Samsung Sr Director Warehouse/Logistics 

United States, California, Santa Ana 

296752212

Role and Responsibilities

You will oversee operational procedures, including analyses and forecasts of customer shipping requirements, and planning and development of logistic programs. In addition, you will support the development of methods and procedures for inventory and distribution management.

This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and optimizing warehouse automation equipment and systems using AI technologies.

• Design and Implementation of AI-based Automation Warehouse:

• Design and implement warehouse automation facility for bulk and heavy items (REF, WM, TV)

• Select and integrate hardware and software components for the automation system

• Evaluate and optimize the performance of the automation system

• Manage project schedules and budgets with ROI analysis

• Organize and manage project teams

• Understanding the latest market technology and establishing an implementation plan

• Analyze warehouse operation data and create models

• Develop and apply AI algorithms

• Perform predictive modeling and optimization. Make business-related decisions involving multiple factors that may be ambiguous in nature. Decisions on matters significantly impact business operations, financial results, and customer/vendor relationships.

• Manage and measure logistics processes including shipping, warehouse, inventory management, and damaged product claims to identify exceptional or high-cost deviations and make procedural decisions outside the scope of established guidelines.

• Manage strategic distribution network planning and 3PLcontracts/coordination,with a continuous focus on process creativity, customer service improvement, waste reduction, and cost savings innovation.

• Manage continuous improvement planning with the executive SCM management of strategic trading partners to improve scorecard performance and service levels and reduce cost, lead time, and overhead.

• Champion for the identification, root cause analysis, isolation, and reduction of vendor compliance and service level charge-backs. Manage aggressive SCM and Logistics policies to develop and manage customer scorecard improvement; focus on speed, quality, and OTRQ.

• Partner with the sales and marketing business teams, and customer resource management, and assist with continuous logistics improvement.

• Responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly KPIs and performance reviews. Conduct a comparative review of all 3PL activity and cost analysis monthly and reports through senior management.

• Analyze logistics data, identifying and predicting deviations from the process, and making procedural changes to take advantage of increased opportunities for efficiency or correct inefficiencies within the logistics systems

• Manage the distribution process from factory to customer delivery, focusing on the following:

- Space management within the warehouse facility.

- Warehouse information systems management

• Select, hire and manage the performance of departmental staff.

• Manage departmental operating budget.

• Present to external and internal executives

• Make recommendations for agreements with third party vendors

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• 12+ yrs supply chain experience

• 10+ years of supervisory experience

• Advanced Excel, SAP, WMS, ERP Expert knowledge of specific logistics and supply chain operations.

• Expert supply chain operations of processes from the factory to the customer. Is able to identify and predict unlikely problems within the delivery cycle and has the scope of authority to make changes to processes, and personnel, to meet departmental objectives.

• Ability to travel without restrictions within the United States and Canada, up to 50% of the time depending on department and business needs. Travel may include overnight travel via car or airplane.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in business, supply chain, or logistics is desirable

• Supply Chain Certification desirable

• Experience in a global company

• Experience in consumer electronics and/or home appliances