Director Global Logistics

Insight Global; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a senior leader to own and scale the company’s end-to-end global logistics capability, spanning Direct Import, Fresh, and consolidation. You will guide strategy for air, ocean, offshore logistics, ports, drayage, and inland transportation while collaborating with Merchandising, Sourcing, Finance, Inventory, Transportation, Compliance, and DC teams.

The role focuses on establishing KPIs, managing carrier relationships, and driving cost optimization amid disruptions like

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in international logistics or global supply chain
• Senior-level experience with international air and ocean freight at enterprise scale
• Strong offshore/origin logistics and commodity supply-chain experience
• Exposure to Fresh, food, perishable, or temperature-controlled/cold-chain products
• Experience managing carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, drayage, transload, consolidation, 3PL, and cold-chain providers
• Experience building or transforming an end-to-end global logistics operating model from the shipper/importer side
• Strong understanding of landed cost, network design, logistics cost drivers, and cost optimization
• Proven experience with international supply-chain disruption and risk management
• Strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Own and build the company’s end-to-end global logistics capability across Direct Import, Fresh, and consolidation.
• Set the overall strategy and operating model across air, ocean, offshore logistics, ports, drayage, transload, consolidation, cold chain, and inland transportation.
• Partner with Merchandising, Sourcing, Finance, Inventory, Transportation, Compliance, and distribution center teams.
• Oversee carrier, freight forwarder, customs broker, 3PL, cold-storage, and other logistics provider relationships.
• Establish KPIs around service, cost, transit, inventory visibility, and product integrity.
• Lead recovery efforts during disruptions such as weather, port congestion, customs holds, geopolitical events, carrier constraints, and cold-chain failures.
• Build and scale the internal global logistics organization, including the team, processes, analytics, provider network, and governance.

Skills

Leadership

Global logistics

International air/ocean freight

Cost optimization

Job description

Job Description

12+ years of progressive experience in international logistics, global supply chain, or import operations

People leadership - leading managers in global logistics environment

Senior-level experience with international air and ocean freight at enterprise scale

Strong offshore/origin logistics and commodity supply-chain experience

Exposure to Fresh, food, perishable, or temperature-controlled/cold-chain products

Experience managing carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, drayage, transload, consolidation, 3PL, and cold-chain providers

Experience building or transforming an end-to-end global logistics operating model from the shipper/importer side

Strong understanding of landed cost, network design, logistics cost drivers, and cost optimization

Proven experience with international supply-chain disruption and risk management

Strong executive presence and cross-functional leadership skills

This person will own and build the company’s end-to-end global logistics capability across Direct Import, Fresh, and consolidation, overseeing the flow of product from origin and overseas ports through domestic handoffs. They will set the overall strategy and operating model across air, ocean, offshore logistics, ports, drayage, transload, consolidation, cold chain, and inland transportation, while partnering closely with Merchandising, Sourcing, Finance, Inventory, Transportation, Compliance, and distribution center teams. The role will oversee carrier, freight forwarder, customs broker, 3PL, cold-storage, and other logistics provider relationships; establish KPIs around service, cost, transit, inventory visibility, and product integrity; and lead recovery efforts during disruptions such as weather, port congestion, customs holds, geopolitical events, carrier constraints, and cold-chain failures. A major focus will also be building and scaling the internal global logistics organization, including the team, processes, analytics, provider network, and governance needed as international Direct Import and Fresh volumes grow.