Senior Director of Transportation

About the role

Join a dynamic and expanding company where you can both learn and make a meaningful impact. As a Senior Director of Transportation, you will lead the design, execution, and optimization of First Mile pickup operations, overseeing a $100M+ transportation budget and a team of 10+ managers.

Responsibilities

• Own First Mile pickup strategy and execution across all transportation modes (trailer, box truck, van, and hybrid solutions), ensuring alignment with network needs.
• Design and deploy multi-modal pickup models tailored to customer profiles, volume density, and service requirements while optimizing trade-offs between cost, service levels, and scalability.
• Build and implement end-to-end processes, operating standards, and system workflows to support efficient and scalable pickup operations.
• Lead network design efforts including customer-to-node mapping, routing strategy, and capacity planning.
• Oversee transportation spend across a $100M+ budget while developing and managing KPIs for service, cost, asset utilization, and pickup reliability.
• Drive initiatives to reduce variability, improve predictability, and optimize overall operational efficiency.
• Lead peak planning, volume surges, and new customer onboardings requiring First Mile transportation readiness.
• Manage, schedule, and develop teams with full accountability for hiring, performance management, coaching, corrective action, and evaluations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of relevant experience leading teams and divisions
• Comprehensive understanding of transportation, supply chain operations, and logistics in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to design and scale multi-modal transportation solutions
• Strong competency interpreting operational KPIs, capacity models, cost analysis, and performance metrics
• Strong operational and financial acumen, including P&L ownership and budget accountability (including ownership of large transportation spend)
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams with accountability for hiring, performance management, coaching, corrective action, and evaluations
• Up to 20% Travel

Qualifications

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience leading teams and divisions
• Experience in transportation, supply chain operations, and logistics in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to design and scale multi-modal transportation solutions
• Strong competency interpreting operational KPIs, capacity models, cost analysis, and performance metrics
• Strong operational and financial acumen, including P&L ownership and budget accountability (including ownership of large transportation spend)
• Proven ability to lead large, diverse teams with accountability for hiring, performance management, coaching, corrective action, and evaluations
• Up to 20% Travel

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving
• Leadership and team management
• Financial acumen and budget accountability
• Operational and process improvement
• Multi-modal transportation expertise

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and short- and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid sick leave
• Six paid company holidays
• Pregnancy disability leave and parental bonding leave
• Additional wellness and employee assistance programs

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, internal equity, and other job-related factors. This position may also be eligible for bonus, commission, or other incentive compensation in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan, up to a 30% Bonus Target.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm (Hours subject to change based on the needs of the business)

Employment Logistics

Location: Bethel, PA