Senior Transportation Strategy and Development Manager

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, BuzzBallz, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Join a growing Logistics team in a high-impact leadership role focused on shaping the future of transportation strategy across a global supply chain network. In this role, you will lead transportation transformation initiatives across domestic and international operations, helping drive cost efficiency, service improvements, and long-term scalability. You’ll partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Logistics, and senior leadership teams to implement innovative transportation capabilities, optimize network strategies, and evaluate emerging technologies. This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide logistics strategy across multiple transportation modes, including over-the-road, rail, ocean, and bulk transportation.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute transportation optimization initiatives that improve service levels, optimize costs, and support long-term supply chain objectives.
• Lead logistics transformation projects, including network optimization, digitalization, automation, transportation capability development, private fleet expansion and routing guides enhancement.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external providers to evaluate transportation solutions, technologies, and carrier strategies across domestic and international operations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement scalable transportation systems, tools, and operational best practices.
• Build business cases and project plans to support future transportation capabilities, organizational growth, and operational efficiency initiatives.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in transportation, logistics, or supply chain strategy roles, including 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience within consumer-packaged goods (CPG), beverage, manufacturing, or automotive industries.
• Experience working with transportation management systems (TMS), track and trace platforms, and logistics technologies.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience.

Preferred

• MBA or advanced degree related to Supply Chain or Business.
• Experience leading large-scale logistics transformation, automation, or digitalization initiatives.

Culture and Benefits

Sazerac offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401K, paid time off, and more. These benefits may vary depending on location and work type. Learn more about how we support our employees here .

The annual salary range for this role is $142.563 - $213,845. Final compensation will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic location, and internal pay equity considerations.

Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

What’s Next

After you apply, a recruiter will review your application and reach out to qualified candidates. Selected candidates will follow our interview process, which may include a phone screen, hiring manager interview, and panel interviews with business leaders. There may be additional steps or assessments throughout the process dependent on the position. Applicants who are not selected to move through the process, at any stage, will be notified via email.