Distribution Logistics Manager

Tyndale House Publishers•Carol Stream, IL

18h•$70,000 - $95,000

About The Position

For more than 60 years, Tyndale has helped readers discover the life-giving truths of God’s Word. Today we’re one of the largest independently owned Christian publishers in the world. Though our business has grown, our mission remains the same: to open God’s Word to as many as possible in language they can relate to and understand. The Logistics Manager is a leadership role responsible for the long-term design, performance, and evolution of the organization’s distribution and logistics capabilities. This role owns the end-to-end distribution operating model and ensures that people, processes, systems, and infrastructure are aligned to support the organization’s mission, growth strategy, and service commitments. This role exists to ensure distribution is not simply operationally effective today but structurally prepared for the future. The Logistics Manager provides strategic leadership while maintaining operational credibility, ensuring distribution functions as a scalable, reliable, and continuously improving enterprise capability. This is a high-impact leadership role for a trusted partner and change leader who can balance today’s operational demands while designing and delivering a future-ready distribution operation. It is an opportunity to shape the future of a mission-driven organization’s operational capability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, engineering, operations, business, or related field required; master’s degree preferred.
Meaningful leadership experience in distribution, logistics, warehouse operations, or related operational environments. Minimum of 5 years of experience in logistics, engineering, order fulfillment, supply chain, or related field, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
Strong understanding of WMS/TMS distribution systems and analytics tools, material handling, and operational technologies, with a demonstrated ability to design, evolve, and lead complex operating models.
Proven success leading through change, complexity, and ambiguity, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on operational credibility
Personal alignment with and adherence to the Bible as God’s Word, and agreement with our Statement of Faith
Strategic and forward-thinking, with the ability to anticipate future needs with strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
Confident, grounded decision-maker with sound judgment
High emotional intelligence and strong relationship-building capability

Nice To Haves

master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Own overall distribution and logistics performance across shipping, returns, warehouse operations, and supporting functions ensuring consistent service, safety, quality, and efficiency of the order fulfilment life cycle
Provide clear direction, accountability, and leadership for distribution operations
Serve as a strategic partner to the Vice President of Operations and key stakeholders across the organization, contributing to enterprise-level operational planning and decision-making
Represent distribution in cross-functional initiatives and organizational planning
Design, evolve, and govern the distribution operating model to support long-term scalability and reliability
Ensure warehouse layouts, material handling approaches, and workflows are fit for purpose and adaptable over time
Guide the effective use and evolution of distribution technologies, including warehouse management and shipping systems
Establish standards, processes, and governance that ensure consistency, clarity, and operational discipline
Maintain a data-driven performance management approach across distribution operations, establishing and monitoring KPIs for throughput, cost, service levels, labor productivity, and quality
Leverage data, analytics, and WMS/TMS technology to identify opportunities, risks, and constraints affecting service, cost, and throughput
Champion continuous improvement methodologies and problem-solving disciplines through identification and prioritization of improvement initiatives based on business impact and organizational readiness
Ensure distribution performance is transparent, measurable, and aligned with enterprise objectives
Lead and develop a high-performing distribution operations at all levels
Build leadership capability and succession depth within the distribution function
Foster a culture of engagement, ownership, safety, and operational excellence
Lead change with empathy, clarity, and strong emotional intelligence