The posting
Head of Global Logistics and Warehousing Weir ESCO Portland, OR Hybrid - 3 Days on-site / 2 Days Remote
Purpose of Role: The Director, Global Logistics & Warehousing provides global leadership for the logistics, transportation, distribution, warehousing, customs and trade compliance capabilities connecting ESCO's manufacturing network to customers worldwide.
The role is responsible for safe, reliable and cost-effective movement of materials across ESCO's global network while managing freight spend, inventory flow, service levels and supply risk. As a member of the Global Supply Chain leadership team, the Director partners with Operations, Planning, Procurement, Sales, Finance, Product Management and regional teams to balance customer service, capacity, working capital, cost and risk.
Why choose Weir: Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to grow your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Global Logistics & Transportation
- Develop and execute ESCO's global transportation strategy across inbound, outbound and intercompany material flows.
- Oversee domestic and international transportation across ocean, air, truckload, LTL, rail and parcel.
- Optimize freight lanes, routing, consolidation and carrier networks to improve service and total landed cost.
- Lead global freight sourcing, including RFPs, negotiations, contracts and supplier performance.
- Manage logistics KPIs and monitor freight markets, capacity, geopolitical risk and supply disruptions.
2. Distribution & Warehousing
- Lead ESCO's global distribution and warehouse strategy, including company-operated and third-party facilities.
- Establish standards and KPIs for safety, material handling, inventory accuracy, productivity and order fulfillment.
- Drive continuous improvement in warehouse cost, capacity and service.
- Support network-design decisions involving warehouse locations, regional distribution models and 3PL solutions.
3. Customs & Trade Compliance
- Lead governance for import/export activity, customs documentation, tariff classification, valuation and duty management.
- Maintain effective compliance controls and audit readiness.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Procurement and external specialists on complex trade issues.
- Identify opportunities to reduce tariff and duty exposure while maintaining compliance and monitoring regulatory changes.
4. Freight Spend & Financial Management
- Own global freight budgeting, forecasting and performance management.
- Maintain visibility into freight costs by region, mode, carrier and trade lane.
- Lead initiatives to reduce freight, warehousing, duty and total landed costs without compromising service.
- Develop business cases for logistics network, technology, capital and service-provider investments.
5. Safety & Operational Excellence
- Champion Weir's Zero Harm culture across logistics, warehousing and distribution.
- Drive continuous improvement through Lean, structured problem solving and root-cause corrective action.
- Use operating scorecards and reviews to identify gaps and establish accountable corrective actions.
6. People & Organizational Leadership
- Lead, coach and develop globally distributed logistics, planning and distribution teams.
- Build succession pipelines and strengthen technical and leadership capabilities.
- Establish clear performance expectations and foster a culture of customer focus, collaboration, continuous improvement and fact-based decision making.
7. Digital & Supply Chain Transformation
- Define business requirements and strategic direction for logistics and supply-chain technology.
- Partner with IT, data and transformation teams to improve visibility and decision making.
- Drive adoption of ERP, planning, transportation, warehouse, analytics and visibility platforms.
- Support ESCO's transition toward integrated, predictive and digitally enabled supply-chain operations.
Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business, Operations or a related discipline.
Experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, distribution or related disciplines.
- 5+ years leading managers and/or complex, multi-functional teams.
- Experience within complex, multi-site manufacturing supply chains.
- Strong international logistics, freight, warehousing and distribution experience.
- Experience with supply and capacity planning, demand/supply balancing and S&OP/SIOP processes.
- Experience managing significant transportation spend, logistics providers and commercial relationships.
- Working knowledge of customs, international trade and import/export compliance.
- Experience with ERP and advanced supply-chain platforms such as SAP, Oracle or Kinaxis is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated success leading continuous improvement and organizational change across global teams.
Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.
Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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