Sr. Logistics Manager
Weee! is the largest and fastest-growing ethnic e-grocer in the United States, operating in one of the largest underserved categories in retail with affordable access to exciting ethnic food. By partnering with local suppliers, redesigning the value chain and leveraging social buying, Weee! is reshaping the grocery business entirely. You can read more about us on Business Insider, Reuters and TechCrunch.
Weee! is headquartered in Fremont, CA, and is currently available coast to coast with exceptional growth (5x YoY) across geographies, categories and ethnicities. We have raised $800M+ in funding to date from leading investors including Softbank Vision Funds, DST, Blackstone, Tiger Global, Lightspeed Ventures, Goodwater Capital, XVC and iFly. The opportunity now is to join a rocketship as we prepare for the next stage of growth, and an eventual public listing.
About
A Sr. Logistics manager plays a vital role in overseeing the delivery drivers and the delivery vans
They work alongside other department managers to ensure deliveries and distributions are made on time and the required vehicles are available and operating as required.
This role manages the entire delivery operations for multiple locations, all its personnel and has to have a keen understanding of the entire process workflow.
Responsibilities
- KPI monitoring, trend analysis, Utilizing the data to make business decisions, Deep diving to perform root cause analysis, performance improvement, driving the team towards company's goal
- Ability to create requirements and expectations for Managers, supervisors, fleet supervisors, coordinators. To measure their performance and to give constant feedback and hold respective people accountable.
- Manage a team of about 200 plus members and fleet and also work closely with the fulfillment center operations team to come up with best possible initiatives that will help both sides reach better standards.
- Work hand in hand with HR department to ensure all employees are given necessary support
- Recognizes and addresses organizational barriers to ensure future success of ongoing business process improvement and automation programs.
- Directs and implements policies and procedures to ensure industry safety standards.
- Developing and measuring key performance indicators for the logistics organization – health, safety, environment, cost, on-time delivery, etc. – to enhance the Weee! Customer experience.
- Be a champion of all delivery processes and have the ability to tweak them as needed to achieve the desired targets for the team and the company
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of management experience managing a team of at least 125 employees or more.
- Minimum 5 years of experience using Excel, Google Suite and ability to handle large amounts of data, creating pivot tables, data visualization and make informed decisions
- Must have Last Mile experience
- Strong project management experience of driving multiple projects at the same time
- Valid Driver's License
- Ability to Travel up to 40% to different warehouses
- Ability to lift up to 50lbs
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
- Ability to work weekends as necessary and during peak season
Compensation Range
- The US base salary range for this full-time position is $100,000-120,000
- This role may be eligible to discretionary bonus, incentives and benefits
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Softbank Vision Funds