Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Dir Last Mile Strategy

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits • $125K — $150K *
Miramar Beach, FL 32550In-Person
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (required); MBA or similar master's degree preferred
  • 10+ years of overall work experience
  • Hands-on experience in supply chain operations or adjacent function
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent analytical/problem-solving abilities
  • Experience in CPG or distribution industry preferred
  • Travel: Up to 25%

Responsibilities

  • Lead monitoring and execution of Last Mile Strategy and Delivery goals
  • Drive cross-functional alignment for Last Mile Strategy as part of Project Lumina
  • Lead SG Direct acceleration and identify new expansion locations
  • Ensure successful transition to Omnitracs (OT1) with continuous metric improvement
  • Identify optimal delivery vehicles and methods for Last Mile Strategy
  • Advise senior leadership with thought leadership
  • Build relationships to influence without direct authority

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead and innovate within Last Mile Logistics
  • Cross-functional collaboration with various departmental teams
  • Exposure to strategic planning and transformational leadership
  • Ability to influence long-term company strategy
  • Engagement with senior leadership and broader organization
Full Job Description
Overview

Responsible for leading the strategy and execution of our Last Mile Logistics as part of our supply chain purpose to deliver transformative change and bring world-class value creation, effectiveness, and connection to our customer. Our mission: Customers choose SGWS because Last Mile brings another value-added service to make us their preferred wholesaler. Ideal candidates will have experience and can demonstrate transformational leadership, strategic planning, change management, effective collaboration and relationship building, process & cost improvement and the ability to look outside our company and industry to bring in new ideas and thinking.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Lead monitoring of progress and execution of Last Mile Strategy and Delivery goals and priorities
  • Drive cross-functional alignment around setting the top priorities for Last Mile Strategy & Delivery as part of Project Lumina 10-year initiatives
  • Lead SG Direct acceleration, building opportunities in existing Direct Warehouse Sales (DWS) locations, and identifying best expansion locations with existing SGWS properties or new locations
  • Ensure successful move to Omnitracs (OT1) and continuous improvement on metrics over the next 3 years
  • Identify delivery vehicles and methods best suited for the Last Mile Strategy
  • Demonstrates thought leadership by advising senior leadership
  • Build meaningful relationships and influence others without direct reporting authority
  • Influence our long-term strategy and support the execution within the portfolio of programs
  • Develop analyses from various data sources and translate them into meaningful business decisions for various audiences
  • Build strong relationships nationally in the SCO organization as well as with key functional and corporate internal teams, creating pathways for collaboration, consistency, efficiencies, while finding savings that impact the business
  • Build tools that enable fact-based metrics on Last Mile Strategy
  • Maintain confidentiality of all Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits business and comply with all company rules and regulations as outlined in the employee manual
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned


Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree (required) & MBA or similar master's degree (preferred but not required)
  • 10+ years of overall work experience is required
  • Hands-on experience working in a supply chain operations or adjacent function is strongly preferred.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for interfacing with all levels of the organization from hourly workers to senior leadership
  • Excellent interpersonal, customer service, analytical/problem solving, problem management skills
  • Excellent presentation development and delivery skills
  • Experience in CPG or distribution industry is strongly preferred
  • Travel: Up to 25%


Physical Demands

  • Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
  • Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
  • May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs


About Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is a beverage distribution company that provides a wide range of products and services to customers across the United States. The company offers a variety of wines, spirits, and beers, as well as related products and services, such as marketing and merchandising support, education and training, and logistics and transportation. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits was formed in 2016 through the merger of Southern Wine & Spirits and Glazer's, Inc. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Learn more about Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Transportation
* Ladders Estimates

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