Director, Outbound Transportation

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Purpose of Role

The Director, Outbound Transportation is a senior supply chain leader responsible for shaping and executing Under Armour’s end-to-end outbound transportation strategy across all channels (Wholesale, Retail, and eCommerce) in North America.
This role owns a multimillion transportation spend and enables the reliable and cost-effective movement of product supporting multibillion annually. The Director balances cost, service, speed, and scalability while leading cross-functional partnerships and enterprise-level decision making.
As a key member of the Supply Chain leadership team, this role provides strategic direction, oversees critical carrier relationships and negotiations, and ensures execution during peak and high-risk periods. The Director also leads high-impact transformation initiatives while developing high-performing teams that drive continuous improvement and competitive advantage.

Your Impact

Strategy & Enterprise Leadership
•    Own and evolve the North America outbound transportation strategy across all channels, aligning with enterprise supply chain, financial, and commercial objectives.
•    Serve as a key advisor to senior leadership, representing transportation in S&OP, financial planning, and commercial forums.
•    Establish long-range strategic roadmaps to enhance speed-to-consumer, cost efficiency, and service reliability across a complex distribution network.
•    Drive enterprise decision-making on transportation tradeoffs, risk mitigation, and investment prioritization.

Financial Ownership & Performance Management
•    Maintain direct accountability for a multimillion transportation budget, ensuring disciplined cost management while protecting service and customer experience. 
•    Enable execution of multibillion, ensuring operational readiness and performance consistency.
•    Lead execution of key financial levers including: Rebate programs, freight cost optimization, CPC & freight as a % of revenue

Carrier Strategy, Procurement & Negotiations
•    Lead North America carrier strategy, including parcel, LTL, and full truckload networks.
•    Own carrier contract strategy, negotiations, and performance management, including multi-year agreements and pricing structures. 
•    Partner with Procurement to maintain competitive positioning through: Rate negotiations and benchmarking, surcharge strategy, SLAs, service continuity, carrier relationships.

Channel & Partner Leadership
•    Act as a key partner to wholesale customers, overseeing transportation execution, chargeback reductions & continuous improvement plans.
•    Drive initiatives to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce chargebacks and friction points.
•    Collaborate with Retail and eCommerce teams to ensure consistent service standards and fulfillment optimization across all channels.

Network Optimization & Innovation
•    Lead initiatives to enhance end-to-end outbound network performance, including speed, cost, and visibility improvements.
•    Drive data-driven decision making, leveraging analytics to identify opportunities and mitigate risks. 
•    Benchmark capabilities against industry leaders to maintain competitive advantage.
•    Develop and execute a multi-year roadmap to optimize fulfillment and transportation strategy across channels.

Peak Planning & Risk Mitigation
•    Own peak planning and capacity strategy, ensuring readiness for high-volume periods.
•    Lead carrier capacity negotiations and holiday surcharge strategies to mitigate cost volatility and service risk.
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