Vice President - Logistics

Vice President, Logistics

$- $+30% Bonus+ Generous 401K

Keys

• 10 years Logistics
• Contract Negotiations
• Varied Products Varied modes of Transport
• Data - KPI's, Pivot Tables
• Ability to Define/Re-Define Processes
• Hunger to Achieve
• Pittsburgh or available to spend time in Pittsburgh
• Travel 40%

The Vice President will lead the safe, reliable, and cost-effective movement of inbound supplier freight, intercompany materials and work-in-process, and outbound finished goods. The role will be responsible for company-operated fleet activities, third-party transportation, rail, freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, freight procurement, transportation technology, logistics performance management, and the governance of transportation terms and freight responsibilities.

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Operations, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related discipline required.
• MBA, master's degree, or other advanced business, technical, or supply-chain degree preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications, such as APICS CSCP, ASCM CLTD, Certified Transportation Professional, or comparable credentials, are beneficial.

• Ten or more years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, distribution, supply chain, or related operations leadership.
• At least seven years of senior leadership responsibility within a multi-site industrial, manufacturing, mining, steel, construction-products, heavy-materials, or similarly complex operating environment.
• Demonstrated success leading logistics across multiple businesses, facilities, regions, and operating models.
• Experience managing both company-operated fleet activities and third-party transportation providers.
• Strong working knowledge of truckload, less-than-truckload, dedicated fleet, rail, intermodal, freight forwarding, expedited transportation, warehousing, and distribution operations.
• Global logistics experience, including international transportation, freight forwarding, customs, and import/export activities.
• Demonstrated success negotiating major transportation, carrier, warehouse, brokerage, and third-party logistics agreements.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience managing logistics budgets, forecasts, cost models, capital investments, cost-to-serve analysis, freight accruals, and savings programs.
• Demonstrated record of delivering measurable EBITDA and total-landed-cost improvement through transportation sourcing, network optimization, fleet productivity, mode conversion, freight controls, and related value-creation initiatives.
• Proven ability to use data and KPI discipline to improve safety, customer service, productivity, cost, asset utilization, and working capital.
• Experience designing or optimizing distribution networks, transportation lanes, fleet structures, warehouse footprints, and shipment flows.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation, process standardization, technology implementation, acquisition integration, or significant organizational change.
• Familiarity with transportation management systems, warehouse management systems, fleet-management platforms, telematics, ERP systems, and business-intelligence tools.
• Advanced analytical skills and the ability to translate large, complex data sets into clear operating decisions and executive recommendations.
• Strong knowledge of applicable transportation safety, fleet, driver, customs, and trade-compliance requirements.
• Working knowledge of transportation terms, routing-guide governance, and Incoterms, with the ability to partner effectively with Procurement, Sales, Finance, and Legal on supplier and customer freight responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with drivers, dispatchers, plant leaders, commercial teams, customers, suppliers, carriers, and executive leadership.

• Develop and execute an enterprise logistics strategy aligned with JENNMAR's growth plans, customer-service commitments, operating requirements, margin objectives, working-capital goals, and enterprise value-creation priorities.
• Lead and coordinate inbound, intercompany, and outbound logistics across company-operated fleet, dedicated and common carriers, rail, intermodal transportation, freight forwarding, expedited transportation, parcel services, warehousing, and distribution activities.
• Establish a common logistics operating model across JENNMAR and its affiliates, including standards for dispatch, routing, load planning, shipment tendering, tracking, delivery confirmation, freight settlement, claims, and exception management.
• Evaluate the economics and performance of JENNMAR's private fleet, including fleet size, utilization, maintenance, driver capacity, safety, backhaul opportunities, empty miles, equipment requirements, and owned-versus-outsourced transportation decisions.
• Optimize the logistics network by evaluating plant, supplier, warehouse, and customer flows; transportation modes; shipment…