Manager Logistics

Walgreens; Perrysburg Township (OH); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens in Perrysburg Township, OH, seeks a logistics leader to manage planning and implementation of the private fleet operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient daily activities. You will coordinate with drivers, vendors, and customers while guiding a logistics team to optimize service and performance.

The role emphasizes budget management, KPI monitoring, and continuous improvement across routes, backhaul opportunities, and system support for transportation and warehouse software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years in supply chain or business role or High School/GED with 5+ years in supply chain or related role.
• Experience negotiating with outside vendors, including contracts, prices, service issues, and reconciliations.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with internal/external customers, vendors and drivers.
• Intermediate Excel skills for budgeting, reporting, and data analysis.
• Experience engaging with individuals at all levels of the organization and with external partners.
• Proficiency with Word (headers, page breaks, tables).
• 1+ years of direct leadership or cross-functional team leadership.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% (in-state and out-of-state).

Responsibilities

• Foster a safety-first culture across the logistics team.
• Plan, forecast, and manage annual budget; drive financial results against indicators.
• Oversee monthly expenditures and invoicing aligned with software requirements.
• Mentor staff through onboarding, communication, training, and performance reviews.
• Monitor fleet KPIs; take corrective actions to meet service targets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to support end-to-end supply chain objectives.
• Plan short- and long-term equipment and driver staffing with vendors.
• Oversee accident handling, claims, investigations, and reporting.
• Lead the team to meet cost, service, and safety goals and guide complex issues.
• Ensure adherence to policies; develop and implement best practices.
• Oversee load planning and route scheduling to balance DC workload and store service.
• Identify and grow backhaul opportunities with corporate and vendor partners.
• Maintain systems supporting transportation and logistics, including WMS, TMS, and dispatch software.
• Develop initiatives to solve critical business problems and drive innovation.
• Handle diverse issues requiring analysis of multiple factors and market trends.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Leadership

Vendor relations

Budgeting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School/GED

Job description

Job Summary

Manages the planning and implementation of the logistics functions which include overseeing the daily operations of a private fleet. Manages personnel working with vendors, customers, and carriers to resolve or coordinate solutions with escalations.Ensures successful implementation and adherence of compliance with all applicable regulations (DOT, etcetera) providing drivers and logistics team with a safe and engaged workplace.

Job Responsibilities

• Creates or maintains a world class culture of safety.
• Plans, prepares, and forecasts annual budget. Accountable for financial results, meeting or exceeding annual budget based on a range of specific measurable indicators.
• Plans, manages, controls and forecasts monthly departmental expenditures against the budget; ensures department adheres to proper invoicing procedures with financial software requirements.
• Develops and mentors staff through on-boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; activities include weekly one on one meetings, mid-year and annual reviews.
• Monitors, analyzes fleet KPIs to meet or exceed service performance measurements. Takes corrective action where KPI’s are not meeting expectations.
• Partners with all internal/external stakeholders, builds relationships to support supply chain end to end objectives. Builds relationship with store operational leaders to provide superior service; responds to feedback to create solutions to unique market requirements.
• Work as one team with vendors to plan and forecast short term and long term equipment and driver staffing requirements.
• Manages accident processing, claims, investigation, and corporate reporting.
• Leads a team to accomplish cost, service and safety goals; assigns, monitors and reviews progress and accuracy of work, direct efforts and provide technical guidance on more complex issues.
• Ensures the department adheres to established policies and procedures; develops, recommends and implements Best Practices.
• Oversees daily load planning, and scheduling of routes to ensure balance of distribution center workload while providing outstanding Store Service within budget.
• Drives opportunities to grow backhaul program, analyzes changes in current and future backhaul lanes; collaborates with corporate optimization team and vendor partners to identify new backhaul opportunities.
• Responsible for user level maintenance of systems that support transportation and logistics activities including warehouse management software, transportation management software, On Board Tractor computer and supporting software and dispatch software.
• Outlines specific objectives and processes that are focused on generating innovative solutions to critical business problems. Develops and submits ideas which support the achievement of innovative goals.
• Manages and works on issues of a diverse scope, where analysis of the situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends. Provides advanced expertise and knowledge in complex area of specialization.

About Walgreens

Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) has a storied heritage of caring for communities for generations and proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and leading omni channel platforms. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for retail pharmacy and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years OR High School/GED and at least 5 years of experience in a supply chain or business role.
• Experience negotiating with outside vendors, including negotiating contracts, prices, resolving service issues and reconciling differences.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships with internal/external customers, such as vendors, drivers, etc.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Experience establishing & maintaining relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization, in the business community & with vendors.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• At least 1 years of experience of direct leadership and/or cross functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA/Master's Degree
• CTP Certification - Certified in Transportation and/or Logistics
• Experience with Logistics, Private Fleet in a multi-stop environment including forecasting business model using product volume & cost, forecasting Equipment & Staffing.
• Knowledge of DOT Regulations and DEP Compliance.
• Experience with on-board computers – PeopleNet, Warehouse management systems – AS/400, BOLT Dispatch software.
• Experience with Transportation Management Software – TMS, JDA.
• Experience creating and managing P & L Statements.
• Internal or External Lean Six Sigma Training.
• Experience with Risk Management.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Salary Range: $90000 - $missing / Salaried