Global Director Logistics

Vacancy Name

Global Director Logistics

Vacancy No

VN362

Department

Corporate Operations & Supply Chain

Location

Indianapolis HQ

Employment Type

Full-Time

Company Overview

Aurorium is the materials innovation partner that helps global manufacturers harness the power of possibility to make the world a better place. Their specialty ingredients and high-performance materials enhance quality of life, support health and wellness, and enable customers to deliver value-added solutions.

Key industries served include healthcare, personal & home care, mobility, infrastructure, and paper & packaging. A Responsible Care company, Aurorium follows the highest regulatory standards across all manufacturing facilities. The company's global integrated supply chain offers the customer product consistency, easy access, supply security, and reasonable turnaround on delivery. Aurorium is committed to operating at the highest levels of manufacturing consistency, quality control, and safety.

Description

As Global Director of Logistics, you will be a pivotal strategic and operational leader within Aurorium's global supply chain. This highly visible role is critical to delighting our customers and unlocking value through transforming our logistics team into a customer centric, cutting-edge, strategic partner, and highly efficient team. This role must focus on driving strategies that put our customers' needs first in delivering current and long-term programs putting Aurorium in a position to be a valued business partner. We're looking for someone who can redesign the logistics function where necessary and driving cultural change while thriving in a dynamic, ever-changing global environment, combining flawless day-to-day execution with proactive strategic thinking. You'll be instrumental in defining logistics innovation initiatives, operational excellence processes, and delivering cost-efficient service performance across our global network, while collaborating cross-functionally with business leaders, stakeholders, and third-party partners. The ideal candidate will seamlessly blend high-level strategic thinking around global service capabilities adding in trade compliance requirements to implement and manage detailed execution plans, leveraging data and key partnerships to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Job Details

Responsibilities :

Role Specific Responsibilities :

• Define the Future : Architect and evolve Aurorium's global logistics and warehousing strategy, tailoring it to specific customer needs and business unit objectives. A critical element in the strategy will be a business continuity plan
• Drive Strategic Growth : Collaborate with functional leaders to identify emerging business and specific customer needs which align our capabilities, build long-term execution plans for process optimization, risk mitigation, disaster recovery, and operational scalability
• Team Management : build and manage a customer centric focused global team
• Create a Culture of Excellence : Champion a culture of continuous improvement and accountability, applying lean principles and data-driven backed decisions to boost logistics and warehousing performance, consistently exceeding customer expectations
• Drive Organizational Alignment : Design and implement a robust communication plan, ensuring transparency, consistency, and timely updates among global customers and regional logistics stakeholders
• Lead Daily Operations : Oversee daily logistics across manufacturing sites and warehouse networks, ensuring on-time delivery, service quality, and cost efficiency meet defined KPIs
• Optimize Partnerships : Strategically manage third-party logistics providers to ensure they meet customer and business needs, deliver on service commitments, while continuously improving efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. You'll be proactive in identifying issue root causes and implementing long-term solutions
• Monitor and Interpret Trade Compliance : Continuously review the global logistics regulatory compliance environment, and performance metrics in order to generate insights to drive both short-term improvements and long-term strategic service decisions
• Drive Financial Performance : Lead logistics productivity initiatives focused on cost recovery, inflation mitigation, and service enhancement
• Champion Data Analytics : Partner with IT to develop an advanced analytics platform and dashboard, providing real-time visibility into carrier performance, spending, and service-level

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Embodies the core values of Aurorium :

If you have the energy, drive, and passion for joining the Aurorium team, we would love to hear from you. Apply today!

Aurorium offers competitive total compensation packages, including benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, 401(k), disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, paid time off, and paid holidays.

Aurorium is a global Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category. #LI-Onsite

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