Senior Manager, Field Logistics

Summary:

The National Field Response (NFR) team takes the ASPCA's commitment to animals to the very doorsteps where help is needed. The team travels from coast to coast responding to requests from law enforcement, emergency management and animal welfare professionals with the primary goal of removing animals from crisis situations created by natural disasters, animal abuse, hoarding or neglect.

The Sr. Manager of Field Logistics works under the direction of the Director, Field Logistics, Fleet and Warehouse. They will be based in the NFR Warehouse located in Maryland Heights, MO and will focus on ensuring that the National Field Response Team can provide logistical support for all ASPCA Field operations. Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to, securing disaster and response supplies and equipment, establishing and managing vendor relationships, and researching new vendors, supply and equipment options to ensure financial responsibility in purchasing to ensure our teams have the resources needed to be successful in national response operations. The Sr. Manager of Field Logistics will manage all logistics for national field responses including comprehensive planning operating from industry standard best practices in field logistics, and in coordination and collaboration with all NFR branch teams to ensure that logistics needs are identified and sourced before deployments. In the field, the responsibilities will include setting up a field operations base, and/or temporary shelters, sourcing last-minute supplies and resources, ensuring team meals are ordered and delivered to scene, and supply purchases are in compliance with ASPCA policies. This position will also be responsible for loading and transporting logistics equipment from the NFR warehouse to the deployed location in the field, including driving a 26-foot box truck or other vehicles including pick-up trucks and 30-foot trailers, as well as supporting animal transport operations when needed.  

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities: will include, but are not limited to:

Field Logistical Support (60%)

• Provide logistical support for all ASPCA National Cruelty/Criminal Cases and ASPCA Disaster Responses.
• Deploy to field operations (disaster & cruelty) including rapid response deployments.
• Securing all necessary supplies and equipment needed to execute comprehensive logistics response operations and demobilization plans in the field.
• Research new supply and vendors equipment and make recommendations on equipment to enhance response capabilities.
• Acquire supplies, track expenses and manage field logistics inventory.
• Close collaboration with ASPCA Fleet and Transport program to ensure proper maintenance and ensure the fleet technical equipment and supplies stay in a state of readiness for rapid response.
• Close collaboration with ASPCA national response programs to ensure we are strategically expanding the logistics equipment to achieve ASPCA response goals
• Manage logistical support for multiple operations with an anticipated steady state or even an increase in number of cases/deployments each year.

Pre-response: 

• Provide necessary information to Responder Sr. Manager for response specific needs.
• Work with appropriate team leads to identify and secure essential supplies, equipment, and forms needed for a response. 

On-site logistics:

• Ensure all appropriate resource needs have been identified, properly requested, catalogued, and secured. 
• Continually reassess stock of supplies and equipment on hand and restock as necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring that food, communication devices, and other identified needs of the response team are continuously being met.
• Ensure supplies are ordered and secured for field operations and temp shelters.
• Work with partner agencies and responders to coordinate necessary resources, personnel, and equipment to ensure operational needs are met. 

Post Response:

• Ensure all supplies and equipment are decontaminated, inventoried, and transported back to the NFR warehouse and stored appropriately.
• Assist Warehouse and Transport teams with equipment recovery and decontamination.
• Oversee and conduct required maintenance schedules for all logistics equipment.
• Replace or repair any damaged, lost, or donated items.

People and Program Management (30%)

• Manage pro responders assigned to field logistics functions under your supervision.
• Negotiate with partners and vendors and do outreach to secure cost-effective ground transport coordination for supply delivery.
• Develop and update Field Logistics Standard O