Senior Manager, Inbound Logistics

Bombas is a comfort-focused premium basics brand with a mission to help those in need. The company launched in 2013 after the founders learned that socks are the #1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. Since then, Bombas has donated a pair of socks for every pair sold, continuing to innovate and add new products while making a positive impact in the communities where we work and live.

We are looking for a highly analytical, organized, and solutions-oriented team player to join our Operations team as our Senior Manager, Inbound Logistics
, reporting to the Director of Logistics. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience managing importation of freight from international origins to the U.S., including vendor management, data analytics, expense forecasting, and cross‑functional business decisions. This role offers strategic ownership of inbound logistics functions across our expanding supply chain and will work primarily from Bombas HQ in New York City.

• Own relationships with freight forwarders, ocean carriers, warehouse 3PLs, and inbound logistics vendors, ensuring smooth peak and off‑peak operations.
• Forecast and manage inbound shipping expenses across e‑commerce, wholesale, and donation channels, handling a multi‑million dollar budget and a 12–18 month horizon.
• Present forecasted expenses versus actuals to Finance and Operations, diagnose variances, and improve forecasting accuracy quarter over quarter.
• Manage invoice audit processes, including reconciliation, approval of accurate invoices, and dispute resolution.
• Present options for inbound transit times by selecting the best service based on product needs, origin, destination, and cost efficiency.
• Lead RFPs for inbound vendors and evaluate new service offerings.
• Maintain the relationship with the current freight forwarder, leading weekly and quarterly business reviews, and evaluate opportunities to onboard additional forwarders or ship directly with ocean carriers.
• Collaborate with the 3PL to set and maintain priorities and SLAs for receiving accuracy and timeliness, and troubleshoot inbound issues.
• Explore and evaluate drayage and inland transportation options to optimize port‑to‑DC movement.
• Support distribution of donation goods by modeling and advising on the most economical shipping modes.
• Serve as Bombas’s inbound shipping subject‑matter expert for Operations, Planning, Sourcing, Wholesale, and Finance.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics on shipping data ingestion, integrity, dashboarding, monitoring, and reporting.
• Collaborate with Sourcing and Merchandising to maintain product attributes across systems, such as HTS codes and fabric content.
• Manage inbound shipping readiness across our two existing DCs and support the launch of new DC nodes.
• Author SOPs for new and revised inbound processes.
• Manage projects across the inbound logistics space, driving value and service for Bombas.
• Manage 1–2 Transportation Associates – support ad‑hoc analyses, shipment bookings for standard and express imports, and monitor key inbound metrics.

• Clear communicator and reliable cross‑functional partner.
• Takes initiative, thinks critically, and owns outcomes.
• Comfortable handling ambiguity and solving logistical puzzles.
• Curious, detail‑oriented, and data‑driven.
• Qualitative and quantitative thinker – uses data, creativity, and common sense to solve problems.
• Can distill complex information into concise, actionable next steps.
• Team player who is willing and happy to help.
• Belief in our mission and understanding of the importance of giving back.
• Inquisitive, loves to learn, embraces failure, and never gives up.
• Comfortable staying focused while working in any type of environment.

• We are a team of smart, interesting, diverse, funny, and loving people.
• We offer competitive compensation, employer‑paid health, medical, and dental benefits, 401k with match, paid parental leave, snacks, socks, and a fun, relaxed office environment.
• We take responsibility for ensuring you are excited, happy, and find fulfillment in your work very seriously.
• We value fun through office lunches, off‑site team…