Description
The Role
The AVP, Domestic Transportation role leads strategic and tactical domestic operations activities for all modes of transportation – ocean, air, parcel, and domestic freight. These activities include planning, developing, and maintaining a transportation network built for consistency and reliability, while leveraging technology and reporting to drive data-based decision-making. This leader is responsible for optimizing current-state networks while continually looking for ways to streamline processes and enhance network capabilities to evolve for future needs. This role requires the ability to positively influence outcomes at all levels, lead a U.S.-based, high-performing team, and build collaborative relationships with both internal and external partners.
Why You Belong Here
At Victoria’s Secret & Co., you’ll join a world-leading specialty retail brand recognized globally for innovation and excellence in lingerie and fashion. You’ll work alongside industry leaders to set the standard for what a retail brand can achieve, placing customers at the center of everything we do to create products and experiences that bring them joy.
We believe everyone deserves a place where they truly belong. We celebrate individuality and know that your passion, experience, and unique perspective strengthen our team and business. Here, you’ll be empowered to perform, grow, and engage through unmatched opportunities to develop your skills, gain real-world experience, and learn from the best in the business.
Your Impact
- Lead the execution of a customer-focused, transportation network strategy for the flow of VS&Co merchandise to include parcel, ocean, air, and domestic modes, and related projects and initiatives supporting the domestic transportation network.
- Direct negotiation strategies for new contracts with service providers to enable future growth initiatives Lead team to set & execute transformative goals, to innovate and eliminate obstacles to support driving business results and growth, and to work collaboratively with global transportation partners to drive overall efficiencies and teamwork
- Assess and develop leadership talent for high performance, and build depth of talent bench. Lead initiatives to drive process improvement, cost efficiencies, 3PL efficiencies, etc.
- Leverage partners and technology tools to discern critical data and provide informed points of view.
- Act as a strategic thinker with industry insight to anticipate needs and lead through changing business conditions, providing proactive business updates, actions, and resolutions to internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Guide third parties to alignment & partnership with key strategies, solutions, and problem resolution
- Engage cross-functional partners at all levels; communicate persuasively, understand stakeholder interests while facilitating movement to end goals
- Lead broader business solution/strategy discussions as a transportation expert and facilitate communication throughout the business.
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Minimum Salary: $178,000.00
Maximum Salary: $252,315.00
VS&Co provides a range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual salary will be determined by a number of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic region, or other relevant factors.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of transportation leadership experience to include day-to-day operations of airfreight forwarding, ocean carriers, parcel, and trucking
- Experience in retail and e-commerce environment strongly preferred
- Talent leadership skills with the ability to build and develop high-performing teams
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and address root causes of transportation and logistics issues
- Ability to balance independent decision-making with cross-functional collaboration, communication, active listening, and negotiation capabilities
- Experience with logistics technology, including transportation management systems
- Working knowledge of P&L, forecasting, budget, costing, etc.
- Understand the fundamentals of contract negotiation
- Ability to travel domestically (10%); internationally as needed
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
