Logistics Manager

Responsibilities

• Effectively supervise groups within Logistics to ensure all customer requirements are met
• Guide the escalation process. Review processes to ensure adherence to policy and adjust accordingly.
• Review daily workload to ensure adequate availability of resources. Provide leadership in ongoing cost reduction and continuous improvement programs/projects.
• Anticipate and resolve day-to-day issues, complete root cause failure analyses, and take corrective actions
• Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers.
• Communicate freight transportation information to customers or suppliers, using transportation management, electronic logistics marketplace, or electronic freight information systems, to improve transportation service efficiency, speed, or quality.
• Implement specific customer requirements, such as internal reporting or customized transportation metrics
• Manage relationships with our TMS/MTS providers
• Weekly calls - set up monthly meetings with key leaders- project updates, industry updates, improvements, etc.
• Quarterly reviews
• Manage relationships with all LTL, TL, parcel, and international providers
• Review KPIs and customer requirements.
• Ensure quarterly and month-end reporting is executed and validated
• Visit Local Plants monthly and engage with shipping teams
• Conduct RFPs: LTL, Parcel, TL (Dry-van and Flatbed), Air, International Ocean

Personal Qualities

• Problem-Solving - Excellent ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and provide suggestions for improvements or corrective actions
• Interpersonal skills - Communicates and works well with all levels of the organization; develops relationships with stakeholders to ensure their involvement and commitment
• Initiative - Keeps abreast of changing regulations and procedures; develops new and innovative methods for implementing Logistics processes
• Work well in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• Attention to detail
• Ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in a Logistics-related field and 10 to 15 years of relevant work experience preferred
• Excellent verbal, written, and team communication skills
• 7+ years of logistics experience with TMS/MTS systems
• Strong systems skills, including proficiency with integrated software applications
• Thinks critically and can problem-solve
• Computer and software knowledge required
• Ability to interface with multiple levels of the organization and communicate effectively

Working Conditions

• Normal office and manufacturing facility environment. Some travel may be required, but not frequently (<10%).