International Freight Network Manager

• Direct Impact: Your initiatives will immediately influence company margin and customer satisfaction.
• Executive Visibility: Present strategy and results directly to the C-suite; clear path to director-level growth.
• Investment in Tools: Leadership is committed to funding technology that eliminates friction and scales with demand.
• People-First Culture: A privately owned company that reinvests in its people through training, recognition, and competitive benefits.

• Architect and continually refine a global, multi-modal freight network that balances cost, reliability, and speed for frozen, fresh, and general-merchandise SKUs.
• Lead annual RFP cycles for ocean carriers, NVOCCs, and dray partners, securing industry-leading rates and service-level agreements.
• Serve as the organization’s import-compliance authority, ensuring all programs remain audit-ready under FDA, USDA, FSVP, and FSMA rules.

• Own day-to-day performance of transportation partners, using real-time dashboards and root-cause analysis to drive on-time departures, container visibility, and demurrage-free releases.
• Direct customs programs—HTS classification, first-sale valuation, drawback, and periodic internal audits—to keep landed costs in check.
• Benchmark internal freight spends against public indices; surface savings opportunities and quickly renegotiate where gaps appear.
• Collaborate with buying, finance, and DC teams to model total-landed-cost scenarios and optimize port pairings and dray strategies.

• Build and mentor a nimble, high-performing import logistics team grounded in data-driven decision making.
• Develop a multi-year roadmap of process automations and visibility-tech integrations that will scale with double-digit volume growth.
• Present monthly KPI packs to senior leadership, highlighting cost-per-container trends, variance drivers, and corrective actions.

• Bachelor’s in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related discipline.
• 5+ years managing international logistics (ocean import focus) for food, CPG, or other high-velocity distribution environments.
• Demonstrated success negotiating carrier contracts that deliver year-over-year savings.
• Working knowledge of customs brokerage, FTAs, duty-reduction programs, and U.S. import regulations.
• Advanced analytical skills—Excel, BI tools, or similar—and a knack for translating numbers into operational wins.
• Eligible to work in a hybrid schedule: 2–3 days on-site in Queens, remainder remote.

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