Manager, International Logistics (Ocean and Air Transportation)

Location: On-site in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States; minimum 4 days in the office. Up to 35% domestic and international travel. Relocation assistance may be authorized.

Expected compensation: $188,251–$230,084 annually, including base pay plus variable incentive pay if eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops creative solutions across global locations, technologies, and products.

What you will do

• Lead USA and Canada international ocean and air transportation operations, ensuring reliable, efficient, cost-effective execution aligned with business and customer requirements.
• Develop and execute regional transportation strategies aligned with global logistics direction and USAC priorities.
• Lead, coach, and develop an organization of more than 20 logistics professionals, including multiple direct reports, while establishing accountability, priorities, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Manage carriers, airlines, freight forwarders, and logistics service providers, using KPIs, dashboards, scorecards, governance, and operating models to improve performance.
• Resolve complex transportation issues through escalation management, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, continuous improvement, and risk mitigation.
• Partner with Planning, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and other stakeholders on forecasting, capacity planning, cost, shipment visibility, transportation technology, analytics, automation, and digital capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, completed and verified before starting.
• Fifteen years of progressive experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Transportation in a private, public, government, or military environment.
• Five years of experience in domestic and international logistics and transportation, including international ocean and air freight.
• Three years of experience leading and developing teams and managing complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without employment visa sponsorship, including H-1B status.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of international ocean and air transportation, freight forwarding, carriers, and international transportation operations.
• Experience leading and developing large logistics teams, building organizational capabilities, and working in highly matrixed global organizations.
• Experience managing logistics service providers through KPIs, scorecards, business reviews, and continuous improvement.
• Experience resolving complex global logistics and supply chain problems across regions, functions, and external partners.
• Experience developing transportation strategies and translating global strategies into regional execution.
• Experience with transportation planning, capacity management, shipment visibility, exception management, operational escalation, cost savings, productivity improvements, process standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Lean Six Sigma knowledge or practical experience, including structured problem solving and root-cause analysis.
• Experience with SAP ERP, Transportation Management Systems, transportation visibility platforms, EDI, Power BI, or related logistics technologies.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, presentation, organizational change, and technology-adoption skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with colleagues across global locations, technologies, and products.
• Programs supporting physical and financial well-being.
• Potential benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, disability and life insurance, paid absences, and retirement benefits.
• Employees contribute to environmental health and safety, policy compliance, security standards, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Hiring process

• Applications must include education and work history through a resume or completed application fields.
• Employment requires signing an employee agreement covering confidential information, trade secrets, conflicts of interest, and invention assignment; additional obligations may apply to Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above.