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This position directs multi-channel corporate logistics services across all businesses in a cost-effective and service-sensitive manner. Responsible for transportation services to chain of over 200+ stores with all associated Drug Enforcement Activity regulatory requirements.Position will follow a hybrid schedule: Monday-Wednesday in office, Thursday-Friday remote.
What You'll be Doing:
- Execute cost control strategies across the corporation, including retail margins and operational P&L’s.
- Execute transportation mode strategies that includes small parcel, less than truckload, intermodal, rail, consolidation and deconsolidation.
- Lead team responsible for sourcing and negotiating domestic service providers across all modes: Small parcel, LTL, Truckload, intermodal.
- Actively engage with Digital Team on logistics support for home delivery.
- Stay current with team focus on regulatory requirements relative to CPSC corrective action program and commitments working cross functionally with Legal and Internal Audit.
- Lead team in alignment with corporate P&L goals and in stock requirements working cross functionally to meet goals.
- Engage with Supply Chain on projects requiring domestic logistics analysis.
- Engage in actively hiring, training and developing present and future leaders.
- Establish and deploy policies, processes, organizational structure and programs to support supply chain vision.
- Manage all mode service provider compliance to meet corporate in-stock strategy from approximately 5600 vendors across the globe inbound to 26 distribution facilities.
- Responsible for state-of-the-art knowledge to support systems and software applications to drive logistics cost efficiencies and carrier freight bill payment.
- Collaborate with other departments in the company to accomplish strategic objectives including Merchandising, Planning, Distribution, Finance and Accounting, Legal, Quality Assurance, Product Development and Corporate Asset Protection.
- This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required.
What You Bring with You (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree of Supply Chain Logistics or associated discipline required.
- 8-10 years of progressive growth and experience in supply chain in associated fields.
- Proven ability to work across the corporation with all levels, including Sr. Leadership, to drive strategies and meet goals and objectives.
- Strong and proven capabilities at building a team and growing future leaders.
- Verbal and communication skills to clearly articulate, in person or in writing, across multiple disciplines.
- Strong knowledge, experience and successful track record managing global business practices.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as a meaningful part of the total package, with medical, dental, and vision options and additional supplemental coverage. The availability of wellness programming and online doctor visits further strengthens the health offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are positioned as solid, including 401(k) access and Roth 401(k) options that some find valuable. Union-negotiated structures are also associated with above-average pay and benefits in certain service roles.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off benefits are a recurring bright spot, including paid time off, vacation time, and holiday pay that can accumulate over time. Paid parental leave is also part of the package, supporting work-life needs alongside PTO.
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It takes guts to start a business during the Great Depression. And it takes vision to keep it going. Our founder, Hendrik Meijer, opened Thrifty Acres in 1934. Almost thirty years later, his son, Fred, pioneered the world’s first ever supercenter – setting the table for who we are today: a multi-billion-dollar household name in retail. Of course, we’re not done. Not by a long shot. We recently launched the nation’s largest grocery home-delivery service – reinventing the business of grocery shopping … again. A lot has changed over the years, except for one thing; we’re still family owned. And that sense of family runs deep in everything we do. It’s the difference between selling a product and serving a community, and it’s the reason we’ve given back over $30 million to local food pantries in the last ten years. So, if you appreciate the pioneering spirit of Meijer, we’d like to connect with you. Because the bigger our family, the better
