Global Inbound Logistics Manager

Job Title: Global Inbound Logistics Manager Job Type: Exempt/ Full -Time Location: Columbia, Maryland, USA/ Austin, Texas, USA/ Remote Positions: 1 Reporting to: Global Procurement & Supply Chain Director – Liquid Cooling About Us Tate Americas is a key business within Kingspan Data Solutions and is at the forefront of delivering integrated solutions to the rapidly expanding data centre market. We combine engineering expertise, advanced manufacturing and operational excellence to deliver complex, mission-critical projects for some of the world’s largest technology companies. With significant investment and ambitious growth plans, Tate is evolving beyond traditional manufacturing to become a fully integrated solutions provider, offering customers a seamless delivery model from design and manufacturing through installation, commissioning and final handover. About The Role The Global Inbound Logistics Manager owns how material moves into Tate’s liquid cooling manufacturing network. This is the first dedicated logistics role on the liquid cooling supply chain team, reporting to the Global Director of Procurement – Liquid Cooling. Tate is scaling liquid cooling manufacturing at our main Glasgow, Kentucky factory in the U.S.. The Global Inbound Logistics Manager will convert the inbound network to Tate-controlled terms, stand up the freight forwarder and carrier structure to operate it, and make landed cost a number the business manages. This role will work in close partnership with the Trade Compliance Manager. The Global Inbound Logistics Manager owns physical movement, freight cost, and carrier and forwarder commercial terms. Trade Compliance owns classification, valuation, COO, and duty. Incoterms selection, customer broker selection, and IOR structure will be a collaborative decision between the two roles. This is a role for someone who has built a logistics capability, and who is comfortable operating where the process doesn’t fully exist. The position for this role is either remote or hybrid within the Columbia, MD area. This is a role for someone who has done this before at a high level and who has managed complex global programs, built the logistics infrastructure from the ground up, and delivered supply chain outcomes that had measurable impact on the business. You will help shape the supply chain strategy reporting to the Global Director of Procurement and Supply Chain of Liquid Cooling. The right person for this role sees around corners and acts accordingly with a sense of urgency. What You’ll Do Lead the conversion of supplier-controlled inbound freight to EXW and FCA (or DAP at times) terms across the domestic and international supply base, working with Strategic Sourcing and Commodity Management to carve freight out of piece price. Build and maintain Tate’s global supplier routing guide covering approved carriers and forwarders by lane, booking lead times, documentation requirements, packaging and labeling standards, and escalation paths. Establish and enforce a routing compliance program including measurement of supplier adherence and a chargeback mechanism for non-compliant shipments. Own the operating relationship with Tate’s primary global freight forwarder and the domestic LTL, truckload, and drayage carrier base including scope of work, rate structures, standard operating procedures, and service level agreements. Run competitive rate events and lane benchmarking on a defined cycle and hold quarterly business reviews against agreed performance metrics rather than anecdotal service feedback. Design and operate the international inbound lanes that feed liquid cooling production globally for stainless steel and mechanical component content. Establish the ocean, air, and expedited air decision framework with a documented approval threshold so that premium freight carries a names owner and a quantified cost. Design inbound material flow into all of U.S. plants including direct-to-plant versus consolidation, cross-dock…

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