Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:
STRATEGY: * Design and optimize the global supply chain network for efficiency, cost savings, and reliability, ensuring timely delivery of internally managed ocean freight shipments of food and non-food product.

• Negotiate scope, service, price and KPI's + select international carriers and freight forwarders to secure competitive rates and reliable service.
• Responsible for international trade laws, compliance, import/export regulations, and customs clearance requirements (FSVP, FDA, USDA, & FSMA regulations, etc.).
• Monitor tariffs, duties, sanctions, and trade agreements to minimize landed cost exposure.

OPERATIONS: * Establish and maintain logistics service provider relationships including performance accountability and rate negotiations.

• Manage the International Logistics function and establish strategies to optimize shipping costs across providers and improve service levels.
• Govern customs compliance function including tariff classification, first sale, annual customs compliance audits and duty drawbacks.
• Develop and enforce robust metrics and KPIs to directly own the effectiveness each carrier moving ocean containers within network and install penalties should a carrier miss the goal.
• Compare JRD rates paid vs. the market indexes to ensure costs are always below market.
• Identify areas where the company can improve its competitive position through technology, flexibility, and negotiated relationships.
• Evaluate and adapt both the short and long-term operating plans to support the company's growth, creating a roadmap of processes, technology and other continuous improvement initiatives with supporting ROI that enable and scale the strategy.

MANAGEMENT: * Analyze monthly value-oriented metrics like cost per container and savings per load summarized from the master files maintained daily and conduct deep dives to ensure changes against prior periods are well understood.

• Analyze savings per load increases or decreases based port pairings, forwarder, dray carrier or other driving factor.
• Drive ocean freight and drayage conversion process with buyers and FRP group to ensure all new import vendor ocean freight and drayage rates are analyzed for potential freight savings prior to the first container shipping.

QUALIFICATIONS: * Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related field is required.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in International Logistics.
• Familiarity with container logistics, vessel operations and customs compliance.

Skills Required