Manager, DSD Logistics

Mondelēz International • Grandville, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role supports end-to-end logistics, encompassing physical flows from plants to customers, including warehouse, transport, and co-packing operations. The Manager will ensure compliance with service, cost, health and safety, quality, food defense, sustainability, and legal requirements. They will provide team leadership and direction for the logistics organization, implementing logistics strategy and executing operations to optimize logistics solutions. This involves supporting various routes-to-market, balancing service and cost, and collaborating with internal and external business partners (third-party logistics vendors) for effective management and execution.

Requirements

• Solid background in logistics with experience leading operations in an FMCG/CPG environment.
• Team leadership experience, with proven ability to build effective teams and develop people.
• Drive for results with proactive, dynamic and action orientated approach, identifying areas where business change is required and excellence in project management.
• Strong collaboration skills with strong business and financial acumen and the ability to forge senior level strategic partnerships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking plus excellent presentation, communication, influencing and motivational skills.
• Strong negotiating skills with ability to negotiate in tough situations with both internal and external groups.
• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 8-10 years of experience in the logistics industry and leading teams.
• Up to 10% per year travel requirements. Domestic travel to cross docks and annual meetings.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for warehouse, transportation, international logistics (import/export) and co-packing operations.
• Ensure the implementation of the business plan by delivering a consistent service level, adapting the supply chain to the demanding and changing customer environment and ensuring sufficient operational capacity to deliver business needs.
• Be accountable for delivering logistics operational cost budget, ensuring that best-in-class controls and governance are in place.
• Foster, initiate and lead continuous improvement programs that reduce cost and our carbon footprint and improve the service performance of the operation.
• Ensure successful project implementation.
• Select, manage and develop long-term relationships with third-party service providers.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety, quality, food defense and legal requirements and policies.
• Establish a business continuity plan for logistics operations.
• Support best-practices sharing and adoption.

Benefits

• health insurance
• wellness and family support programs
• life and disability insurance
• retirement savings plans
• paid leave programs
• education related programs
• paid holidays and vacation time
• Within Country Relocation support available
• minimal support is offered through our Volunteer International Transfer Policy for candidates voluntarily moving internationally

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager