Director, Logistics - Global Carrier Management

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box.

Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

As one of the world’s premier lifestyle brand collectives, we want to ensure that warehouses, factories, retail outlets and on-line retailers all over the world have what they need, when they need it. You’ll be part of a team that leverages leading-edge technology – and innovative solutions – to deliver goods and materials on time, on schedule and in great condition.

It’s a career path the offers non-stop challenges and endless variety – along with the opportunity to learn the business from the best.

Position Description and Requirements
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Centric Brands has an opportunity for an experienced Logistics/Carrier Operations Director who will be a key Leader/Owner and influencer within our Global Supply Chain. This position will report directly to the VP, Logistics.

The Director will lead the team’s accountability for all international carrier (ocean/air/parcel) operations globally for our Fashion Apparel & Accessories business. This is a critical position that will involve strategic planning of our international transportation network, operational execution of all shipments to delivery, negotiation of contracts with carriers and 3pl/4pl providers and development of team members. This role will also lead the audit/payment of our shipments globally and the 3rd party operators.

An ideal candidate will be innovative, highly influential, will drive result-oriented solutions, and able to steer through ambiguity while providing balanced decision-making while assessing tradeoffs. They are passionate about solving complex problems and developing team members in a high-volume and growth environment, with a mindset for building durable solutions to complex problems at scale, approaching their work with determination, understanding potential impacts with give/take both internally and externally.

They will have spent considerable time in logistics management of carriers, people, problems, processes, visibility platforms, and consolidators. Candidates will be able to demonstrate excellence, possess the ability to learn quickly and strive for perfection within a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic

• Develop and implement short/long-term logistics/carrier/operation strategies to support the growth of the organization in a cost-effective manner while improving service and reliability
• Work collaboratively across internal divisions to understand key areas of growth and shifts with sourcing/customers, container utilization, shipment consolidations and alternative routings to ensure logistics strategy is in alignment needs
• Negotiate ocean/air/parcel contracts, rates, capacity leveraging relationships to support seasonality shipping requirements by Division and origin
• Support our Asia Operations/Allocation/Booking teams with carrier oversight/improvements
• Direct the relationship with our 3rd party freight auditor, ensuring timely, accurate payment at above average standards/operations at a competitive rate
• Propose/create/develop/execute transportation allocation, capacity and transit strategies developing contingency plans to cost-effectively support varying levels of company sales and changes to supply/demand patterns as well as market volatility
• Identify, develop, implement, and enhance shipping visibility tools/reports/dashboards and milestone timeliness/completeness to proactively manage and improve the logistics network
• Direct/support the development of staff and team members to ensure continued growth in position within Centric…