National Logistics Manager

Position Overview

The National Logistics Manager is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing transportation and warehousing strategies that support the organization's business goals. This role ensures cost efficiency, high service standards, and environmental responsibility throughout all logistics activities. The manager oversees service provider selection, contract negotiation, performance reviews, and compliance with all relevant regulations, working collaboratively with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute comprehensive transportation and warehousing strategies aligned with business objectives, considering cost, service level agreements, and sustainability.
• Lead the selection and onboarding process for transportation service providers; manage contracts and ensure compliance with terms and agreements.
• Conduct strategic forecasting and capacity planning to anticipate future transportation needs and mitigate risks.
• Negotiate commercial tariffs and provide expert recommendations to senior management on logistics initiatives.
• Execute and oversee warehousing contracts, ensuring compliance and identifying opportunities for cost savings and enhanced service.
• Maintain data quality for master and transactional records, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• Analyze transportation and distribution data to identify trends, optimize supply chain efficiency, and drive cost reductions.
• Support collection and analysis of transportation capacity data to improve route optimization and decision-making.
• Troubleshoot logistics issues and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve challenges.
• Ensure strict compliance with regulatory standards, quality assurance procedures, and company policies; assist with audits and compliance checks.
• Keep accurate, up-to-date records in logistics management systems, with oversight from senior team members.
• Communicate shipment statuses, delays, and logistics matters to internal teams and external partners, escalating issues for timely resolution.
• Review transporter and warehouse performance monthly, taking corrective actions as needed to meet standards and agreements.
• Support distribution functions such as inventory management, order fulfillment, and warehouse operations to optimize supply chain and customer satisfaction.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Supply Chain, Transport, Logistics, Operations, or Physical Distribution.

Preferred Skills & Knowledge

• Expertise in onward and reverse logistics, with international logistics experience.
• Proven ability to manage warehousing operations.
• Knowledge of GST and medical device regulations.
• Proficiency in SAP and Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel.
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management abilities.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities.

Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

About Us

At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.

For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.

Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.

It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism.

To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.