Director, Logistics & Supply Chain

Role overview

This is a senior leadership opportunity with a major international food products company. The selected person will steer the full logistics and supply chain network across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, ensuring products move smoothly from overseas origin points all the way to the customer. The position calls for a leader who can balance strategic planning with hands-on execution in a complex, fast-moving global environment.

Core responsibilities

• Direct logistics and supply chain activities throughout North America, covering the U.S., Canada, and Caribbean markets.
• Handle the complete import flow, including origin coordination, ocean freight, port activity, customs processing, warehousing, domestic transport, and final delivery.
• Work in close alignment with Sales, Finance, Operations, Planning, and overseas supply chain teams to match inventory placement with demand needs.
• Create allocation approaches that support customer service, healthy inventory turnover, working capital goals, and transportation efficiency.
• Ensure customs, USDA inspections, import paperwork, and other regulatory requirements are managed correctly so product flow is not interrupted.
• Maintain strong partnerships with customs brokers, ocean carriers, drayage companies, cold storage providers, and domestic transport vendors.
• Lead freight sourcing and transportation contracting efforts to strengthen service and reduce cost.
• Review and improve the logistics network, including ports, warehouses, transport routes, and distribution models.
• Use data, KPIs, and management reporting to guide improvement efforts and inform executive decisions.
• Build contingency and risk plans for disruptions, policy changes, geopolitical issues, and general supply chain uncertainty.
• Champion continuous improvement through automation, better processes, digitization, and supply chain technology adoption.
• Own the annual logistics budget and identify opportunities to lower cost and improve productivity.
• Develop, coach, and lead a strong logistics and supply chain team.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Operations, or a related discipline is required.
• At least 10 years of advancing experience in supply chain and logistics leadership.
• Background handling international import supply chains and ocean freight is needed.
• Working knowledge of customs rules, import compliance, and USDA/FDA requirements is essential.
• Experience in food, agriculture, perishables, refrigerated, frozen, seafood, produce, protein, or other temperature-controlled networks is strongly preferred.
• Experience managing third-party logistics partners, warehouses, transportation carriers, and customs brokers.
• Solid understanding of inventory control, demand planning, S&OP, and distribution operations.
• Ability to lead major process improvement and supply chain transformation work.
• Strong financial understanding and experience managing large logistics budgets.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and executive-level stakeholder management skills.

Role impact

The position supports roughly $270M in annual sales, manages a $12M logistics operating budget, handles about 180–220 ocean containers each month, spans multiple port operations in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean, supports six warehouse sites, and serves around 250 customer locations.

Why this role stands out

This is a highly visible leadership role that blends international logistics, supply chain strategy, inventory planning, transportation management, compliance, and operational excellence. The successful candidate will have a direct influence on profitability, customer satisfaction, working capital, and future supply chain expansion across North America.