The Growth Foundation
11 - 50 employees
Founded 2021
📣 Marketing
🛒 Retail
💼 Consulting
Marketing • Retail • Consulting
The Growth Foundation is a company specializing in eCommerce growth for businesses ranging from founder-led startups to established multinationals. They provide expertise across various aspects of business growth including brand strategy, customer relationship management (CRM), paid media, and marketplace trading. The company helps businesses unlock growth potential through strategic and executional support, talent acquisition, and technology integration. Their services aim to transform businesses by identifying growth opportunities and optimizing performance across all areas of a company.
Head of Logistics – Ecommerce
🔥 12 hours ago
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The Growth Foundation
11 - 50 employees
Founded 2021
📣 Marketing
🛒 Retail
💼 Consulting
Marketing • Retail • Consulting
The Growth Foundation is a company specializing in eCommerce growth for businesses ranging from founder-led startups to established multinationals. They provide expertise across various aspects of business growth including brand strategy, customer relationship management (CRM), paid media, and marketplace trading. The company helps businesses unlock growth potential through strategic and executional support, talent acquisition, and technology integration. Their services aim to transform businesses by identifying growth opportunities and optimizing performance across all areas of a company.
📋 Description
• Own procurement and supply planning across the product range • Lead demand forecasting and inventory planning across the SKU portfolio • Own purchase order placement and timing, working with suppliers on lead times, MOQs and production schedules • Build and manage manufacturer and supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, terms, lead times and service levels • Manage freight forwarder relationships, rates and SLAs • Own inbound freight strategy, including sea versus air freight, container consolidation, routing and shipment planning • Manage the end-to-end inbound process from supplier through customs into the warehouse or 3PL • Optimise landed cost and manage supplier, freight, duty, storage and other inbound costs • Report on logistics costs and their effect on CM1 and CM2 margin • Negotiate and renegotiate 3PL and carrier contracts and help shape the customer delivery offer • Monitor and resolve supplier and inbound logistics issues, including delays, short shipments, damages and customs issues • Manage procurement commitments, stock valuations, landed costs and cashflow implications with Finance • Support warehouse and 3PL teams with inbound schedules, stock information and delivery expectations • Lead supply chain planning for peak trading periods • Own procurement and logistics for new product launches • Maintain compliance with customs, transport, product and regulatory requirements across UK, EU and US markets • Maintain accurate supply chain data and systems • Develop procurement and supply chain processes, systems and SOPs • Lead, develop and support the growing supply chain team • Influence senior stakeholders and work cross-functionally with Commercial, Finance, Operations, Marketplaces and Warehouse teams
🎯 Requirements
• Proven experience managing procurement, supply planning and inbound logistics, ideally within ecommerce, consumer goods, retail or a fast-growth environment • Accountability for logistics costs, including demonstrating impact on CM1 and CM2 • Experience leading a team of 3 to 10, including hiring and performance management; ideally restructuring • Confidence influencing senior stakeholders outside supply chain • Track record of changing commercial outcomes, such as renegotiating 3PL or carrier contracts or reshaping the delivery offer • Strong experience across forecasting, inventory planning and purchasing • Experience managing manufacturers and suppliers internationally • Strong experience managing freight forwarders and international inbound logistics • Experience negotiating supplier pricing, MOQs, lead times and commercial terms • Strong understanding of landed cost and the financial impact of procurement and freight decisions • Experience managing peak trading and supply chain contingency planning • Strong analytical skills and confidence working with supply chain data and KPIs • Experience working cross-functionally with Finance, Commercial, Operations and Warehouse teams • Proactive, commercially minded approach suited to a fast-moving environment • Ability to meet relevant customs, transport, product and regulatory requirements across UK, EU and US markets
🏖️ Benefits
• Fully remote role • Flexibility to work from wherever you're based in the UK • Opportunity to join a high-growth, entrepreneurial business • Significant ownership over procurement, supplier relationships, inventory planning and inbound logistics • Opportunity to build and improve supply chain infrastructure • Equal opportunities and inclusive workplace
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