Head of Global Logistics and Warehousing

Weir•Portland, OR

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Head of Global Logistics and Warehousing provides global leadership for the logistics, transportation, distribution, warehousing, customs, and trade-compliance capabilities that connect ESCO’s manufacturing network to customers worldwide. The role is responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective movement of materials across ESCO’s global network, while managing freight spend, inventory flow, service levels, and supply risk. As a member of the Global Supply Chain leadership team, the position partners with Operations, Planning, Procurement, Sales, Finance, Product Management, and regional teams to balance customer service, capacity, working capital, cost, and risk. The role leads global transportation strategy and freight sourcing; distribution and warehouse strategy; customs and trade-compliance governance; freight budgeting and cost management; safety and operational excellence; and the development of global teams. It also sets strategic direction for logistics and supply-chain technology, partnering with IT, data, and transformation teams to advance visibility, decision-making, and digitally enabled supply-chain operations. Weir describes itself as a global engineering business focused on making mining operations smarter, more efficient, and sustainable. Its technology helps customers produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water, and waste, supporting a low-carbon future. The company states that it has 11,000 employees in more than 60 countries and is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related discipline.
10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, or related disciplines.
5+ years leading managers and/or complex, multi-functional teams.
Experience within complex, multi-site manufacturing supply chains.
Strong international logistics, freight, warehousing, and distribution experience.
Experience with supply and capacity planning, demand/supply balancing, and S&OP/SIOP processes.
Experience managing significant transportation spend, logistics providers, and commercial relationships.
Working knowledge of customs, international trade, and import/export compliance.
Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement and organizational change across global teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ERP and advanced supply-chain platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or Kinaxis is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute ESCO’s global transportation strategy across inbound, outbound, and intercompany material flows.
Oversee domestic and international transportation across ocean, air, truckload, LTL, rail, and parcel.
Optimize freight lanes, routing, consolidation, and carrier networks to improve service and total landed cost.
Lead global freight sourcing, including RFPs, negotiations, contracts, and supplier performance.
Manage logistics KPIs and monitor freight markets, capacity, geopolitical risk, and supply disruptions.
Lead ESCO’s global distribution and warehouse strategy, including company-operated and third-party facilities.
Establish standards and KPIs for safety, material handling, inventory accuracy, productivity, and order fulfillment.
Drive continuous improvement in warehouse cost, capacity, and service.
Support network-design decisions involving warehouse locations, regional distribution models, and 3PL solutions.
Lead governance for import/export activity, customs documentation, tariff classification, valuation, and duty management.
Maintain effective compliance controls and audit readiness.
Partner with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and external specialists on complex trade issues.
Identify opportunities to reduce tariff and duty exposure while maintaining compliance and monitoring regulatory changes.
Own global freight budgeting, forecasting, and performance management.
Maintain visibility into freight costs by region, mode, carrier, and trade lane.
Lead initiatives to reduce freight, warehousing, duty, and total landed costs without compromising service.
Develop business cases for logistics network, technology, capital, and service-provider investments.
Champion Weir’s Zero Harm culture across logistics, warehousing, and distribution.
Drive continuous improvement through Lean, structured problem solving, and root-cause corrective action.
Use operating scorecards and reviews to identify gaps and establish accountable corrective actions.
Lead, coach, and develop globally distributed logistics, planning, and distribution teams.
Build succession pipelines and strengthen technical and leadership capabilities.
Establish clear performance expectations and foster customer focus, collaboration, continuous improvement, and fact-based decision-making.
Define business requirements and strategic direction for logistics and supply-chain technology.
Partner with IT, data, and transformation teams to improve visibility and decision-making.
Drive adoption of ERP, planning, transportation, warehouse, analytics, and visibility platforms.
Support ESCO’s transition toward integrated, predictive, and digitally enabled supply-chain operations.