Director, Logistics

vitalfarmsinternalcrew; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Farms is seeking a senior logistics leader to own and advance the end-to-end logistics network across inbound farm transportation, outbound customer transport, warehousing, cold storage, and distribution. You will build systems, partnerships, operating rhythms, and team capabilities to deliver reliable service while preserving cold-chain integrity and controlling costs.

You will lead a cross-functional team, set strategic direction, and drive improvements in service, scalability, and total

Responsibilities

• Set and execute a logistics strategy that supports growth, customer commitments, stakeholder model, and evolving supply chain operating model.
• Oversee inbound transportation from farms and suppliers and outbound transportation to customers and distribution points; govern dedicated fleet and partners, optimize routing, loads, and performance.
• Maintain warehousing, distribution, and 3PL partnerships with clear governance, contracts, KPIs, and corrective actions; ensure food safety and cold-chain integrity.
• Develop and own logistics budgets and forecasts; identify cost drivers and implement sustainable savings without compromising quality or safety.

Job description

Internal Job Posting

This posting is intended for current Vital Farms employees. If you are not an employee, please visit our careers page to view available opportunities and follow the appropriate application process.

Finding the right place to grow your career isn't (over) easy, so we're here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think you'll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism, which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the "way things have always been done." Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether you're into our values, our brand, or our egg- cellent puns, we hope you 'll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time!

At Vital Farms, we're proud of the diverse communities we serve and the stakeholders who help bring our purpose to life. We're committed to fostering an inclusive and collaborative environment where every crew member feels valued. We see this as one of our greatest strengths - and your role is key to helping us build on it.

Your Role:

This position reports to the Vice President, Supply Chain.

You know that great logistics is more than moving product from one place to another. It is how we protect quality, deliver for our customers, support our farmers and crew, and grow responsibly. You bring a strong mix of strategy and operational leadership, and you are just as comfortable setting the direction for the network as you are working through a transportation disruption, a provider performance issue, or a difficult cost and service trade-off.

At Vital Farms, you will lead our end-to-end logistics network across inbound farm transportation, outbound customer transportation, warehousing, cold storage, and distribution. You will build the systems, partner relationships, operating rhythms, and team capabilities needed to deliver reliable service, preserve cold-chain integrity, manage cost, and scale with the business.

What You'll Do:

You will own the logistics strategy and lead the team and external partners responsible for moving and storing finished goods safely, reliably, and efficiently across the Vital Farms network.

Lead the logistics strategy and network

• Set and execute a logistics strategy that supports Vital Farms' growth, customer commitments, stakeholder model, and evolving supply chain operating model.
• Own short- and long-range capacity planning across transportation, cold storage, warehousing, and distribution; identify constraints early and build practical contingency plans.
• Evaluate network design, lane strategy, storage footprint, and operating models to improve service, resilience, scalability, and total delivered cost.
• Translate logistics performance, risks, trade-offs, and required decisions into clear recommendations for Supply Chain and company leadership.

Own inbound and outbound transportation performance

• Oversee inbound transportation from farms and suppliers and outbound transportation to customers and distribution points.
• Lead governance for dedicated fleet and managed transportation partners, including routing, appointment scheduling, load building and optimization, tendering, carrier performance, freight claims, and special requests.
• Use on-time pickup, on-time delivery, customer scorecards, freight performance, and exception data to set expectations, drive accountability, and improve service.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for transportation disruptions, balancing immediate recovery with root-cause correction and prevention.

Lead warehousing, distribution, and 3PL partnerships

• Maintain overall accountability for receiving, storage, inventory handling, order fulfillment, and shipping of finished goods across the network.
• Manage and strengthen relationships with third-party transportation, distribution, and warehousing providers through clear governance, contracts, performance reviews, KPIs, and corrective action plans.
• Partner with site, Quality, and distribution leaders to maintain food safety, cold-chain integrity, inventory accuracy, pallet and load quality, and consistent shipment standards.
• Support new facility and distribution-capability readiness, including operating requirements, systems integration, launch planning, and transition into sustainable operations.

Build financial and operational discipline

• Develop and own logistics budgets and forecasts, including transportation, warehousing, distribution, accessorial, claims, and related operating costs.
• Identify cost drivers and loss areas, build fact-based recommendations, and deliver sustainable savings without compromising food safety, quality, crew safety, or customer service.
• Establish a practical KPI and operating-review cadence that creates one shared view of service, inventory flow, capacity, cost, ri