Position Summary:

The Director of Supply Chain & Logistics provides strategic leadership for the company's end-to-end supply chain, overseeing procurement, inventory management, materials planning, and logistics for both parts and completed vehicles. This role is responsible for ensuring the efficient flow of materials from suppliers through production and distribution, while optimizing inbound and outbound transportation, warehousing, inventory investment, and vehicle logistics to meet operational, financial, and customer delivery objectives.

Position Responsibilities:

• Strategic Supply Chain Leadership: Develop and execute short- and long-term supply chain strategies encompassing purchased parts, production materials, inventory management, vehicle logistics, warehousing, transportation, and distribution. Drive operational excellence, improve supply chain performance, and align all activities with company objectives, customer demand, and financial targets.
• Vendor & Supplier Management: Develop supplier evaluation and sourcing strategies, negotiate contracts to secure optimal pricing, quality, delivery, and commercial terms, and build strategic supplier relationships. Lead initiatives to reduce end-of-life and slow-moving inventory exposure, improve supplier performance, minimize working capital requirements, and ensure continuity of supply for both production and aftermarket operations.
• Supply Chain Analytics & Inventory Optimization: Leverage data analytics to measure supply chain performance, forecast demand, establish and maintain min/max inventory strategies, and identify trends that improve purchasing decisions, inventory turns, fill rates, and overall supply chain efficiency across both parts and vehicle operations.
• Leadership & Organizational Development: Lead, mentor, and develop purchasing, supply chain, inventory, and logistics teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, cross-functional collaboration, and execution. Ensure departmental goals, key performance indicators, and strategic initiatives are aligned with overall business objectives.
• Logistics & Distribution Management: Oversee all logistics operations, including inbound purchased parts, intercompany transfers, vehicle transportation, third-party logistics providers, warehousing, inventory movements, and outbound distribution. Ensure cost-effective, timely, and efficient movement of both components and finished vehicles while maintaining high levels of customer service.
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): Partner with Sales, Operations, Production, and the S&OP function to develop demand-driven inventory strategies for both parts and vehicle chassis. Optimize inventory placement, replenishment, just-in-time supply, production scheduling, and capacity planning to maximize inventory turns while supporting customer demand.
• Cost Reduction & Working Capital Management: Develop and execute one-, three-, and five-year strategic roadmaps to reduce purchased material costs, freight expense, warehousing costs, vehicle logistics expenses, and overall supply chain operating costs. Drive continuous improvements that reduce working capital, increase inventory velocity, improve asset utilization, and strengthen overall operational profitability.

Specific Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required:

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Excellent communication abilities
• Ability to develop tools using Excel, Power BI
• Experience with Zoho, and Infor a plus  

Position Qualifications:

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or Industrial Engineering.  In lieu of degree 8 to 10 years of supply chain experience will be considered. 

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years with a proven track record of optimizing supply chain systems

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

• Ability to travel at least 25% of the time
• Sitting for long period

Disclaimer:  This list does not represent all physical demands.  Descriptions are representative of those that must be met by employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job’s essential functions.

Fox offers an excellent compensation package and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.  Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending and Dependent Care Savings Accounts, Disability and Life Insurance benefit programs are available, as is a 401k plan with employer matching.  Eligibility for all benefit programs is defined by the applicable plan document or employee handbook.