Director Logistics

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A career at Capital Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. Capital Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within Capital Electric, we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

The Director of Logistics will be responsible for developing and executing the logistics go-live, day to day operations and support the future strategy for the Southern Region of Capital Electric.

 

The role is key to ensuring the southern logistics network aligns processes and culture with the rest of the business to ensure customer experience is enhanced. The role will be key to delivering consistency while leveraging modernized tools and framework to drive success relative to broader performance targets and costs while mitigating disruption to service and sales.

 

The Logistics Director develops and coaches’ direct reports to build the level of support needed to sustain process excellence capabilities throughout the business

 

The role owns the daily customer delivery experience and supports the wider strategy for both the short and long term to maintain and build operating capability.

 

Key Accountabilities:
 

1. Strategic Leadership (25%)

The Director of Logistics will support the Vice President of Supply Chain in building and executing strategic goals for both the short and long term. They will clearly define performance deliverables, timing, and resource allocation to support successful daily and strategic execution. This role also captures and cascades project statuses and flight paths to all executive sponsors, and key stakeholders on a weekly basis using updated CI program tools.

 

1. Logistics Team Leadership (50%)

Demonstrate accountability and ownership through their own actions, setting the standard for the team to follow. Maintain open and honest communication, ensuring that everyone is informed and on the same page. Provide the necessary resources and support for the team members to allow for development and growth. Coach and develop the team to drive a continuous improvement mentality focused on customer experience and operational efficiencies.

 

1. Communication – Cross Functional Collaboration (25%)

Connects all relevant subject matter experts across all functions and engages from a resource perspective the appropriate level of ownership and clear responsibility for scope and deliverables. Creates a culture of mutual accountability with respect to timeliness and quality of work from all owners. Maintains detailed updated cadence and risk assessment with respect to KOPI overrun from a cost or timing perspective.  The Director of Logistics works in conjunction with Executive sponsors and BI teams to adequately capture project success criteria based on the operating company business case.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Support local project team with the realization of the CDC Charlotte including design, construction and site setup
• Lead the Logistics development of the Charlotte CDC, incorporating recruitment, training, process management to ensure a successful go live and ramp up phase
• Develop and direct the management of the Southern Distribution Centers to ensure timely ordering processing, accurate inventory control and proper Warehouse management. Manage logistics and outbound transportation processes; implement improved processes and management methods to generate higher ROI and workflow optimization.
• Develop working relationships with the Materials Management team to ensure correct pricing, p