Director, Logistics

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Job Summary

Job Description

The Director of Logistics is accountable for international and US domestic logistics transportation planning and execution activities in coordination with Supply Chain and other supporting departments as well as outsourced fulfillment partners, carriers and vendors. Logistics transportation planning includes developing and adhering to a transportation budget, creating risk mitigation plans related to secure deliveries and executing cost savings initiatives.

Responsibilities:
• Be the primary contact for transportation related activities related to all domestic and international shipments.
• Work closely with the applicable personnel at the company’s various geographic locations to best optimize the opportunities for cost savings.
• Align and develop export / import management processes and procedures and train others to ensure all international shipments comply with US and foreign countries' trade and customs regulations.
• Promptly advise, explain clearly and discuss the facts when material and complex matters occur such that internal colleagues and external customers are informed and updated.
• Monitor import clearance and/or export delays and work with the IOR, Broker, Supplier and/or customer to resolve and clear Customs in a timely manner.
• Provide expeditious resolution to customer deliveries and collections when a distressed situation occurs.
• Research, report and implement International Trade Data in order to ensure global import and export compliance.
• Provide classification support, overall interaction with Customs authorities, brokers, forwarders and relevant government agencies.
• Develop and maintain current and accurate databases, documentation and reports to reflect import/export activities.
• Drive improvement and efficiencies of established processes, aligned with company goals.
• Keep informed as to current laws and regulations governing the importation/exportation of goods.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years of experience

Additional Job Details

Organizational Impact
• Recommends tactical and operational strategies that will directly impact the achievement of overall business unit, department and/or job family group results
• Directs the execution of strategies established by functional and/or executive leadership
• Establishes operational plans for department and/or job family group with short- to mid-term impact on results (e.g., 1-3 years)
• Work requires a high degree of responsibility for resources, and frequently influences business decisions made by senior leadership
• Typically responsible for moderate revenue and/or expenditures in multiple areas or over multiple teams with moderate oversight, with signature authority
Communication & Influence
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own business unit, department, and/or job family, and typically has responsibilities for communicating with parties external to the job family group, which may include clients or partners
• Works to influence others to accept job family group/business unit’s view/practices and agree/accept new concepts, practices and approaches. Requires ability to communicate with executive leadership regarding matters of significant importance to the organization
• May conduct briefings with senior leaders within the business unit/job family group. May at times be required to negotiate regarding operational issues
Innovation & Complexity
• Responsible for making significant improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of business unit, department and/or job family group
• Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, where information is typically difficult to obtain
• Problems are frequently complex. Problems typically impact multiple business units and/or job family groups
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from extensive prior experience and analysis of issues
Leadership & Talent Management
• Manages a department or job family or a large team that includes multiple teams led by other people leaders
• Responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans for department/job family group/team to ensure availability o