Director of Logistics

Director of Logistics

Just like our farm-fresh milk and super premium ice cream, a career at Oberweis is simply the best! Join our amazing team of friendly faces to work in a fun, goal-oriented work environment. With competitive salaries, benefits and perks, you’ll soon find that the sweetest careers begin at Oberweis!

Position Description

Oberweis Dairy is looking for a Director of Logistics. We are looking for a passionate operations leader who has experience developing logistics solutions that meet customer requirements in efficient and effective manners. This individual will review and contribute to solution designs and also define logistic requirements and processes. This individual must be self-driven and possess an unyielding commitment to excellence, while maintaining a high sense of urgency in the entire warehouse, logistics and fleet process through delivery to end user. Additionally, this individual must enjoy working in a high-energy collaborative environment and must be a highly effective communicator.

Position Requirements

1. Troubleshoot, optimize, and fine tune logistical processes and solutions.
2. Identify issues and recommend and implement solutions.
3. Interact with business owners in requirements gathering and process improvement initiatives.
4. Experience in outsourced vendor management.
5. Experience in supplier management and operations planning, and demand management.
6. At least 10 years of experience in Supply Chain/Operations.
7. Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills, attention to details and multi-tasking abilities.
8. Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement.
9. Ability to work effectively with others and good interpersonal skills.
10. Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
11. Strong DOT, OSHA knowledge.
12. Excellent problem-solving skills.
13. Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of our organization and translate work process improvement and customer-driven needs into high-level designs.
14. Ability to travel locally and overnight 25% or as the business requires.

Additional 'Nice to Haves'

1. AS/400 experience or related ERP functionality.
2. E-Commerce experience.
3. Understanding of the customer viewpoint.

Benefits

Full-time salaried position commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits package, including 401(k). Paid vacation and holidays. Opportunities to develop your career through supported certification and leadership programs.

Successful Candidate Description

As a brief summary, we are looking for a Logistics Director who has demonstrable previous experience. We need someone who understands supplier management and who has developed multiple logistics solutions. This individual must also be able to manage a stream of organizational requests for process modifications in a strategic manner, without becoming buried in minutia and one-off project tasks. In short, the successful candidate is able to manage multiple (sometimes competing) priorities while remaining highly effective as a support pillar for the business in general. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can accurately assess resource requirements necessary to complete a variety of complex projects and that they know how to effectively communicate the need for additional resources, while also successfully conveying the consequences of not having requested resources. The successful candidate must be highly collaborative. They must be able to demonstrate a strong team orientation and teambuilding skills, while being efficient and remaining focused on delivery completion. They must be comfortable setting goals and communicating status.

About Oberweis

Oberweis Dairy is still a family-owned business that has been serving smiles for nearly 100 years! We proudly provide our customers with superior-tasting products and exceptional customer service. Since 1927, Oberweis has expanded from premium milk and ice cream to our family of restaurant brands Oberweis Ice Cream & Dairy Store, That Burger Joint, Wood Grain Pizzeria, Oberweis Home Delivery Service, and at a grocery store near you.