General Responsibilities: The Manager, Logistics & Distribution is responsible for leading the end‑to‑end execution of logistics and distribution operations in support of business objectives. This role will execute transportation strategy, distribution center performance, and third‑party logistics (3PL) relationships to ensure cost‑effective, reliable, and compliant movement of goods. The position partners cross‑functionally with Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, and Customer Operations to deliver service excellence while continuously improving cost, service, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities:
Logistics & Transportation Management
- Manage freight and distribution budgets, including forecasting, variance analysis, and cost control across all transportation modes.
- Lead structured quarterly and/or monthly business reviews with transportation and logistics suppliers to drive performance, cost transparency, and accountability.
- Establish freight standards and lane‑level costing to support accurate product costing and margin management.
- Provide end‑to‑end oversight of inbound ocean transportation.
- Oversee customs, import/export, and brokerage processes to ensure regulatory compliance and uninterrupted supply.
- Oversee outbound shipment execution across all modes (FTL, LTL, parcel, intermodal, and international), ensuring on‑time delivery, cost efficiency, and customer compliance.
- Lead customs, duty, and trade compliance management, including import/export activities, tariff classification, broker oversight, duty optimization, and audit readiness to ensure regulatory compliance and uninterrupted supply flows.
Distribution & 3PL Oversight
- Manage relationships with domestic and international 3PL providers, including service level agreements, KPIs, and corrective action plans.
- Drive operational execution across distribution centers to ensure safety, inventory accuracy, on‑time fulfillment, and cost efficiency.
- Resolve service failures, customer fines, claims, and chargebacks through root‑cause analysis and structured corrective actions.
Continuous Improvement & Strategy Execution
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on transportation optimization, network design, cost reduction, and service improvement.
- Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and data‑driven tools to enhance logistics visibility and decision‑making.
- Support strategic planning initiatives related to network changes, volume growth, and new product introductions.
People Leadership & Collaboration
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development to logistics team members; conduct performance reviews and support individual development plans.
- Partner cross‑functionally with Supply Chain Planning, Procurement, Finance, and Customer Service to align logistics execution with business priorities.
- Serve as a subject‑matter expert for logistics and distribution topics across the organization.
Required Experience
BS degree required a minimum of 3-5 years of job related experience in Supply Chain.
Preferred 5-7 years of job related experience. Preferred rate negotiations and contracts, supervision experience, and project leader.
Required Technical Competencies
- Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
- Developing Direct Reports and Others
- Experience in all modes of transportation i.e. Ocean, air, LTL, FTL & Small Parcel
- Experience in warehouse/DC management
- Direct import / custom expertise
Key Competencies
- Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline
- Financial and analytical acumen
- Vendor negotiation and contract management
- Cross‑functional collaboration and influence
- Process improvement and change leadership
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What We Do
The Evenflo Story For nearly a century, Evenflo has been a worldwide leader in the development of innovative infant care and juvenile products: We trace our roots back to the 1920 founding of the Pyramid Rubber Company in Ravenna, Ohio. Initially, the company was a manufacturer of products related to baby feeding. In 1995, Evenflo Company, Inc. was created through the merger of Evenflo Juvenile Products and Evenflo Juvenile Furniture Company (formerly known as Questor Juvenile Furniture Company). From 1996 until 2014, Evenflo Company, Inc. was owned by several different private equity firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Spalding, Gerry Baby Products Company (a division of Huffy Corporation), Harvest Partners, and Weston Presidio. In 2012, both our bottle feeding and breastfeeding product categories were sold to allow increased focus on larger juvenile products such as car seats, strollers, high chairs, play yards and activity products. Today Evenflo Company, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Goodbaby International Holdings Limited. Goodbaby International is a durable juvenile products company that is listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1086:HK). The Group designs, researches and develops, manufactures, markets and sells strollers, children’s car seats, cribs, bicycles and tricycles and other durable juvenile products. Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, the Evenflo (and ExerSaucer) Brand continues to operate within the Americas region of Goodbaby International. We strive to not only build our Brands’ success, we also strive to advocate for all Brands in the Goodbaby International family. We are the gateway for their success in the US, just as they act as our catalyst for global expansion.
