Senior Manager Global Transportation & Logistics

L. L. Bean, Inc. • Freeport, ME • 1d ago

At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome-both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.

The Senior Manager, Global Transportation & Logistics at L.L.Bean is a key strategic leader responsible for transforming and driving the company's transportation operations. This role involves close collaboration with senior leadership to drive change across all logistics channels, including international, domestic, store delivery, and direct-to-consumer. Leading a high-performing team, the Senior Manager ensures efficient product movement from manufacturing to customer, balancing service excellence, quality, and profitability. With significant autonomy and influence, this leader fosters cross-functional collaboration and adheres to L.L.Bean's stakeholder philosophy to achieve impactful business outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Transportation Strategy & Execution: Own the strategy and execution of all transportation modes-international, domestic, store delivery, and DTC-ensuring cost-effective, reliable, and customer-centric solutions.

Carrier & Vendor Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with carriers and logistics partners. Lead contract negotiations to secure favorable terms and service levels.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with leaders across the enterprise-including Merchandising, Planning, Technology, and Customer Experience-to co-create logistics solutions that align with business goals and customer needs.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement: Drive innovation in logistics processes, systems, and infrastructure to meet the evolving demands of our customers and business.

Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: Play a key role in shaping our end-to-end supply chain strategy, contributing to the development of future-ready capabilities aligned with our evolving vision

Team Leadership: Talent is our number 1 strategy. Inspire, mentor, and grow a team of logistics professionals and drivers, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Engage in proactive talent development and succession planning within department. Anticipate, help identify and drive changes within the work team and across the organization. Create a high-performance culture and effectively lead teams thru uncertainty.

Actively coaches' others to improve their performance.

Develops strategies and oversees tactical work while balancing short term needs & long term results.

Demonstrate strong leadership presence in translating the department's vision into actionable goals and communicate the strategy and accountabilities necessary to achieve the goals.

Consults at many levels, leading cross functional communication and driving decision support.

Invites different perspectives as a means of input to problem solving.

Administer wages and salaries.

Resolve personnel problems following company policies and procedures.

Assist employees in identifying personal development and career needs. Provide guidance and support on these issues.

Communicate and monitor adherence to company policies, programs and procedures.

Budget Management:

Develop department budget and operate within budgetary guidelines.

Contribute to area's Strategic Cost Management efforts through appropriate use of operating budget dollars and responsible management of resources.

Other:

Perform additional related responsibilities as requested.

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

7+ years of relevant experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Excellent influencing skills

Strategic thinker

Strong collaboration skills

Deep expertise in domestic and international transportation, including fleet operations and DTC logistics

Strong working knowledge of manufacturing processes and facilities.

Strong management experience, leading teams to deliver results collaboratively

High degree of business negotiation experience and skills

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