings, deadlines, as well as prioritizing workload and coverage within the department.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with warehouse staff to meet shared goals.
• Demonstrate financial acumen by creating and presenting reports defining project finances, progress, problems, and solutions.
• Participate and oversee project bidding and presenting to Executive team for approval.
• Vendor Management: coordinate with suppliers, vendors, and carriers to ensure timely, cost-effective, and efficient delivery of goods to meet project deadlines and expectations.
• Inventory Management: executes daily inventory analysis, identify and resolves discrepancies and problems, create inbounds & outbound.
• Manage transportation and identify cost savings opportunities through creative routing and carrier negotiations.
• Identify and address issues to mitigate risk and make informed decisions in the best interest of the client and company.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and cross-collaborate with other departments to achieve a common business objective.
• Maintain industry knowledge and inform the department as needed.
• Host and lead internal and external project meetings as necessary.
• Understand correlation between technology, operations, and business to drive continuous improvement and optimization efforts.
• Work directly with other members of the leadership and executive team.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in Logistics Project Management, 3PL, distribution, fulfillment, and supply chains.
• Bachelor's degree preferred in Supply Chain Management, Operations or Business.
• 3+ years experience leading and managing 5+ direct reports, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance.
• Proficient in financial acumen to effectively negotiate, drive margin, forecast, maintain project financials, and reporting.
• Experience with TMS and WMS systems, expert in logistics and transportation, routing knowledge, carrier and vendor management.
• 3+ years experience of managing high-end clients.
• Ability to demonstrate leadership, drive results & strategy, forward think, and solve problems.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
• Proficient in all Microsoft apps.

Director

Full-time

Distribution

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage