OERTZENGroup Hiring for Director of Supply Chain & Logistics at Miami, FL Full Time

Our client, with over 140 years of expertise in logistics, supply chain management, distribution, and travel retail, is actively pursuing a Director of Supply Chain & Logistics.

The Director of Supply Chain & Logistics holds a critical role in ensuring the consistent and timely delivery of required supplies to clients and retail outlets, in alignment with the company’s objectives. This position, reporting directly to the Managing Director and being an integral part of the Executive Team, is characterized by strong leadership overseeing Corporate Logistics, Fulfillment, and Third-Party Warehousing. The primary responsibilities include managing supply chain processes, overseeing vendor reorders, store replenishment, and third-party order fulfillment. Additionally, the Director closely monitors key performance metrics within the supply chain, ensuring compliance with product and service level agreements, as well as meeting cost-related objectives. This role is accountable for maintaining and enhancing financial, service, and quality metrics throughout the entire supply chain.

Responsibilities

Leads the team overseeing logistic and fulfillment responsibilities, which includes:

• Defining and selecting suitable models for demand calculation based on historical consumption, future forecasts, internal and external ad hoc requirements to optimize inventory levels.
• Guiding the Open-to-buy process in close collaboration with the Purchasing & Finance Team.
• Optimizing replenishment quantities for various operations, considering calculated demand, logistics costs, and constraints.
• Collaborating closely with operations to ensure inventory accuracy at 3PL and Retail locations.
• Optimizing vendor reorder quantities based on calculated demand, delivery, buying terms, and financial considerations.
• Managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including purchasing, operations, sales, finance, marketing, and vendors.
• Designing and implementing robust, reliable, and resilient business processes around sourcing and replenishment activities.
• Proposing and implementing process improvements to enhance stakeholder support efficiently using the latest technology and software trends.
• Ensuring strict implementation of defined processes.
• Defines meaningful KPIs and provides stakeholders with relevant measurements and results, always maximizing cost savings and efficiency, including maintaining exceptionally up-to-date SOPs.
• Collaborates with other business managers by analyzing management and financial information, offering reports, and recommendations to support new business opportunities.
• Continuously seeks strategic business transformation to identify more efficient supply chain and logistical processes and options.
• Mentors and develops the team to maximize employee engagement and contributions. Ensures the optimization of the supply chain and logistic organization design to meet business needs.
• Manages change initiatives as required and maintains positive, productive, and collaborative working relationships with all other functions.
• Keeps up to date with advances in supply chain management enabling technology.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years’ experience in supply chain management, ideally within the consumer goods and/or retail industry; at least 5 years’ replenishment or vendor re-order management experience, and minimum 3 years ERP experience preferred
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a related field such as Supply Chain Or Business (or equivalent experience) is required; graduate degree preferred

Knowledge and Skills

• Outstanding business acumen and effective negotiation skills
• Exceptional leadership capabilities, with a focused ability to guide, mentor, coach, and develop team members
• Strong analytical proficiency, adept at designing, describing, and documenting detailed business processes
• Comprehensive understanding of SAP with the ability to maximize its utility
• Knowledgeable in widely used demand and forecasting modeling tools, algorithms, and analysis tools
• Proven expertise in building strong relationships, connecting with collaborators at all organizational levels
• Results-oriented with an inspiring ability to motivate and guide a team to achieve goals and drive continuous improvement in a challenging environment
• Resilient, hardworking, leads by example, and perseveres in the face of challenges
• Excellent communication skills
• Occasional travel required

Physical Demands

The physical requirements outlined below exemplify the standards that employees need to meet for carrying out the fundamental duties of this position, whether or not reasonable accommodations are in place. During the execution of job tasks, employees will routinely engage in activities such as sitting, standing, writing, reviewing, and typing reports, as well as compiling data, operating a computer, communicating, listening, and evaluating information. In addition, employees may navigate the office premises, travel to other office locations, and handle objects weighing up to 25 pounds, either by lifting, pushing, pulling, or moving. Visual demands encompass distant, close, and color vision, as well as the capability to adjust focus. Furthermore, individuals should be able to travel, maintain balance, walk over considerable distances, and ascend stairs when required.

Work Environment

The work environment attributes outlined here reflect the conditions that employees may experience when executing the core responsibilities of the role. These conditions encompass work settings both within and outside the office, which may involve traveling to warehouses and vessels. In these environments, there may be factors such as high noise levels, dust, dirt, and other natural elements impacting the outdoor surroundings. Additionally, travel may be required, accounting for up to 15% of the job’s demands.