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Hello potential future Oatly employee. It's us, the original oatmilk company that started in Sweden back 25 or so years ago and has since expanded to the U.S. where we've continued growing at a rate such that we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oatmilk flowing.
Sustainability, health, and transparency are the core values that guide everything we do. Basically, we exist to make it easy for people to eat better and live healthier lives without recklessly taxing the planet's resources in the process. If any of this resonates with you, then maybe you'd like work for Oatly, too. Now onto the formal stuff.
We are looking for a Logistics Director to join our North American team. This role will be responsible for leading our warehousing, inventory, and transportation teams, while helping to develop and implement a strategy that will allow Oatly North America to offer superior customer service while actively reducing carbon emissions and lowering the cost to serve our customers.
You will lead an integrated logistics management function, own the relationships and contracts with our partners, and coach, mentor and develop the transportation, warehousing, export, and inventory associates from the point of manufacture through to the delivery at our customer's facilities.
Here are the things we want to hire you to do:
Overall:
* In partnership with the VP of Supply Chain, create, implement, refine, and communicate the regional supply chain strategy, considering manufacturing locations, customer geography, logistics partner performance and future growth
* In Partnership with Global Supply Chain, share and implement best practices to improve efficiency across the global supply chain. Lead productivity initiatives for US integrated logistics to drive COGS improvements
* Ensure operational logistics targets are met with regards to OTIF, sustainability and cost
* Accountable for all logistics providers' delivery and cost performance
* In partnership with SHE, ensure the health and safety of ourselves, our partners and our customers but ensuring that there are robust policies and procedures, that they are professionally trained and maintained, and that we regularly measure and report their effectiveness
Inventory
* Lead the inventory team, designing and implementing inventory control/tracking processes, identify systems and functional requirements, and implement tools to optimize inventory control
* Oversee the closing of sales orders in our ERP system to drive the relief of inventory and related invoicing
* Define and oversee the development and preparation of detailed reports on inventory operations, stock levels, adjustments, transfers, shipments, and receipts
* Perform analysis to predict and troubleshoot potential inventory problems
* Perform daily/weekly/monthly inventory reconciliations between our 3PLs WMS systems and our ERP
* Oversee the timely entry of daily deliveries and shipments to update inventory
* Produce inventory availability reporting for the Customer Service department
* Work with the S&OP and Planning teams to identify optimal inventory levels by Distribution Center (3PL)
* Work with inventory accounting in reconciling inventory on hand and value at our 3PLs
Transportation
* Lead the transportation team, implementing the supply chain strategy and process architecture. Create, monitor, and report transportation performance metrics to maximize business value
* Benchmark cost structures for transportation, comparing to Oatly's structure in the areas of cost per mile, sustainability, and service as measured by customer
* Using the benchmarks, identify the right mix of contracted vs spot lanes, the role of brokers, and what is necessary to optimize the Oatly North America transportation spend
* Develop carrier bid process as appropriate based upon transportation segmentation
* Working with Finance, develop and implement transportation and warehousing KPIs, and track them, predicting spend, modeling costs, and highlight areas of opportunity
* Oversee our OS&D to assist in recouping monies on lost items due to transportation failures
* Manage transportation costs to internal warehouses as well as to customers in alignment with annual budget and monthly forecasts
Warehousing
* Lead the warehousing team, own the warehouse partner relationships, and build and maintain the warehousing cost models, to ensure that all Oatly products are safely received, stored, picked, and packed
* Through relationships with partners and financial discipline, drive efficiencies in all DC's
* Develop long-term case pack options in all warehouses to accommodate different case configurations
* Identify monthly drivers of B/(W) to budget and LE for both Warehousing and Transportation P&L line items
* Manage warehousing costs in alignment with budgeted cost per liter
* Expand DC footprint to enable Oatly to shorten FtC hauls, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability ambitions
* Be accountable for the complete financial management of our warehouse spend; and
* Develop, monitor, and report key metrics and KPIs for overall warehousing performance
Here are the things we think you need to be successful in this role:
* Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or equivalent, or relevant field experience with an alternate degree
* 10+ years of progressive transportation, inventory, and warehousing experience in the CPG industry
* 5+ years building, managing, and mentoring high-performing teams
* Must have a proven successful track record creating and driving strategic initiatives as it relates to warehousing, inventory, and transportation
* Experience designing supply chain processes and controls in a growing company
* Experience with network design and implementation, as well as familiarity with modeling, analysis, and performance measurement
* Regular usage of a wide variety of systems, including ERP, TMS, WMS, EDI, and YMS (Microsoft D365 a plus)
* Multi-environment experience, including managing food products with a short shelf life
* Experience creating and owning the logistics budget, including all freight, and warehousing spend
* Understanding of 3PL cost models and proven record of continuous improvement
* Extensive understanding of carrier contract structures, as well as carrier bid knowledge
* Outstanding communication, leadership, organization, and critical thinking skills
* Experience with stakeholder management, and a strong diligence, comfort in a dynamic environment
* Be able to work in a 100% remote environment, traveling 20-40% annually
And here's another list of qualities we think make a good Oatly team member:
* You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency
* You are a self-starter who doesn't need direct supervision to motivate you for success - we believe strongly in building a culture of individual accountability and ownership and need partners that can embrace that mentality
* You are ready to make your mark in a smaller, growing brand leveraging your experience to deliver amazing results and build an outstanding company
* You have an entrepreneurial spirit in that you're comfortable with ambiguity and are energized by the process of building something lasting from the ground up
* You enjoy sharing your quirkiness and talents with your coworkers
Another bulleted list felt redundant, so we wrote this long sentence with all the ways we sweeten the deal to work with us, like providing flexible vacation for starters, really great benefits, genuinely great coworkers who want to see the company and each other succeed, and a start-up vibe with an established company history.
The salary for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. Compensation may also include bonus, commission, or equity as applicable. Our good faith estimate is $165,000.
Our team is available to support you through the hiring process with reasonable accommodations to enable a barrier-free interview experience. We will maintain candidate privacy and confidentiality to enable an unbiased and equitable experience. If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability or special need, please contact talent.management@oatly.com.
Oatly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
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