Ooni Hiring for VP of Logistics (Americas) Job at Austin, TX Full Time

Do you find yourself thinking “I love delivering excellence in fulfillment operations but this would be so much better with pizza”? You do? Well then we are about to make your dreams come true! We need you to lead the way forward with Ooni Pizza Ovens by leading the way in delivering world-class fulfillment operations to our awesome customer base in North America.

A Little About Ooni

We’re very hot. Specifically, 900°F hot. That’s the perfect temperature to cook world-class pizza in sixty seconds, a mark all Ooni ovens can achieve in about 15 minutes. When we launched in 2012, we created a category by offering a small, fast, and accessible wood-fired pizza oven that gave ordinary people the critical tool to make great pizza at home.

Now we’re on fire. Exponential growth, global distribution, an ever-expanding product portfolio that goes well beyond ovens, and a growing community of Ooni-lovers around the world who sing our praises and treat their friends and family to epic pizza. We’re at that perfect stage of growth, where we’re still small enough for you to make a major difference, while big enough to have resources to do amazing things.

About the role

In short – help us make stuff happen, on time and in full. We are a rapidly growing company with 101 awesome things we’d like to do – we need someone who embraces the challenges and excitement that the wild ride of such enormous growth brings, harnesses that fulfilment beast, and tames that sucker to be a purring little pussy cat. We need somebody excellent to help own making those things happen in our biggest market. At all times – you will think about how we make our delivery experience world class for EVERY customer. You will cook pizza. And you will eat pizza. And you’ll share a slice.

The longer version…

As our VP of Logistics, you will be responsible for the management of our US and Canadian logistics and fulfillment operations, and the amazing team behind it all. You need to absolutely LOVE customers, big and small. You will get big kicks from absolutely acing our metrics. If you get really happy at the thought of making sure Cindy in Florida gets her Ooni Pizza Oven delivered on time, then keep reading. If the thought that Bob in Denver had his oven damaged in transit makes you sad (but also immediately sets you thinking to how to fix it) – keep it going. If that little KPI Report number turning ‘green’ has got you poppin’ corks and high fivin’ – you could be our guy or gal. If you want to work with some epic people and great partners, and develop lasting partnerships, well then, where have you been? Get in touch right now!

You will:

• Shape and deliver the US Logistics Strategy by supporting the continued growth of the business, developing & leading the Logistics roadmap.
• Develop & mentor the Austin based Logistics team ensuring engagement and understanding of the wider Operations team
• Effectively manage partnerships with the 3PL warehouses & transport providers, ensuring operational effectiveness & exceptional service – when we say world class, we mean it – we target excellence as standard.
• Work with blue chip retail clients we are proud to work with, such as Williams Sonoma, Dicks Sporting Goods, ACE Hardware, REI, and Bloomingdales.
• Deal with Amazon, where we sell FBA.
• Serve the hundreds of thousands of direct ecom purchasers we are proud to call our customers, day in, day out.
• Drive continuous improvement projects across end-to-end logistics
• Drive actions in line with long-term strategy, striving towards an optimal situation across quality, service, and cost.
• Own the multi-million dollar logistics budget and work out how to deliver all the above in the most cost-effective manner possible.

Requirements:

• A significant proven track record of working in a fast paced, large scale distribution environment for market leading consumer products businesses
• Extensive Multi-Channel fulfilment experience – fulfilment of a consumer product to US “Big Box” Retailer and fulfilment via E-commerce channels
• Global Knowledge would advantageous but not necessary
• Previous experience driving large strategic change i.e. Tenders, New Product launches etc with either domestic or international markets
• Commercially astute individual with exceptional supplier & senior stakeholder management. Strong financial acumen and analytical skills are a must.
• Experienced people manager, successfully developing & upskilling a team.
• Excellent negotiating & influencing skills
• Ability to understand complex operations and drive change
• Enthusiasm to deliver a best in class supply chain and develop yourself & others
• Strong Communicator and able to build great internal and external relationships.
• Love pizza. Yes, for real.

The Company:

• Go to YouTube and search “We are Ooni”. That wee video pretty much says it all

The quick version is:

• We make epic pizza ovens that cook awesome pizza in 60 seconds and start from only $299.
• We’re growing really, really, incredibly fast and have no plans to slow down. It’s a wild, fun, ride.
• We’ve got a US team in Austin, Texas (who throw the best parties), a global HQ just outside Edinburgh, Scotland, and a European office in Germany.
• We’re up to 300+ in the whole team. And they are AWESOME – our culture is core to our whole reason for being.
• These are our values: Passion, Rigour, Innovation, Ambition and Kindness (we will check that you paid attention to this bit!). We really do live by them and demand them in everything we do. It ain’t just corporate mumbo jumbo to us.

Benefits:

• Salary is commensurate with experience, tell us what looks good to you.
• 35 days paid vacation per year (yes really)
• Great healthcare
• $620 every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be.
• 401k (with a 6% match)
• $1200 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni stuff
• Employee Wellbeing Program – our people are at the heart of everything we do, so if you’re happy, we’re happy
• Raising money for charity – we’re all about giving back… and having lots of fun in the process! We’ll match what you raise and give you 5 days off per year to give back.
• Great pizza every single day if you want it. Yep. Every single day. And we’ll teach you to become a pizza pro.

To know more, have a look at our website. Read a bit about our values and products and just have a wee Google. If you like what you see, apply online with your CV and a cover letter to tell us why you want to come on board. We really like nice letters – especially ones that are personalized just for us!

Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive, and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know. You can email us at [email protected]