Vice President - Logistics
$175,000.00- $235,000.00+30% Bonus+ Generous 401K
Keys
1] 10 years Logistics
2] Contract Negotiations
3] Varied Products ; Varied modes of Transport
4]Data - KPI's , Pivot Tables
5]Ability to Define/Re-Define Processes
6] Hunger to Achieve
7] Pittsburgh or available to spend time in Pittsburgh
8] 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.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
- 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.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 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.
