Shipping & Global Logistics-Director

Experience

15+ years of progressive experience in shipping, logistics, warehouse operations, distribution, global transportation, supply chain operations, or manufacturing logistics, including people leadership and management of logistics managers/supervisors.

Iron Systems is an innovative, customer-focused provider of custom-built computing infrastructure platforms, including network servers, storage, OEM/ODM appliances, and embedded systems. For more than 15 years, customers have trusted Iron Systems for innovative problem‑solving, combined with holistic design, engineering, manufacturing, logistics, and global support services.

The Director, shipping & global logistics, will provide strategic and operational leadership for Iron Systems’ shipping, receiving, logistics, warehousing, distribution, material handling, transportation, inventory movement, and global logistics operations. This role will oversee the shipping & logistics manager and the broader shipping/receiving team, ensuring that logistics operations are cost‑effective, compliant, scalable, customer‑focused, and aligned with manufacturing and business requirements.

The Director will be responsible for logistics strategy, carrier and freight forwarder governance, global distribution performance, import/export coordination, logistics systems, operational KPIs, cost controls, risk mitigation, continuous improvement, and cross‑functional alignment with manufacturing, Planning, Purchasing, Sales, Finance, Product Development, Import/Export Trade Compliance, and Corporate Transportation teams.

• Lead the overall shipping, receiving, warehousing, logistics, transportation, and distribution strategy for the organization.
• Provide leadership and direction to the shipping & logistics manager, supervisors, leads, and shipping/receiving team members.
• Own inbound and outbound logistics operations, including transportation planning, warehouse activities, inventory control, shipping quality, safety performance, and on‑time delivery.
• Develop and implement logistics plans, budgets, procedures, operating models, and performance standards to support customer commitments and business growth.
• Oversee domestic and international transportation strategy, including carrier selection, routing, freight forwarder management, shipping frequency, cost optimization, and service‑level performance.
• Review and approve carrier strategy, freight agreements, logistics RFPs, service contracts, pricing proposals, and transportation service agreements.
• Partner with import/export trade compliance and corporate transportation teams to ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, customs, and trade compliance requirements.
• Monitor import/export processes and ensure logistics operations are aligned with applicable laws, regulations, internal controls, and customer requirements.
• Direct worldwide distribution center operations to achieve targets related to cost, productivity, inventory accuracy, service quality, shipment accuracy, and on‑time delivery.
• Establish and monitor logistics KPIs, dashboards, customer service logs, safety metrics, productivity measures, overtime trends, freight spend, claims, and carrier performance.
• Lead quarterly business reviews with logistics service providers, freight forwarders, carriers, 3PLs, and other transportation partners.
• Drive total landed cost analysis, logistics cost reduction, freight optimization, and process improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain global transportation SOPs, freight forwarder SOPs, escalation paths, compliance procedures, and logistics playbooks.
• Ensure accurate shipping documentation, including bills of lading, shipping notices, invoices, export records, customer orders, and related logistics documents.
• Oversee inventory movement processes, warehouse space planning, cycle count governance, shipment staging, material handling, and loading requirements.
• Lead logistics audits related to storage, distribution, transportation, inventory movement, documentation, and process compliance.
• Partner with IT and business systems teams to improve logistics tools, shipment visibility, tracking,…