Director of Global Logistics

2 weeks ago


Kalamazoo, United States Strivector Full time

THE EMPLOYERTake your career up a few notches with a global leader in the production of natural spice and herb flavor extracts, colors, antioxidants, and advanced hop products for the food and beverage industry.THE JOBResponsibilitiesProvide vision, leadership and coaching in global logistics planning and supply chain optimization, including inbound, outbound and intercompany transfers. Lead our global logistics team in the optimization of freight and warehouse capacity with measurable performance and total cost targets against industry benchmarks. Identify and lead the implementation of improvement projects that guarantee excellence in overall operations, delivering customer service excellence on a global level while ensuring that standards are upheld in support of corporate goals and YOY sales targets. Actively contribute to organizational objectives on Safety, Cost, Order to Delivery, Inventory, and Compliance. This position implements innovative efficiencies while working as partners with all other areas of the business. As a Director of Global Logistics your roles and responsibilities will include:Leads global facilities and departments in areas such as freight, warehouse, and logistics optimization.Sets annual global freight cost reduction targets and leads a total cost strategy to capture opportunities in areas such as global freight, global warehousing, inbound and outbound freight integration, operational efficiencies, and departmental expenses.Responsible for the overall Logistics budget, while also managing the budgets for Administrative Staff & Freight (Inbound & Outbound).Lead our logistics group in the selection and prioritization of initiatives. This must be accomplished by aligning proven logistics opportunities and trends with an in-depth understanding of business needs, targets, and culture.Lead the development and alignment of human talent to fully support and deliver on the organizational vision for a global logistics function.Leads a strategy to improve and maintain customer service with measurable targets in areas such as on time delivery, carrier damage/loss, customer complaints, and other selected metrics.Leads a strategy to improve and maintain service to internal customers with measurable standards and targets. Develops a team driven towards positive attitude and high service level to internal and external customers.Provide global support to our Sales Organization in projects to optimize our Supply Chain all the way to our customers. This position will effectively support projects to optimize overseas warehousing, global freight, customs management, and other logistics needed to improve value to our customers.Responsible for compliance, eg. hazardous materials transportation, import & export documentation, and tariff classification.Works directly with internal Operations teams to gain understanding and alignment of business needs and objectives.Manages projects/budgets and ROI for each project, leads presentations to key stakeholders to keep them informed of status of initiatives and projects, performance against planned objectives, and future strategic directions with associated impact on expenses.Identifies and capitalizes on new opportunities to improve process flows and service.Evaluates and identifies external advancements in the industry to improve customer/user satisfaction and reduce operating expenses.Develop policies, procedures, methods, and standards for logistics activities and projects.Maintains and develops positive business relationships with transportation vendors involved in logistics activities.Reviews logistics performance with customers and vendors against targets, benchmarks, and service agreements.Allocates and assign logistics resources to cycle count warehouses that are under Logistics control, including contract warehouses. Fully supports and participates in annual physical inventory count and other inventory accuracy processes.Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable transportation regulations (DOT, IMDG, IATA).DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCEMost Importantly, You Need To Be a Passionate Director Of Global Logistics Who Enjoys His Work And Is Considered To Be One Of The Best Within Your Organization. The Ideal Director Of Global Logistics Would Be Someone With Deep Experience In Many (if Not All) Of The Following10+ years Logistics and Supply Chain experienceBachelors degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or other industry equivalent.Demonstrated experience leading a collaborative and teamwork-oriented department.Experience with Transportation and Warehouse Management SystemsExcellent communication and customer service skillsWe understand that even if you are a seasoned Director of Global Logistics you may not have all the skills listed here. If you are a good at what you do and have a willingness to learn, lets talk.Additional InformationCompensation: Based on Experience. One of the best in the industryMinimum Education: Bachelors, Masters or Doctorate in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or other industry equivalent.Minimum Experience: 10+ years Logistics and Supply Chain experienceType of position: Full time Permanent Position with benefitsTelecommute: NoLocation: Kalamazoo, MIRelocation accepted: Yes#J-18808-Ljbffr

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