Director of Distribution Logistics (D&L) Regional Operations APAC is responsible for establishing and leading a regional excellence center team. Objectives are to build a scalable regional D&L excellence organization by optimizing the flow of product through our network of DCs, driving a culture of continuous improvement through application of best practices and aligned with global supply chain strategy, supporting the supply chain in reaching financial & service goals. The role will be working in cross functional leadership & collaboration in execution of projects, proactive identification of barriers & risks and building mitigation plans in partnership with the business to identify key problems / needs to be solved for.
Job Description:
- Establish and lead regional D&L Excellence team
- Own and develop strategic roadmap for regional D&L Excellence team
- Responsible for key Center of Excellence areas, including 3PL tendering, integration and new business integration
- Ownership of regional Distribution Business Intelligence (BI), analytics, and dashboards
- Digitalize scalable and efficient regional BI best practice solution
- Accountable for establishing seamless data integrations with 3PL supplier
- Drive strategy and implementation of short-, mid-, and long-term capacity control tower
- Deliver operational excellence, best practice, and synergies across the APAC region
- Responsible for regional value creation and driving excellence towards local APAC D&L teams and business
- Envision and lead strategy for regional D&L BI and analytics agenda
- Drive identification and deployment of best practices across distribution network centered around design & layout optimization, labor utilization and workflow to maximize the efficiency of our operations
- Proactively drive regional digitalization strategy implementation to ensure efficiency.
- Experienced people leader with passion for people and a proven track record of identifying and growing key talents
- Excellent collaboration skills and desire to win together
- Proven local, regional, and global stakeholder management skills
- Work to ensure that the Crocs D&L is striving to have a local and “Employer of Choice” status
- Partner with the Human Resource Department to facilitate development plans, reviews, interviews, hiring, terminations, and coaching
- This role will empower team members to deliver results against established goals and priorities, while creating an environment where everyone can do their best work.
Job Requirements:
- Degree, preferably in the areas of Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering (or equivalent work experience)
- 10+ years of experience in the high growth, highly automated distribution center environments
- Experience with IT implementation and 3PL integration
- Experience leading distribution center design and layout initiatives
- Experience with 3PL outsourcing and interfacing
- Demonstrated experience in managing senior stakeholders, working in a diverse and multi-functional environment
- Prior experience leading DC operations a plus.
- Thrives in an organization under continuous development and on growth trajectory
- Self-driven and proactive character, taking ownership and leading own area forward
- Capable to impact the organization broadly by own initiative
- Experience working in an automated environment required (specific experience with Wholesale, Ecommerce and Retail a plus)
- Strong experience with performance metrics and process improvement
- Strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills with the ability to handle changing priorities and use of good judgement in stressful situations
- Ability to motivate team members and beyond with strong conflict management and problem-solving skills
- Collaborative, possesses good interpersonal and communication skills and able to manage assigned responsibilities independently
- Ability to drive a collaborative team environment to achieve solutions best fit for the company.
- Business travel required - At least 1 week per month in other countries. Estimate >25%.
