Director of Logistics Planning

DEPCOM Power is hiring a Director of Logistics Planning in Scottsdale, AZ.

This role is responsible for creating long-term value and competitive advantage through the strategic leadership of logistics planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory control, fleet and asset management, and harness manufacturing. It will apply Principle Based Management to develop people, improve decision quality, close execution gaps, and ensure resources are deployed where they create the greatest value for the business.

The role partners closely with Procurement, Construction, Project Controls, Finance, Field Operations, and Executive Leadership to support predictable, safe, and cost-competitive project execution. The Director of Logistics Planning is expected to challenge the status quo, build scalable systems, improve organizational capability, and strengthen logistics planning as a strategic advantage for the company.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Establish and communicate a long-term logistics Planning vision aligned with business strategy, project execution needs, and value creation.
• Lead warehousing, transportation, logistics planning, inventory control, fleet and asset management, and harness manufacturing.
• Drive upfront logistics planning and schedule alignment with procurement, construction, manufacturing, and project controls to support successful project execution.
• Develop scalable logistics planning systems, standards, and processes that improve material visibility, reliability, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
• Lead warehouse and inventory control strategies focused on material availability, inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and material accountability.
• Oversee transportation planning, carrier performance, freight optimization, mobilization, expedited shipments, and project site delivery performance.
• Own fleet and asset management strategy, including utilization, lifecycle planning, maintenance discipline, vendor relationships, replacement planning, and total cost of ownership.
• Support harness manufacturing operations through disciplined material planning, inventory governance, staging, kitting, and delivery alignment.
• Identify and close cross-functional gaps that create delays, excess cost, rework, poor handoffs, or execution risk.
• Use data, KPIs, root cause analysis, and frontline knowledge to drive sustainable corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Develop managers and emerging leaders by clarifying decision rights, building capability, mentoring talent, and creating succession plans.
• Lead forecasting, capital planning, vendor strategy, and business cases that improve cost competitiveness and long-term value creation.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external providers to ensure logistics planning decisions balance cost, schedule, quality, safety, risk, and customer commitments.

• Total logistics cost improvement and logistics cost per MW
• Project material readiness and schedule adherence
• On-time delivery performance and reduction in unplanned expedited freight
• Inventory accuracy, cycle count compliance, and material availability
• Warehouse capacity utilization and storage cost optimization
• Fleet and asset utilization, uptime, maintenance compliance, and lifecycle cost
• Harness manufacturing material readiness, throughput support, and delivery alignment
• Continuous improvement savings, productivity gains, and closed execution gaps
• Leadership development, succession readiness, role clarity, and decision quality

• Experience in progressive logistics, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing support, fleet, asset, or supply chain leadership
• Experience leading managers and cross‑functional teams in a project‑based, operational, construction, manufacturing, or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management, warehousing, transportation logistics, fleet management, asset management, and logistics planning.
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable processes, close execution gaps, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong financial and economic thinking skills with experience managing budgets, cost improvement initiatives, capital decisions, and operational tradeoffs.
• Experience communicating and influencing executive leadership, project teams, frontline leaders, suppliers, and external partners.

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of progressive logistics, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing support, fleet, asset, or supply chain leadership experience.
• Experience in renewable energy, EPC, construction, manufacturing, industrial logistics, or project-based supply chain environments.
• Experience with ERP, WMS, TMS, fleet management systems, asset management tools, performance dashboards, or logistics technology implementations.
• MBA or advanced degree in Supply Chain,…