Director of Logistics and Freight

Director Of Logistics & Freight

Enthusiast Auto Holdings is recruiting a Director of Logistics & Freight to lead the strategy, financial performance, systems, and execution of inbound and outbound freight operations across our portfolio of ten automotive enthusiast brands. This is an expanded enterprise leadership position supporting a high-volume, multi-site direct-to-consumer distribution network. Approximately 90% of outbound shipments move through parcel carriers, including Fed Ex, UPS, Amazon Shipping, USPS, and DHL.

The Director will own end-to-end freight strategy, from supplier pickup through final customer delivery, with responsibility for parcel, LTL, FTL, ocean and air freight, international consolidation, customs and trade compliance, carrier procurement, transportation technology, and logistics performance management. This leader will develop and execute enterprise freight strategies that optimize service levels, transit speed, and customer satisfaction while maintaining disciplined cost control, strengthening carrier partnerships, and driving continuous operational improvement across the network.

A key priority for the Director will be to develop, analyze, and standardize logistics systems, processes, and performance metrics that support scalable, multi-site fulfillment operations. The role will also partner with business and technology leaders to implement common ERP platforms across EAH, ensuring transportation and logistics processes are aligned, standardized, and positioned for future growth. In addition, the Director will lead the logistics integration of newly acquired businesses into the enterprise distribution network.

The successful candidate will combine deep expertise in parcel transportation with strong financial acumen, analytical capability, systems knowledge, and enterprise leadership. This individual must be equally comfortable developing long-term network strategy and executing at a tactical level, including carrier procurement, rate and profitability analysis, contract negotiations, technology implementation, process standardization, acquisition integration, and the rapid resolution of service, capacity, and operational issues.

Occasional travel up to 10% to EAH operating locations, newly acquired businesses, carrier facilities, suppliers, and strategic logistics partners will be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise freight and parcel strategy across all EAH brands and fulfillment locations.
• Own the freight and parcel budget, forecast, savings pipeline, and performance against financial targets.
• Monitor and improve visibility into outbound cost analytics.
• Identify and implement sustainable cost-reduction opportunities while balancing delivery speed, capacity, reliability, reliability, customer experience, and network resiliency.
• Develop business cases and implementation plans for new carriers, technologies, consolidation programs, service levels, and network changes.
• Prepare and present clear, decision-oriented recommendations and performance updates to the Executive Leadership Team on a weekly basis.
• Own parcel strategy, procurement, negotiations, contract governance, and carrier performance across Fed Ex, UPS, Amazon Shipping, USPS, DHL, regional carriers, and other final-mile providers.
• Lead parcel RFPs, contract negotiations, renewals, benchmarking, proposal analysis, and implementation.
• Analyze base rates, dimensional weight, zones, minimum charges, fuel, residential and delivery-area surcharges, peak fees, rebates, discounts, and service guarantees.
• Model carrier proposals and general rate increases using EAH's actual shipment characteristics and projected volumes including the use of SIFTED or other analytical tools
• Develop routing, carrier-allocation, and service-selection strategies that optimize cost, speed, capacity, and reliability.
• Establish carrier scorecards and lead regular business reviews covering cost, service, claims, billing accuracy, capacity, and corrective actions.
• Oversee parcel invoice auditing, contract compliance, billing disputes, claims recovery, and accessorial-cost reduction.
• Lead peak-season forecasting,…