Logistics Manager

Ace Hardware Corporation; Moxee (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Semi-Monthly pay incentives

Vacation 18 days

Comprehensive health coverage

Generous 401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance program

Employee discounts on Ace merchandise

Job summary

Ace Hardware Corporation is seeking a Logistics Manager to lead the Retail Support Center Traffic Department, ensuring efficient and profitable operations and top-tier transportation service for ACE retailers. You will provide leadership, set objectives, and manage staff to meet performance goals.

Responsibilities include planning, implementing and controlling logistics, negotiating rates, maintaining reports, and ensuring DOT compliance. Strong financial acumen and safety focus are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Load/freight management/brokering experience.
• Proven management experience in a distribution/traffic role
• Must be flexible and able to respond to driver inquiries outside the normal workday.
• Ability to analyze and logistically manage a fleet of drivers.
• Thorough knowledge of Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) rules and regulations.
• Profit and loss and financial analysis skills.
• Overage, shortage and damaged claims experience.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and control products, goods and services to ACE retailers.
• Resolve transportation, logistics system, import/export, or customer issues.
• Maintain reports, process documentation, logs, training and safety records.
• Direct outbound logistics operations and safety performance.
• Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve efficiency or sustainability.
• Negotiate transportation rates or services.
• Meet and/or exceed all financial goals for the department.
• Analyze financial impact of logistics changes (routing, modes, volumes, carriers).
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies for product transit.

Skills

Leadership

Transportation planning

Financial analysis

DOT regulations

Safety advocate

Vendor negotiation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or related field

Job description

Logistics Manager

About this role

The Logistics Manager will manage the Retail Support Center Traffic Department in a manner that is efficient and profitable, while providing ACE retailers superior transportation service. Provide staff with the leadership and direction required to meet goals and objectives for the traffic department as well as for the retail support center.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for planning, implementing and controlling products, goods and services to meet the needs of ACE retailers.
• Resolve problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports or exports, or customer issues.
• Responsible for the maintenance of reports, process documentation, customer service logs, and training and safety records.
• Direct outbound logistics operations, such as transportation or warehouse activities, safety performance, or logistics quality management.
• Negotiate with suppliers or customers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainability.
• Negotiate transportation rates or services.
• Responsible for meeting and/or exceeding all financial goals for the department.
• Analyze the financial impact of proposed logistics changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or mixes, or carriers.
• Maintain compliance with all federal, state and Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) rules and regulations and driver safety.
• Manage and oversee private fleet of tractors and trailers executing deliveries out of the Retail Support Center.
• Responsible for the safety of the department and security of people and resources, accident investigations and loss prevention.
• Ensure carrier compliance with company policies or procedures for product transit or delivery.
• Responsible for optimal route structure and implementation, routing systems, demand planning, and overall logistics support.

What you need to succeed

• Be a safety champion by promoting a safe and productive workplace through your own actions, including the proper use of PPE, safe operation of powered equipment and safe lifting techniques as determined by the role.
• Be an active participant in contributing to a successful safety culture in the facility.
• Bachelor’s Degree or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Load/freight management/ brokering experience.
• Proven management experience in a distribution/traffic role
• Must be flexible and able to respond to driver inquiries outside the normal workday.
• Ability to analyze and logistically manage a fleet of drivers.
• Thorough knowledge of Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) rules and regulations.
• Profit and loss and financial analysis skills.
• Overage, shortage and damaged claims experience.

Compensation Details: $120,200-$150,000 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

Benefits

• Semi-Monthly Pay Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• 18 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 9 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution for the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching.
• We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review

Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering our employees opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off Adoption cost reimbursement Identity theft protection Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable plans and policies.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires. Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview. This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. Ace Hardware is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with over 5,800 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 60 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; and Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico. Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and known as the place with the helpful hardware folks. For more information, visit acehardware.com or newsroom.acehardware.com.