Vice President, Global Transportation

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The Vice President, Global Transportation is responsible for overseeing and optimizing the organization’s global transportation operations, with a special focus on ocean freight, drayage, inbound freight, outbound freight, and parcel freight. This role requires a strategic leader who can manage the complexities of a global supply chain, ensuring efficient, cost-effective, and compliant movement of goods across various modes of transportation. The VP will lead efforts to improve service levels, reduce costs, and enhance overall supply chain performance while working closely with cross-functional teams to align transportation strategies with broader business objectives.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement a global transportation strategy encompassing ocean freight, drayage, inbound and outbound domestic freight, and parcel services.
• Identify opportunities to optimize transportation routes and modes, reduce costs, and improve delivery times across all freight categories.
• Lead innovation initiatives within transportation processes, including the adoption of new technologies and systems across all freight types.

Operational Management:

• Oversee the daily global transportation operations, ensuring efficient and timely movement of goods via ocean freight, drayage, inbound, outbound, and parcel logistics.
• Manage the complexities of international and domestic logistics, including customs, compliance, port operations, and last-mile delivery.
• Monitor and analyze transportation metrics, KPIs, and reports for all freight categories, ensuring performance meets or exceeds company standards.
• Manage 3PL performance and support domestic fulfillment, as needed/assigned (e.g. monitor and manage warehouse inbound/outbound execution, provide on-site leadership support, monitor and manage fulfillment KPI’s).

Vendor and Carrier Management:

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with carriers, shipping lines, drayage providers, parcel services, and other logistics partners (including domestic 3PL’s).
• Negotiate contracts and service agreements across all transportation modes, ensuring competitive pricing and reliable service.
• Implement and manage tender processes for each freight category to secure optimal terms and performance.
• Support/lead warehousing vendor selection and contract negotiation, as needed/assigned.

Financial Oversight:

• Develop and manage the global transportation budget, in partnership with Finance and other stakeholders, focusing on cost …