Logistics & Supply Chain​/Operations Manager

Role: Logistics & Supply Chain/ Operations Manager

Priority

Location:

Philippines and Latin America

Working Hours: 9am - 5pm (Mon - Fri) PST

Salary Range: $2,000 - $3,200 USD ($) base salary per month with commission.

(The final offer is at the client’s discretion and depends on the candidate’s interview result, skills, and experience.)

Type of contract: Independent Contractor

Type of job: Remote

• Own internal freight across the company’s network — moving raw materials and finished goods between ports, warehouses, customers, and co-packers reliably and cost-effectively.
• Manage carrier and 3PL relationships for LTL/FTL freight, negotiating rates and service levels and holding partners accountable to them.
• Plan and optimize routing, load consolidation, and scheduling of inter-facility movements to minimize cost, transit time, and handling.
• Sequence internal freight against production runs and demand so that material is in the right place at the right time, neither idle nor short.
• Troubleshoot and resolve freight and movement bottlenecks — delays, damages,
• storage constraints — as they arise.

• Update costing and unit economics for all product lines — building and maintaining a clear, current view of landed cost, COGS, and contribution margin for different SKUs.
• Think strategically about total cost across the chain: continuously look for savings across vendors (sourcing, terms, packaging) and movements (freight mode, routing, consolidation, warehousing), and quantify the trade-offs between them.
• Partner with the founders to keep pricing, BOMs, and cost assumptions accurate as inputs — yuzu pricing, freight, tariffs, packaging — shift, flagging margin impacts early.
• Track operational and logistics costs, surface variances to leadership, and turn them into concrete cost-reduction initiatives.

• Plan and coordinate production runs across multiple SKUs, ensuring material is where it needs to be.
• Work with the Operations Director to manage inventory and storage across the network.

• Support the transition and management of accounting and operations systems that stem from our inventory records (e.g., Settle).
• Issue POs for vendors and follow up with founders for timely payments.
• Track operational costs and identify opportunities for savings.

• Communicate supply chain updates, risks, and cost initiatives to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Present updates during the weekly full-team Operations Meeting.

• Proven experience in supply chain, procurement, logistics, or operations management (food & beverage or CPG preferred).
• Direct international import experience — managing overseas vendors, customs documentation, freight forwarders, duties, and tariffs.
• Experience managing freight and logistics — LTL/FTL, carriers, and 3PLs — including negotiating rates and service levels.
• Strong track record sourcing raw materials and managing external vendors, including negotiating pricing and terms.
• Comfort building and maintaining costing and unit-economic models, with an analytical mindset for optimizing cost across vendors and movements.
• Strong project management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines and see projects through end to end.
• Experience with inventory management, logistics, and working with co-packers.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency with digital tools (e.g., Click Up, Google Sheets, Slack, Front, Settle), or a willingness to quickly learn unfamiliar tools.
• Multi-lingual (Japanese / Korean / Chinese) is a major plus.

• Hands-on, proactive, and resourceful — willing to “own” projects and see them through.
• Comfortable wearing many hats and stepping in wherever needed, from regulatory paperwork to warehouse visits.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities.
• Collaborative and transparent; able to work cross-functionally and communicate clearly.
• You don’t hesitate to pick up the phone to solve issues, and you thrive bringing structure and fast decision-making to where it matters.
• Committed to quality, innovation, and continuous improvement.