Global Transportation & Distribution Director

Jostens; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Healthcare & voluntary benefits

401(k) immediate vesting

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Jostens seeks a Director of Transportation and Distribution to shape and execute our enterprise transport strategy across a seasonal network. You will lead freight strategy, carrier/3PL management, and network optimization to improve margins and service reliability.

You will drive cost-to-serve models, budgets, and intercompany routing, while partnering with Finance, IT, SIOP, and Ops to deliver measurable improvements across global inbound/outbound logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Business, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, distribution, and supply chain leadership.
• Strong working knowledge of parcel, LTL, truckload, intermodal, ocean, air, cross-border, and final-mile transportation.
• Proven experience developing transportation and distribution strategies, managing carrier and 3PL networks, and leading complex RFPs and negotiations.
• Demonstrated ability to build cost-to-serve models, freight budgets and forecasts, and mode/lane/site-level performance views.
• Experience implementing cost-reduction and service-improvement initiatives with measurable financial impact.
• Knowledge of carrier contracts, fuel and accessorial structures, routing guides, SLAs, claims, and contingency planning.
• Ability to lead cross-functional network design and implementation across Operations, Finance, SIOP, Sourcing, IT, Sales, and Customer Service.
• Strong analytical and executive communication skills, with the ability to convert complex network trade-offs into clear decisions and action plans.
• Experience operating in seasonal, demand-volatile, made-to-order, or custom-product environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement multi-year transportation and distribution strategies for inbound, outbound, intercompany, parcel, LTL, truckload, ocean, air, and cross-border transport.
• Translate growth, SIOP, sourcing, and service requirements into an executable network roadmap.
• Lead lane-level routing, mode selection, shipment consolidation, and zone-skipping analyses.
• Evaluate build, buy, or partner options and convert into implementation plans with cost, service, capital, and risk trade-offs.
• Evaluate network redesign opportunities including 3PL strategy and footprint optimization.
• Develop long-term roadmaps supporting growth, service, working capital, and margin objectives.
• Own freight budgeting, forecasting, monthly variance bridges, and savings delivery.
• Establish total-cost and cost-to-serve views by mode, lane, site, product, customer, and shipment type.
• Control fuel, accessorials, and other surcharge exposure with Finance alignment.
• Establish KPI governance for cost, on-time pickup/delivery, transit time, tender acceptance, claims, and forecast accuracy.
• Improve transportation data integrity and use analytics to identify root causes and prioritize action.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Compliance, Sourcing, Planning, IT, Finance, Sales, and Customer Service.
• Manage cross-border flows, vendor routing requirements, business continuity, peak execution, and regulatory obligations.
• Lead scenario planning and issue resolution for capacity, service disruption, tariffs, and network transitions.
• This role includes a 25% travel requirement and some international travel may be required.
• This role also has one direct report.

Skills

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Seasonal demand experience

Network design leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field

Master’s degree or MBA (preferred)

Tools

Transportation management systems (TMS)

ERP platforms

Carrier data & freight audit tools

Business intelligence tools

Job description

Jostens seeks a Director of Transportation and Distribution to shape and execute our enterprise transport strategy across a seasonal network. You will lead freight strategy, carrier/3PL management, and network optimization to improve margins and service reliability.

You will drive cost-to-serve models, budgets, and intercompany routing, while partnering with Finance, IT, SIOP, and Ops to deliver measurable improvements across global inbound/outbound logistics.