Director of Distribution & Logistics

Director of Distribution & Logistics

• Director of Distribution & Logistics
• Bergen County NJ
• Competitive Base Salary + Bonus + Benefits

A thriving Food business is looking to hire an innovative, successful leader and negotiator to be its new Director of Distribution & Logistics. This is a critically important position in the Supply Chain Leadership team for the business and oversees both Strategic responsibilities, together with fundamental Operational Tactical responsibilities across multiple sites in the company’s network. The role oversees a team of direct reports, and is accountable for both in-house, and, 3rd party operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of 5-6 direct reports
• Responsible for all Inbound & Outbound transportation
• Oversee Warehousing for finished goods, materials and packaging
• Manage and develop relationships with, and performance of 3rd Party Logistics service providers
• Lead contract negotiation and implementation of 3PL warehousing operations, measuring and managing their performance
• Support and drive initiatives for freight optimization, cost review, freight bids
• Track and monitor inventory levels across the End2End supply chain
• Collaborate closely with customer experience and internal production teams to ensure timely fulfilment of orders
• Spearhead continuous improvement initiatives

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Bachelor’s degree (ideally in an analytical subject)
• 15+ years experience in a Manufacturing organization
• Strong process improvement & cost saving accomplishments
• Project Management experience
• Experience with managing teams of direct reports
• Good understanding of both WMS and TMS technologies