VP of Operations

Position Summary

The Vice President Logistics is responsible for leading the warehouse direct logistics team to top-tier supply chain performance, winning and leading with customers. This executive will work at the highest level with their peers to establish the Company as one of the top performing warehouse supply chains in the industry. Specifically, the role is responsible for all logistics strategy, and distribution operations planning. Most importantly, this executive must understand and have the ability to drive transformation through this function. This executive will be charged with creating one, common, high-performing supply chain across the direct warehouse networks.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead a team to deliver the highest service level, lowest cost and value-added services to their customers in the industry.
• Lead and be responsible for execution excellence in Distribution & Logistics.
• Provide leadership and direction to the business as it relates to overall warehousing strategy, organizational structure, organizational design, and long-term vision.
• Develop, maintain and report performance against key service metrics internally and externally.
• Provide direction and leadership to the appropriate business locations on emerging logistic issues.
• Deliver against financial targets and budgets.
• Manage capital budgets effectively.
• Create efficiencies and leverage distribution costs, ensure high service levels
• Develop and manage 3PL partners as appropriate. Ensure distribution operations are effectively managed by maximizing the utilization of all available resources.
• Plan, build, maintain and improve distribution tools (facilities, processes, equipment, and systems) to continually improve service excellence.
• Create improved accuracy and forward visibility that save costs while improving availability and flow of product.
• Interface with key vendors and customers to ensure effective visibility to the supply chain strategy and builds and maintains strong working partnerships to maximize direct product availability through the company’s distribution network.
• Establish critical performance metrics in the Distribution & Logistics organization, proactively resolve problems, introduces best practices and fosters positive change as required
• Confront complex operational issues, determine solutions, and motivate staff to implement changes on a timely basis.
• Develop accelerated growth by driving operational efficiencies, and initiatives, developing new products and driving quality improvements.
• Directly responsible for the performance management, engagement and career development of direct staff. Works with senior leaders to ensure that all employee activities are consistent with policies.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, operations management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience at large consumer, distribution or retail companies in supply chain leadership roles focusing on distribution and logistics.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE PREFERRED (NOT REQUIRED):

Skills/Abilities

• A leader who will have instant credibility and can motivate, and retain well-qualified individuals of diverse talents, interests, and cultural backgrounds.
• An individual who can communicate, energize, and motivate people in a variety of business functions. Must be able to exude excitement about the business unit’s products and prospects and have a passion for “getting the job done.”
• An individual who operates well at the strategic level but is also able to implement plans and lead individuals through the strategic and tactical aspects of the planning and implementation processes.
• A goal-oriented professional who provides a sense of direction and perseveres to achieve positive results.
• Strong leadership skills, with an ability to build trust, provide direction, alignment, and vitality to execute with excellence and achieve extraordinary results.
• Ability to prioritize and follow through to achieve results and meet deadlines.
• Sense of urgency and high level of decisiveness.
• High level of personal initiative, self-driven, action-oriented.
• Exceptionally strong communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to communicate concepts effectively at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team player, the ability to generate enthusiasm and build effective working relationships at all levels

iDC Logistics Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, uniform service member status, age, disability, sexual and gender orientation, genetic information or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws. This commitment extends to all aspects of the company’s employment practices including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, termination, and other terms and conditions of employment.

This job description is intended to set forth the core functions required for this position and describe the general nature of the work performed by employees in this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as necessary. The Company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time and to require employees to perform other tasks as circumstances or conditions of the Company’s business, competitive considerations or the work environment changes.