Strategic Logistics Leader

Job Description Summary

The Strategic Logistics Leader plays a critical role in driving efficiency, cost optimization, and resilience in the supply chain in ITO and OTR. Your responsibilities extend beyond daily operations to long-term strategy, innovation, and risk management.
A strategic logistics leader is not just about moving goods from point A to B; they are a key driver of business profitability, customer satisfaction, and supply chain resilience.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Essential functions/ responsibilities

The key roles and responsibilities include:

1. ITO Logistics Leadership & Governance

• Provide leadership and oversight to ITO Logistics Specialists responsible for developing Level 1 logistics concepts, budgetary freight estimates, transportation schedules, and tender logistics assumptions.

• Review, challenge, and approve logistics plans, freight estimates, schedules, and risk assessments to ensure solutions are commercially competitive, operationally feasible, and executable.

• Establish logistics estimating methodologies, transportation planning standards, and governance processes supporting tender activities.

• Support Commercial teams by ensuring logistics solutions align with customer requirements, project schedules, and business objectives.

• Partner with Project Execution teams to validate final shipment scope, transportation requirements, delivery schedules, and logistics execution requirements following project award.

• Consolidate transportation demand across multiple projects to develop portfolio sourcing strategies that optimize capacity, leverage buying power, and improve cost competitiveness.

• Develop and issue RFQs to carriers, freight forwarders, and logistics service providers supporting domestic and international transportation requirements.

• Conduct bid tab analyses, commercial evaluations, and carrier assessments, including capability reviews, risk evaluations, and cost comparisons.

• Develop transportation recommendations for review and approval by Logistics Leadership and assigned Project Logistics Managers.

• Negotiate transportation rates, service agreements, and commercial terms with carriers and logistics providers.

• Support development of Statements of Work (SOWs), purchase orders, and transportation contracts

• Ensure transportation assumptions, schedules, and logistics requirements are aligned with project execution objectives.

• Support development of transportation execution frameworks and handover documentation supporting transition to Logistics Operations teams.

• Coordinate with Project Logistics Managers and Logistics Operations teams to ensure successful transportation award and execution readiness.

• Support supplier qualification activities and execution readiness reviews prior to transportation contract award.

• Conduct logistics feasibility reviews, transportation assessments, and operational evaluations supporting project execution planning.

• Partner with Corporate Logistics and Sourcing teams to expand and strengthen strategic carrier and freight forwarder networks.

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard transportation providers supporting specialized project cargo, heavy haul, over-dimensional, breakbulk, and multimodal transportation requirements.

• Monitor transportation market conditions, capacity trends, and industry developments to support sourcing and procurement strategies.

• Establish long-term transportation sourcing strategies focused on capacity assurance, service reliability, and cost competitiveness.

• Drive transportation cost optimization and freight spend reduction initiatives.

• Identify and mitigate transportation, customs, supplier, and supply chain risks.

• Develop contingency plans supporting transportation continuity and execution reliability.

• Monitor and report on key logistics performance indicators, including freight spend, carrier performance, on-time delivery, transit times, lead times, and service levels.

• Support data-driven decision-making through performance reporting and analytics.

• Support TMS, logistics technology, shipment visibility, and digital transformation initiatives.

• Utilize reporting and analytics tools to improve logistics planning, transportation sourcing, and procurement decisions.

• Establish collaboration and feedback loops with Logistics Operations teams (OTR) to capture lessons learned and improve future sourcing and planning activities.

• Support standardization of logistics processes, planning tools, governance practices, and operational reporting.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on execution readiness, operational efficiency, and supply chain resilience.

• Partner with Commercial, Engineering, Sourcing, Procurement, Project Management, Corporate Logistics, and Logistics Operations teams to align logistics activities with business objectives.

• Provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and development support to ITO Logistics Specialists.

• Support development of standardized logistics governance, KPI management, operational reporting, and best practices across logistics functions.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement.

• Support organizational change management initiatives and cross-functional process improvements.

• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum of 10-12 years of experience in Project Logistics, Transportation, or Supply Chain roles.

• Experience supporting large-scale industrial, infrastructure, energy, or capital project environments.

• Experience managing domestic and international multimodal transportation operations.

• Experience supporting large-scale energy, utility, data center, or infrastructure program environments involving high transportation spend and complex project execution requirements.

• Strong knowledge of heavy haul, super loads, over-dimensional, breakbulk, and multimodal transportation operations.

• Knowledge of customs procedures, international trade compliance, and Dangerous Goods transportation requirements.

• Experience developing logistics strategies, carrier networks, and transportation sourcing solutions.

• Ability to develop strategy and drive execution within a matrixed organization.

• Demonstrated ability to lead change, establish operating rhythms, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

• Strong customer focus with experience supporting internal and external stakeholders.

• Strong negotiation, analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.

• Effective oral and written communication skills across all organizational levels.

• Proven project management skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results on time and within budget.

• Strong leadership skills with ability to support and develop logistics personnel.

• Ability to establish, manage, and maintain operational and project budgets.

• Flexible ability to travel based on business and project requirements.