Vice President - Logistics

    $175,000.00- $235,000.00+30% Bonus+ Generous 401K

                                           Keys

                             1] 10 years Logistics

                              2] Contract Negotiations

                              3] Varied Products ; Varied modes of Transport

                              4]Data - KPI's , Pivot Tables

                               5]Ability to Define/Re-Define Processes

                               6] Hunger to Achieve

                               7] Pittsburgh or available to spend time in Pittsburgh

                               8] Travel 40% 

The Vice President will lead the safe, reliable, and cost-effective movement of inbound supplier freight, intercompany materials and work-in-process, and outbound finished goods . The role will be responsible for company-operated fleet activities, third-party transportation, rail, freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, freight procurement, transportation technology, logistics performance management, and the governance of transportation terms and freight responsibilities.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline required. 
• MBA, master’s degree, or other advanced business, technical, or supply-chain degree preferred. 
• Relevant professional certifications, such as APICS CSCP, ASCM CLTD, Certified Transportation Professional, or comparable credentials, are beneficial. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ten or more years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, distribution, supply chain, or related operations leadership. 
• At least seven years of senior leadership responsibility within a multi-site industrial, manufacturing, mining, steel, construction-products, heavy-materials, or similarly complex operating environment. 
• Demonstrated success leading logistics across multiple businesses, facilities, regions, and operating models. 
• Experience managing both company-operated fleet activities and third-party transportation providers. 
• Strong working knowledge of truckload, less-than-truckload, dedicated fleet, rail, intermodal, freight forwarding, expedited transportation, warehousing, and distribution operations. 
• Global logistics experience, including international transportation, freight forwarding, customs, and import/export activities. 
• Demonstrated success negotiating major transportation, carrier, warehouse, brokerage, and third-party logistics agreements. 
• Strong financial acumen, including experience managing logistics budgets, forecasts, cost models, capital investments, cost-to-serve analysis, freight accruals, and savings programs. 
• Demonstrated record of delivering measurable EBITDA and total-landed-cost improvement through transportation sourcing, network optimization, fleet productivity, mode conversion, freight controls, and related value-creation initiatives.
• Proven ability to use data and KPI discipline to improve safety, customer service, productivity, cost, asset utilization, and working capital. 
• Experience designing or optimizing distribution networks, transportation lanes, fleet structures, warehouse footprints, and shipment flows. 
• Experience leading enterprise transformation, process standardization, technology implementation, acquisition integration, or significant organizational change. 
• Familiarity with transportation management systems, warehouse management systems, fleet-management platforms, telematics, ERP systems, and business-intelligence tools. 
• Advanced analytical skills and the ability to translate large, complex data sets into clear operating decisions and executive recommendations. 
• Strong knowledge of applicable transportation safety, fleet, driver, customs, and trade-compliance requirements. 
• Working knowledge of transportation terms, routing-guide governance, and Incoterms, with the ability to partner effectively with Procurement, Sales, Finance, and Legal on supplier and customer freight responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with drivers, dispatchers, plant leaders, commercial teams, customers, suppliers, carriers, and executive leadership. 
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