Logistics and Transportation Director

7 days ago

Fort Worth, Texas, United States Gatik AI Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and results-driven leader to oversee profit and loss (P&L) management, operational excellence, and customer satisfaction within a designated territory. This dynamic leader will direct all logistics and transportation activities in their region, ensuring on-time delivery, cost-efficiency, and adherence to all safety and compliance regulations.

Key Responsibilities
  • P&L Responsibility: Develop and manage regional budgets, forecasts, and financial targets, ensuring alignment with company financial goals. Analyze financial performance, identify trends, and implement corrective measures as needed.
  • Strategic Planning: Create and implement strategic plans to optimize transportation networks, streamline processes, improve asset utilization, and reduce operational costs. Define and execute against objectives and KPIs, positively reinforce and engage your team, and share in each other's success.
  • Operational Excellence: Direct and oversee daily transportation and logistics operations, including route optimization, driver, vehicle and freight scheduling, and vehicle readiness and maintenance.
  • Team Leadership: Build, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of logistics professionals across the region, including fleet maintenance and repair and driver management. Set clear expectations, model company values, provide regular feedback, and promote accountability.
  • Customer Relationship Management: Maintain strong relationships with customers, addressing service issues, supporting contract negotiation and activation, and pursuing growth opportunities. Be at the forefront of all customer interactions and fleet deployments.
  • Process Improvement: Evaluate current operational performance and provide a strategic plan for improvements. Continuously evaluate logistics processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements to enhance scalable operational performance and customer satisfaction.
  • Safety and Compliance: Champion a safety-first culture within the organization, ensuring adherence to relevant regulations. Drive a safety-first culture across all aspects of the operations.
  • Fleet Management: Lead day-to-day coordination and management of fleet operations activities for our fleet of autonomous and non-autonomous box trucks. Develop and adhere to strict servicing and maintenance times to minimize downtime and maintain schedules.
  • Functional Coordination: Partner effectively with headquarters internal functions to ensure alignment with regional priorities and execution on strategy plans and objectives.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, or a related field
  • 7+ years of proven experience in transportation and logistics management, with a minimum of 5 years at a managerial level
  • Demonstrated success in full P&L ownership and achieving financial targets
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in the automotive, transportation, or logistics industry
  • Deep knowledge of relevant rules and regulations
  • Experience with scaling businesses and launching new fleet operations
  • Experience managing and developing high-performing teams
  • Proven ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
  • Able to remain calm and clear-headed in stressful situations
  • Willing to travel as necessary to support the customer and your team

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