Director Global Logistics - New York, United States - DSJ Global

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    Director of Global Logistics

    • Director of Global Logistics
    • NYC
    • Competitive Base Salary + Bonus + Benefits

    An established, successful, and growing apparel organization is now looking to hire a new Director of Global Logistics, to work with the SLT (Senior Leadership Team), in helping to transform the company's Supply Chain and blast the business to the next level. The role will take full accountability for the company's international transportation network, manage a team of multiple direct reports, and collaborate with multiple stakeholders (internal and external) in managing both tactical day2day operations + senior strategic logistics projects.

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Lead, coach and develop a team of direct reports
    • Oversee company's entire international transportation network
    • Manage all shipments and deliveries (destination, port of entry, direct from origin)
    • Partner, negotiate, and manage contracts and rates with ocean/air 3rd party providers
    • Implement, develop and enhance shipping visibility tools
    • Collaborate across international divisions of the business to understand key areas of growth
    • Oversee imports from multiple origins including Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa
    • Management of small parcel, import air, and final mile operations

    The successful candidate will ideally have:

    • Bachelor's degree (ideally in an analytical subject)
    • 10+ years International Transportation experience
    • SAP experience strongly preferred
    • Retail/Fashion industry experience is preferred, but not essential
    • Strong process improvement & cost saving accomplishments
    • Experience with managing teams of direct reports