Global Logistics Analytics & AI Director

Ralph Lauren; Kernersville (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Director of Global Logistics Data & Analytics to lead the analytics strategy, governance, and transformation across global logistics. You will shape data products, drive AI-enabled capabilities, and partner with senior leaders to unlock value across transportation, distribution, and inventory management.

You will own the analytics roadmap, build executive-ready dashboards, and mentor a global team to deliver measurable improvements in service, cost, and decision

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in logistics data & analytics, supply chain analytics, BI, data products, enterprise analytics, or transformation leadership.
• 2+ years experience leading teams including managers, analysts, engineers, product owners, or cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong logistics domain knowledge across transportation, distribution, inventory flow, freight operations, trade compliance, network performance, and service-level management.
• Proven ability to define analytics strategy, build roadmaps, manage portfolios, and deliver business value through data and technology-enabled solutions.
• Experience with enterprise BI and cloud analytics tools such as Power BI, Azure, Databricks, SQL, Qlik, SAP, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year Global Logistics Analytics strategy aligned to Logistics priorities, transformation goals, and regional needs.
• Establish the roadmap for operational reporting, executive scorecards, predictive insights, data products, and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Lead analytics across the end-to-end logistics flow from supplier origin through distribution, transportation, final delivery, and customer arrival.
• Develop decision-support capabilities for transportation, freight cost, carrier performance, capacity, lead time, inventory flow, productivity, and network performance.
• Connect logistics execution to enterprise outcomes including service, margin, working capital, inventory availability, and customer experience.
• Drive predictive and prescriptive analytics to anticipate risks, identify cost opportunities, reduce variability, and improve planning decisions.
• Serve as owner and strategic product leader for the Logistics Analytics data product portfolio including product ownership, support, analysis, development, and testing.
• Define, develop, and execute the Analytics technology roadmap governance for logistics data products across transportation, distribution, inventory movement, shipment tracking, and cost performance.
• Establish standards for certified KPIs, data definitions, metadata ownership, source-system traceability, and data quality management.
• Partner with Data & Analytics and Technology teams to ensure logistics data assets are scalable, governed, secure, reusable, and sustainable.
• Lead the AI and advanced analytics agenda for Global Logistics, including use case identification, prioritization, governance, adoption, and value tracking.

Skills

Analytics strategy

Leadership

BI

Data products

Enterprise analytics

Transformation leadership

Education

Advanced degree in Analytics/Supply Chain/Data Science

Tools

Power BI

Azure

Databricks

SQL

Qlik

SAP

Job description

Ralph Lauren Corporation seeks a Director of Global Logistics Data & Analytics to lead the analytics strategy, governance, and transformation across global logistics. You will shape data products, drive AI-enabled capabilities, and partner with senior leaders to unlock value across transportation, distribution, and inventory management.

You will own the analytics roadmap, build executive-ready dashboards, and mentor a global team to deliver measurable improvements in service, cost, and decision