Director of Logistics
- Location: Franklin, TN
- Job Type: Direct Placement
- Ref No: 23-00131
- Date: January 10, 2023
- Pay: $120000.0 - $160000.0 per Year USD
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Job Description - Director of Logistics
TITLE: Director of Logistics
Location: Franklin, TN
ICS is hiring for a Director of Logistics for a $400M hyper growth company in the food production industry with a brand new 8300 sq ft office in Franklin, TN. This individual will oversee all of Supply Chain/Logisitcs/ Procurement and work directly under the CEO. This is an oniste role.
General Roles & Responsibilities
Spearheads and oversees a company's logistics operations. Primarily responsible for setting goals and guidelines, managing the budgets and timelines, researching new opportunities, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of operations, and implementing solutions against problem areas
- Working directly under the CEO with helping built out new team in Franklin
- Develop and implement sourcing, procurement, and vendor management strategy and tactics. Document with Standard Operating Procedures and necessary Policy revisions
- Lead the procurement team to ensure that the needs of operations, including Production, are met
- Assess and develop the skill sets of staff to meet the objectives of the organization
- Continuously improve the performance of procurement processes and staff, and the performance of vendors critical to the supply chain
- Develop and implement logistics strategy and tactics; document with Standard Operating Procedures and necessary Policy revisions
- Develop and implement cold storage strategy and tactics, including the utilization of cold storage when required; document with Standard Operating Procedures and necessary Policy revisions
- Lead warehousing and transportation team, and manage partners to ensure that products meet customer timing and delivery quality requirements
- Assess and develop the skill sets of the warehouse and logistics staff to meet the objectives of the organization
- Continuously improve the performance of the warehouse and logistics, and the 3PL's that support the department
- Develop and implement a 5S plan for warehousing
- Support all external and internal audits, including SQF, customer, and financial
- Planning and Reporting
- Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP), including the budgets and plans to support the overall objectives.
- Develop a strategic sourcing strategy to support the AOP and long-range objectives of the company
- Establish, maintain, and improve KPI's and report at regular leadership meetings
- In cooperation with Production and Quality, develop stringent quality standards for incoming raw and pack materials; work with vendors to develop sampling plans and contingencies when issues are discovered
- Analyze, resolve, and report customer service issues associated with transportation and storage
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