Job Details

The Senior Logistics Specialist is responsible for overseeing end-to-end logistics operations supporting domestic warehousing, transportation, and inventory performance within a manufacturing environment. This role serves as the day-to-day lead for 3PL warehouse management, inventory accuracy, and freight execution, partnering with management to drive continuous improvement across logistics processes. The Senior Logistics Specialist works cross-functionally with Planning, Procurement, Customer Service, Sales, and Operations to ensure efficient material flow, accurate inventory, cost control, and high service levels.

Essential Job Functions:

Warehouse & 3PL Management:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for domestic 3PL warehouses, ensuring consistent communication, performance monitoring, and issue resolution.

• Conduct frequent on-site visits to local warehouses to audit operations, review inventory accuracy, and address operational gaps.

• Oversee annual physical inventory counts at all domestic warehouses, including planning, execution, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis of variances.

• Oversee plant warehouse activities related to reclaiming, repacking, and material disposition.

Inventory Management & Accuracy:

• Accountable for inventory accuracy across domestic warehouses and monthly reporting.

-Track and drive initiatives to reduce restricted, aging, and slow-moving inventory.

• Ensure timely and accurate inventory transactions and master data maintenance within SAP.

• Investigate inventory discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.

Transportation & Freight Oversight:

• Oversee domestic and export freight activities, including shipment coordination, issue resolution, and carrier performance.

• Support freight optimization initiatives related to cost, service, and transit time.

Logistics Quality & Customer Complaints:

-Lead logistics- and warehousing-related customer complaint investigations, including root-cause analysis, cross-functional coordination, and assignment of corrective and preventive actions to internal teams and 3PL partners.

-Track trends in logistics-related customer complaints and support continuous improvement initiatives to prevent recurrence.

Continuous Improvement:

• Lead and support logistics improvement initiatives focused on inventory accuracy, warehouse performance, freight optimization, and process efficiency.

Experience/Educations Requirements:

-Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related field OR 4 additional years of relevant experience.

• Minimum of

• SAP experience required, including inventory and logistics-related processes.

• Experience working with 3PL warehouses and transportation providers.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work independently and take accountability for logistics execution.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.

• High attention to detail and process discipline.