Director, Logistics

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $170k - $190k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Vital Farms

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201 - 500 employees

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🌾 Agriculture

🧘 Wellness

💰 $151.3M Post-IPO Equity on 2020-11

Food & Beverage • Agriculture • Wellness

Vital Farms is a Certified B Corporation that offers a range of ethically produced pasture-raised foods, including shell eggs, butter, hard-boiled eggs, ghee, and liquid whole eggs, distributed nationwide. Founded in 2007 on a single farm in Austin, Texas, Vital Farms has become the leading U. S. brand of pasture-raised eggs and butter by retail dollar sales. The company is committed to the humane treatment of farm animals and sustainable farming practices, focusing on the long-term benefits of all stakeholders involved.

📋 Description

• Report to the Vice President, Supply Chain • Lead the end-to-end logistics network across inbound farm transportation, outbound customer transportation, warehousing, cold storage, and distribution • Set and execute logistics strategy supporting growth, customer commitments, and the supply chain operating model • Own short- and long-range capacity planning across transportation, cold storage, warehousing, and distribution • Evaluate network design, lane strategy, storage footprint, and operating models • Oversee inbound transportation from farms and suppliers and outbound transportation to customers and distribution points • Govern dedicated fleet and managed transportation partners, including routing, scheduling, load optimization, tendering, carrier performance, claims, and special requests • Serve as senior escalation point for transportation disruptions • Maintain accountability for receiving, storage, inventory handling, order fulfillment, and finished-goods shipping • Manage third-party transportation, distribution, and warehousing providers through governance, contracts, performance reviews, KPIs, and corrective action plans • Partner with site, Quality, and distribution leaders on food safety, cold-chain integrity, inventory accuracy, pallet and load quality, and shipment standards • Support facility and distribution-capability readiness, systems integration, launch planning, and operational transitions • Develop and own logistics budgets and forecasts • Identify cost drivers and deliver sustainable savings without compromising safety, quality, or service • Establish KPI and operating-review cadence • Partner with Finance and Supply Chain peers on forecasts, accruals, variance reviews, and logistics investment business cases • Improve integration and use of D365, TMS, WMS, 3PL platforms, automation, and reporting tools • Lead continuous improvement across transportation and distribution • Partner with IT, Operations Development, and external providers on system reliability, visibility, controls, and growth readiness • Lead, coach, and develop the Logistics team • Build cross-functional partnerships across Farm Support, Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Customer Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, IT, and commercial teams • Build team capability and succession depth

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience • 10+ years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, warehousing, or distribution • Experience preferably in food, beverage, CPG, or another temperature-sensitive environment • Experience leading a complex, multi-node logistics network • Experience managing third-party transportation and warehousing providers • Understanding of transportation markets, carrier and fleet operations, warehousing and distribution, cold-chain requirements, and relevant regulatory considerations • Ability to manage budgets, analyze cost and service trade-offs, and deliver measurable operational and financial improvements • Experience with ERP and supply chain execution technology, such as D365 or comparable ERP, TMS, WMS, warehouse automation, and Power BI or Tableau • Ability to use data and sound judgment to make decisions and action plans • Clear communication, cross-functional influence, and negotiation skills • Proven people leadership, coaching, and talent development experience • Availability to travel approximately 20–30% • Bonus: experience launching or scaling logistics capabilities, facilities, automation, or major system integrations

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Paid parental leave • 401(k) with 3% contribution from Day 1 • Free eggs • Friends and family discounts • Fun team SWAG • Professional development opportunities • Remote work environment

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