Director, Transportation Operations

Kenvue•Summit, NJ

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Transportation Operations – Regional & International Transportation is responsible for leading the end-to-end transportation operating model across domestic regional transportation and international/inter-regional transportation flows. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across U.S. transportation, inbound and outbound international transportation, inter-regional freight, carrier and logistics service provider management, transportation process automation, budget ownership, network transformation, and continuous improvement. This leader will oversee transportation operations across truckload, LTL, intermodal, drayage, ocean, air, import/export, and cross-regional freight movements. The role is accountable for ensuring service reliability, product availability, cost performance, operational transparency, supplier quality, compliance, and an exceptional customer experience across a complex, highly matrixed supply chain network. This combined role integrates domestic transportation leadership requirements, including transportation processes, digital maturity, policies, standards, carrier negotiations, cost and transit-time performance, routing, mode selection, and KPI management, with international/inter-regional responsibilities, including global freight process ownership, transportation reliability, control tower operations, import/export execution, cross-regional optimization, and sourcing implementation support.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum 14 years of experience across Supply Chain, including transportation and distribution experience.
Minimum 5 years of inbound and outbound international transportation experience, including ocean freight operations, air freight operations, and transportation RFPs.
Minimum 5 years of experience automating transportation processes.
Minimum 7 years of experience managing transportation budgets, including current and future operational spend.
Minimum 3 years of experience managing large infrastructure or network projects, including warehouse site changes and system changes.
Experience working across at least two end-to-end Supply Chain functions such as Source, Plan, Make, and Deliver.
Experience leading domestic transportation operations and/or managing domestic freight operations.
Experience managing global or international transportation organizations, processes, or lanes.
Knowledge of international transportation processes, systems, and import/export execution.
Demonstrated ability to lead in a highly matrixed global organization.
Demonstrated people leadership experience, including building and developing high-performing teams.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
APICS, Lean Six Sigma, or other relevant industry certification preferred.
Experience transforming transportation teams, processes, systems, and supplier performance.
Experience with Transportation Management Systems, Control Tower operations, shipment visibility platforms, automation, transportation analytics, and digital performance management.
Experience managing carrier, freight forwarder, 3PL, and logistics service provider relationships across domestic and international transportation.
Experience in consumer health, healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical device, or similarly regulated supply chain environments.