Senior Director Logistics Americas

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

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Job Overview

The Senior Director Logistics NA reports to the Chief Logistic Officer and is a member of the Global Logistics Management Team. The Senior Director is the Head of the legal entity of Getinge Group Logistic America (GGLA) with statutory responsibility. The Senior Director has full executive authority for the local site and is responsible for overseeing company operations. Local site supply chain, manufacturing, finance and selected local site support functions will report with dotted lines to the Senior Director. In addition, as part of the Logistics Management Team and being the main person responsible for all logistics activities for the One Getinge Region Americas, the Senior Director will work together with relevant managers to secure short, medium and long term efficiency and profitability of the business. The position works in partnership with sales management and the business leaders in the region to positively contribute to excellent sustainable business performance. The position also, challenges and develops the logistics functions for the region within the scope of responsibility, and in dialogue with Global Management and other stakeholders, it actively supports the sales region to secure higher customer experienced product availability at a reduced cost.

Job Responsibilities And Essential Duties

• Sit on the Board of Directors for GGLA
• Negotiate and agree service levels agreements with the respective sales companies in the region.
• Responsible for developing the Logistics strategy in the region.
• As part of the Global logistics management team develop the Global logistics strategy and flow optimization.
• Manage satellite warehouses located in the region, both financially and operationally.
• Manage and be responsible for over $100M of finish goods inventory in the Americas.
• Oversee and responsible for Foreign Trade Zone in US.
• Develop scorecards for comparisons and benchmarking.
• Manage and develop the local logistics team in the region.
• Manage regional 3rd party warehouse operation to budget and agreed service levels.
• Manage customer service activities and ensure timely proactive communication.
• Develop tools to make the warehouses comparable regarding their cost structure & KPI’s.
• Responsible for budgeting and forecasting process of your area.
• Continually drive improvement projects to reduce cost and improve service.
• Support Risk Management activities for warehousing and transportation.
• Liaise with the PMO for projects start-up and status reporting.
• Manage the transportation spend and carrier selection in the region to reflect the needed service level for end customer deliveries.
• Ensure EHS compliance to standards.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• A Bachelor or Master’s Degree in Logistics, Business Administration or equivalent.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience leading logistics at strategic as well as operational level – in a global organization.
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• A broad business and people perspective.
• Excellent leadership and influential skills.
• Able to set direction, priorities and goals; able to secure plans and organization in order to realize and deliver ambitions and results; open and humble in learning for further development.
• Able to lead change within a matrix organization.
• Pragmatic and hands-on with a strong commercial focus.
• Structured yet creative personality and knows how to prioritize.
• Action and result oriented.
• Having a positive attitude and courage with a strong ability to influence others.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite and related Logistics software and systems.
  
  

Supervision/Management Of Others

The position managers others.

Internal and External Contacts/Relationships

• All levels of Getinge management and Global Logistics team.
• Customers and external logistics partners.
  
  

Environmental/Safety/Physical Work Conditions

• Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions
• Travel is estimated at 25-30% annually, including some occasional global travel which will depend on the portfolio of projects that the position will be involved in.
  
  

The salary range for this position is $200,000-275,000 per year with a 35% bonus depending on experience and location

About Us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.