Vice President - Logistics Operations
Job in
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, 62026, USA
Listed on 2026-08-05
Listing for:
World Wide Technology
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-05
Job specializations:
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Management
Operations Management, General Management, Change Management, Project & Program Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
* ** Logistics Operations*
* ** Why WWT?*
* At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.
Founded in 1990, WWT is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. WWT combines the power of strategy, execution and partnership to accelerate digital transformational outcomes for organizations around the globe. Through its Advanced Technology Center, a collaborative ecosystem of the world's most advanced hardware and software solutions, WWT helps clients and partners conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology solutions for the best business outcomes and then deploys them at scale through its global warehousing, distribution and integration capabilities.
With over 13,000 employees across WWT and Softchoice and more than 60 locations around the world, WWT's culture, built on a set of core values and established leadership philosophies, has been recognized 15 years in a row by Fortune and Great Place to Work® for its unique blend of determination, innovation and creating a great place to work for all.
Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!
** Job Overview:*
* Vice President, Logistics Operations is responsible for setting the strategy and ensuring the operational readiness of WWT's global warehousing and fulfillment network, typically overseeing 1,000+ team members across multiple sites through a layer of Directors and Senior Managers. Drawing on operating models proven in hyperscale, data center, and high-volume technology environments, this leader owns capacity readiness, automation and digital transformation, quality, and cost-to-serve for the business unit.
Responsibilities include building and developing senior leaders, defining and measuring success before execution begins, scaling operations to meet aggressive growth and demand signals, and partnering across Sales, Engineering, and Supply Chain to deliver customer outcomes position reports to the Executive Vice President of Global Operations.
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* Key Responsibilities:
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* + Define and own the multi-year operating strategy for the logistics, translating enterprise growth targets and market dynamics into a prioritized roadmap for capacity, footprint, and capability.
+ Establish clear, measurable definitions of success -- service levels, cost-to-serve, quality, and readiness milestones -- before initiatives launch, and hold the organization accountable to delivery.
+ Lead the digital transformation of operations -- warehouse automation, robotics, WMS/ERP modernization, and data and analytics -- applying patterns proven in hyperscale and data center operations to increase throughput and reduce cost.
+ Direct enterprise-scale capacity and network planning, synthesizing demand forecasts, sales pipeline, and capital plans to make build, expand, and automate decisions across the multi-site footprint.
+ Own the logistics cost center and operating budget for the business unit, driving productivity and unit-cost improvement while protecting service levels and quality.
+ Build, develop, and hold accountable a multi-layered leadership team of Sr. Directors, Directors, and Senior Managers deliberately develop successors and grow high performers.
+ Establish the governance and review cadence that surfaces risk and bad news early, separates signal from noise, and enables fast, fact-based decisions.
+ Lead readiness for new site launches, customer onboarding, and peak or scale events, ensuring people, process, systems, and facilities are validated before go-live.
+ Set the standards and root-cause discipline for resolving the most complex, cross-functional, or systemic operational problems, guiding teams to durable solutions.
+ Champion a culture of safety, quality,…
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