Lead Logistics Vendor Management

Job Description:

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

Location: Ft. Worth, TX

Build a more connected world by driving operational excellence and elevating the way we deliver for our customers. At AT&T, our supply chain teams are vital to keeping products and services flowing—connecting millions with what matters most. As a Lead Logistics Vendor Management professional, you’ll collaborate with industry-leading partners, shape strategic initiatives, and play a key role in optimizing our logistics operations. Your impact will be felt across the business as you help us set new standards for performance, reliability, and innovation.

Job overview

You’ll be the driving force behind our logistics and supply chain vendor management process, ensuring that our partners meet and exceed expectations for quality, delivery, and value. By building collaborative relationships with logistics vendors, you’ll implement and improve strategies that support business goals and drive transformation throughout the organization. This is an opportunity to lead change, solve complex challenges, and guide teams to operational excellence—all from our Ft. Worth, TX location, where your presence in the office fuels teamwork and results.

What you’ll do

Lead the development and execution of logistics and supply chain strategies, partnering closely with key vendors to deliver on business objectives.

Define, design, and implement process improvements across the supply chain, facilitating organizational change through expert consulting and collaboration.

Manage vendor performance against targets, ensuring critical delivery, quality, and logistics objectives are consistently met or exceeded.

Serve as a subject matter expert on supply chain initiatives, product launches, and high-impact projects.

Oversee operational performance meetings with vendors and internal stakeholders, identifying gaps, approving corrective action plans, and escalating issues as needed.

Provide leadership and analytical support for contract negotiations, process transformation, and business continuity planning.

What you’ll need

Deep knowledge of supply chain and logistics processes, procedures, systems, and tools.

Proven experience managing and optimizing vendor performance in a fast-paced environment.

Strong expertise in financial and operational analysis for decision support.

Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects of varying size and complexity simultaneously.

Experience developing and implementing process improvements and transformation initiatives.

Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate effectively with both vendors and internal teams.

What you’ll bring

Typically, 8 to 10 years of relevant supply chain, logistics, or vendor management experience.

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or relevant professional certification in supply chain management, logistics, or a related field.

Experience leading teams, driving change, and resolving complex operational challenges.

Strong business acumen and a track record of delivering results through both strategic and tactical initiatives.

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted.  No relocation is offered

Overall Purpose: Manage the logistics and supply chain vendor management process.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Through close collaboration with key logistics vendors, responsible for leading the processes, strategies, and tools for the assigned business or functional area and implementing, improving, and supporting key strategic initiatives.
• Define, design and implement processes into the organization and facilitate change throughout the supply chain organization through consulting and collaboration with these vendors.
• Must have a thorough knowledge of the supply chain/logistics organization (processes, procedures, tools, applications, systems, etc.) coupled with a strong business background in order to fully support the organization.
• Manages vendor performance against established targets and works with these vendors to ensure that critical delivery, quality and other logistics performance objectives are achieved.
• Subject Matter Expert for supply chain related initiatives, product launches, and projects.
• Develops team relationships at a strategic and tactical level with vendors and AT&T client organizations and leads operational performance meetings to discuss vendor performance gaps and establish corrective action plans.
• Approves correct