Senior Global Logistics Planner

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. POSITION SUMMARY: The Senior Global Logistics Planner develops and manages transportation plans for VIRA programs, balancing total freight cost with client delivery commitments. The role plans cargo movement from suppliers and manufacturing locations in Asia, including China and Vietnam, through final delivery to third-party logistics providers (3PLs), retail stores, or VIRA's Texas facilities. This position owns shipping strategy, cost analysis, schedule alignment, and shipment visibility. Working closely with Product, Project Management, Account Management, and regional logistics teams, the planner translates production schedules and client requirements into executable shipping plans and monitors performance through final delivery. This is a hands-on planning and execution role. The Senior Global Logistics Planner is expected to maintain end-to-end ownership of assigned programs, from initial transportation planning through shipment execution, customs clearance, final delivery, and program closeout. As supporting logistics capabilities develop, this position will also establish repeatable processes, provide step-by-step direction, and train coordinators and regional teams to support execution. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop program logistics plans that define shipping mode, route, cargo release dates, delivery sequence, destination, transit assumptions, and schedule buffers. Evaluate air, ocean, and domestic transportation options, including full-container and less-than-container shipments, consolidation, and split shipments, to meet delivery commitments at the best total cost. Compare delivery through a 3PL, direct to store, or through VIRA facilities, considering handling requirements, receiving capacity, storage, and final delivery needs. Build freight estimates and budgets; analyze transportation, handling, storage, and accessorial charges; track actual costs against approved plans and explain variances. Partner with Product and Asia teams to confirm cargo readiness, quantities, dimensions, weight, packaging, and production completion dates before finalizing shipping plans. Align with Project Management and Account Management on client deadlines, store delivery requirements, installation schedules, and changes affecting cost or timing. Execute and close assigned logistics programs end-to-end, including obtaining and evaluating freight quotes, booking transportation and related services, coordinating capacity and shipment release with freight forwarders, carriers, regional logistics teams, and 3PLs, monitoring milestones, following up with service providers, resolving exceptions, confirming final delivery, and completing shipment closeout within approved authority. Maintain a shared shipment tracker with milestones, estimated arrival dates, delivery status, costs, risks, and responsible owners; provide clear updates to stakeholders. Identify delays, missed sailing or flight connections, customs holds, and receiving constraints early; develop recovery options and escalate cost or delivery tradeoffs for approval. Partner directly with VIRA's China and regional teams, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and other service providers to gather, prepare, validate, and coordinate commercial invoices, packing lists, shipping instructions, customs documentation, and other information required for clearance and delivery. Establish program-specific logistics processes based on customer requirements, product characteristics, shipping mode, destination, delivery requirements, and required service levels; document clear workflows, responsibilities, and escalation procedures. Develop shipping coordinators and supporting teams by providing step-by-step execution instructions, training, documentation, and ongoing guidance, gradually transitioning repeatable execution activities as capabilit…

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