Director, Logistics

Overview: Dole Packaged Foods is a purpose led organization that is a champion of accessible fruit nutrition and builds a brighter future for people through the goodness of fruit. At Dole, our culture is uniquely driven by core Values. Our commitment to these Values transforms our work into a meaningful journey toward a brighter future together. Here, you'll be part of a respectful, inclusive culture that deeply values our colleagues, customers, and global communities. We strive for excellence, empowering each other to confidently overcome challenges, continuously learn, and achieve world-class results. Guided by unwavering integrity, our actions consistently reflect our commitment to always doing what's right, fostering lasting trust and strong relationships. Through a spirit of collaboration, we cultivate positivity, generosity, and genuine teamwork, enabling collective success toward our One Dole Purpose. Our innovative spirit leads directly to meaningful outcomes and business success. The Director of Logistics is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership across Dole's North American logistics network, including import logistics, domestic transportation, carrier management, 4PL partnerships, customer service execution, and logistics network optimization. This role owns logistics-related financial performance, operational execution, service delivery, and continuous improvement initiatives that support Dole's growth objectives and customer commitments. The Director serves as a key supply chain leader, partnering cross-functionally with Finance, Customer Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Sales, IT, and executive leadership to drive transportation performance, productivity improvements, cost optimization, and operational excellence. This position requires strong strategic awareness, executive presence, and the ability to lead complex transportation initiatives, network changes, operational implementations, and transformational business improvement efforts. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in import logistics, transportation operations, carrier management, freight procurement, logistics analytics, and supply chain best practices, coupled with strong financial acumen, P&L ownership, and a data-driven approach to decision making. This leader will negotiate and manage strategic logistics partnerships, hold carriers and service providers accountable for service, cost, and contractual performance, and drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and execution excellence throughout the logistics network. The preference is for this role to work in a hybrid environment of home and our Westlake Village, CA office. (Hybrid is defined as 3 times per week in the office). Remote candidates may be considered in any of the following eligible locations: AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, MA, ME, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, WI. Responsibilities: Import Logistics Leadership Provide strategic leadership and oversight of Dole's import logistics operations, ensuring the efficient flow of goods from port arrival through final delivery into the distribution network. Serve as the primary liaison between drayage providers, ocean carriers, customs brokers, warehouses, and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless product movement and inventory availability. Ensure timely container retrieval, return activities, demurrage and detention mitigation, and overall port-to-warehouse execution. Monitor and improve logistics performance through operational reporting, KPI management, exception management, and service recovery processes. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance visibility, reduce costs, improve transit performance, and strengthen operational execution. Domestic Transportation Leadership Provide strategic leadership and oversight of Dole's domestic transportation operations, ensuring customer service requirements are achieved while optimizing transportatio…

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