What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Warehousing - DC position at Westrock Coffee?
The Director - Warehousing is responsible for leading the distribution and logistics strategy and overseeing supply chain operations for the manufacturing facility in Conway, AR. This role is responsible for strategic initiatives, tactical day-to-day management, and continuous supply chain and 3PL operations improvement. This includes forecasting, demand planning, cost, contractual agreements, performance metrics, audits, and achieving optimum efficiency and profitability. The position will manage supply chain relationships and work collaboratively with vendors, site leaders, internal business partners, and key customer contacts.
Job Duties:
- Developing and maintaining best business practices and SOPs.
- Negotiating and managing contracts, pricing, and service levels with 3PL providers.
- Monitoring and evaluating the performance, quality, and compliance of 3PL providers.
- Single point of contact between WR and 3PL provider(s).
- Resolving any issues or problems that arise during the logistics process.
- Implementing and utilizing technology tools and data analytics to optimize the logistics process and improve efficiency.
- Recruiting, training, developing, and leading the logistics team.
- Lead Value-In and Cost-out initiatives and projects.
- Manage Benchmarking exercises ensuring optimum logistics cost is always secured.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, MIS, or related field, and/or equivalent experience.
- 5-10 years of progressive leadership in logistics operations management, operations management, management of manufacturing operational process improvements, and/or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience developing and implementing supply chain strategies and tactics that drive business results.
- Strong knowledge of supply chain, distribution, and logistics best practices, current and evolving trends, performance metrics, and financial management.
- Analytical skills and ability to measure and report data relevant to performance, efficiency, and profitability.
- Demonstrated experience exhibiting sound and accurate judgement and making sound decisions.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Collaborative leadership style with ability to establish and maintain effective business partnerships with senior leaders, vendors, site and department leaders, and to work with employees at all levels.
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