Director of Freight & Logistics

Vireo Health

Director of Freight & Logistics

Sales - Remote - Full Time

Who we are:

What the role is about:

What impact you'll make:

• Develop and execute an integrated freight and transportation strategy across Hawthorne Gardening, Bridgewell, and future Prolific Supply acquisitions
• Identify opportunities to combine freight volumes, carriers, routes, distribution points, and transportation contracts across operating companies
• Establish an enterprise approach to inbound and outbound freight management
• Evaluate the total transportation network rather than managing individual freight movements in isolation
• Develop scalable logistics processes capable of supporting future acquisitions

• Establish a comprehensive baseline of enterprise freight spend
• Identify immediate and long-term opportunities to reduce transportation and logistics costs
• Quantify each major initiative in terms of expected annual savings and EBITDA contribution
• Track forecasted versus realized savings, partnering with Finance to ensure results are measurable
• Maintain freight-cost reduction without compromising customer service, delivery reliability, or operating excellence

• Review existing carrier, broker, 3PL, rail, ocean-freight, drayage, and related transportation agreements
• Lead negotiations and competitive bidding processes across major freight and supplier categories
• Consolidate enterprise purchasing power where economically advantageous
• Develop carrier scorecards and contractual service expectations
• Continuously evaluate market pricing, capacity, service levels, and alternative providers

• Truck: full truckload, less-than-truckload, dedicated transportation, 3PL/brokerage, intermodal opportunities, and direct-to-customer/DC deliveries
• Rail: railcar utilization and economics, rail routing and scheduling, demurrage reduction, and rail-versus-truck economics
• Ocean & Container: overseas container movement, East/West Coast port strategy, drayage, container utilization, and demurrage/detention reduction

• Own import transportation efficiency and overseas container movement strategy
• Manage port and terminal costs and inland drayage across coastal gateways
• Build enterprise visibility into cross-border and international freight flows to support future global sourcing

• Evaluate the current national distribution footprint across Prolific Supply
• Identify shared distribution locations supporting multiple operating companies
• Analyze cross-docking, shipment consolidation, and pooling opportunities
• Support future facility and distribution-network decisions using quantitative freight and service-level analysis

• Support migration toward a unified warehouse management system and enterprise ERP integration
• Define freight and transportation data requirements and evaluate TMS capabilities
• Use technology and data to improve routing, visibility, carrier management, and forecasting

• Establish a standardized enterprise freight scorecard: total freight spend, cost per shipment, on-time performance, carrier service, utilization, detention/demurrage, claims, and cost savings versus baseline
• Provide management with clear visibility into cost, service, trends, exceptions, and financial impact

• Assess acquired-company freight networks and contracts, and identify immediate transportation synergies
• Consolidate carrier and 3PL relationships where appropriate and evaluate distribution-network overlap
• Quantify integration savings and EBITDA opportunities with clear implementation timelines

What you've accomplished:

• Significant transportation, freight, logistics, distribution, or supply-chain leadership experience in large-scale distribution and/or manufacturing environments
• Proven experience negotiating fees and contracts with carriers, 3PLs, and suppliers, including competitive bidding across major freight categories
• Hands-on expertise across multi-modal freight management, including truckload, LTL, rail, intermodal, and international/ocean container transportation
• Experience managing an international or cross-border supply chain, including port strategy, drayage, and import transportation
• Track record in distribution-network optimization and freight procurement/contract management
• Experience with ERP, WMS, and transportation-management technology, including systems conversion and integration
• Experience operating across multi-company or multi-location organizations, including M&A integration
• A sophisticated, data-driven negotiator who is detail-oriented, highly organized, and communicates effectively across operations, sales, supply chain, finance, and executive leadership

What we offer:

• Compensation: $130,000-140,000 annually depending on experience
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance on the first of the month after you begin employment
• Competitive additional benefits including HSA, FSA, Dependable Care, EAP services, etc.
• 18 Days of accrued PTO in addition to 2 Wellness Days & Volunteer Hours that will increase with tenure
• 401k program with an employer match after six months of employment

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