National Logistics Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Position Overview

The National Logistics Manager plays a key role in Waiakea’s growth by leading all freight execution, transportation strategy, and national logistics operations across our mainland 3PL network, ecommerce distribution channels, ocean freight partners, parcel providers, and LTL/FTL carriers.

This role oversees daily logistics execution across the U.S. and collaborates closely with Supply Chain Operations, Inventory Control, Hawaii Operations, and our Logistics Coordinators to ensure product availability and delivery excellence. This position reports directly to the VP of Supply Chain.

Waiakea Benefits:

• Waiakea Hawaiian Volcanic Water offers competitive pay that is direct-deposited semi-monthly
• Annual sick, personal and vacation leave
• 100% premiums paid for Employee + Dependent(s) HMSA health/vision/prescription/dental insurance
• FSA & Dependent Care FSA with $500 annual employer contribution
• $100 annual gym membership through HMSA Active & Fit
• Term Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Up to $300 monthly child care reimbursement
• Traditional or Roth 401k with up to a 5% employer match & more!

Essential Job Functions:

• Transportation & Freight Execution: Lead daily tendering, routing, tracking, and shipment execution across all transportation modes.
• Carrier Management, Cost Optimization & Budget Ownership: Manage carrier relationships, negotiate rates, and optimize transportation performance while owning the national freight budget, cost-per-case metrics, and lane-level profitability to drive year-over-year freight cost reductions.
• Network Logistics Strategy: Support inventory flow, multi-node replenishment, load consolidation, mode optimization, and routing improvements across the national network.
• Logistics Systems, Data & Reporting: Utilize Shipwell TMS, SPS Commerce, Celigo, and NetSuite to manage freight execution, visibility, data accuracy, and compliance.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Operations, Sales, and 3PL partners to meet customer delivery requirements and resolve logistics issues.
• Team Leadership: Provide daily functional direction to Logistics Coordinators and support SOP development, training, and continuous improvement.
• The ideal candidate will drive world-class OTIF performance, optimize national freight cost, and strengthen Waiakea’s logistics network as we scale.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Pay Range:

Starting pay will be determined based on the candidate's background, skill, and knowledge of Supply Chain and Logistics.

Schedule:

The ideal candidate will be available to work Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm PST, and occasional weekends as needed. Days and times may vary.

Location:

Remote (West Coast preferred, but open to qualified candidates in all U.S. states). Minimal travel may be required.

Requirements:

Experience & Skills:

• 4+ years of experience in logistics, transportation, or freight management (ocean, FTL, LTL, intermodal, rail, parcel)
• Experience managing 3PLs, carriers, and multi-node logistics networks
• Working knowledge of Shipwell TMS, SPS Commerce, Celigo, and NetSuite (or similar systems)
• Strong understanding of freight optimization, routing, mode selection, and cost drivers
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams, build consensus, and drive results; strong knowledge of servant leadership model and methods
• Proven track record in managing complex supply chains across different industries
• Strong analytical capabilities to identify trends, opportunities for improvement and making informed decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

Education:

• High school diploma/ GED Required
• Bachelors degree in a related field preferred

Core Values: The ideal candidate will align with our company core values:

• It’s a Kakou Thing- Works together with team members to find solutions.
• Live Aloha- Be positive, love unconditionally.
• Kulia i ka nuu- Constant improvement; Strive to reach the summit.
• Be Pono- To have integrity and find harmony within yourself, the Aina, your community and work.
• Ho'okuleana- An action or mindset “to take responsibility.” It is our individual and collective responsibility to: participate rather than ignore, prevent rather than react and preserve rather than degrade.

Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements:

Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation. Waiakea cares about the health and safety of our team members. Team members are expected to follow all safety procedures and perform their job duties as assigned

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Waiakea Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Waiakea Inc. will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals when appropriate.

Company Information:

Waiakea is the first triple bottom line beverage of its kind, adapting an award-winning platform of healthy, sustainable, and ethical attributes and initiatives. Waiakea’s mission is to sustainably provide naturally alkaline Hawaiian volcanic water with the blessing of indigenous kapuna and konohiki, while contributing to and promoting clean water access, conservation, and education for those in need in Hawai’i and throughout the world.

Our purpose at Waiakea is to create a transformation within the bottled water, beverage, and greater CPG industry, moving away from singular profit and towards a triple bottom line model that emphasizes people and planet.

Waiakea is the first premium water brand in the U.S. to be certified carbon neutral for its many eco-initiatives. These include being the first brand to use 100% RPET (post-consumer recycled/upcycled) bottles that have a 90% smaller C02, energy and water footprint than competitors, as well as using 100% renewable energy to power its bottling operations in Hilo, all while prioritizing source sustainability by bottling only .001% of its 1.4 billion gallon per day Kea’au aquifer source sustainable yield.

For every liter you buy, Waiakea provides a week’s supply of clean water to those in need while contributing to local Hawaiian non-profits in education and conservation through its award-wining Kokua Initiative, which impacted over 20,000 individuals in Hawai’i in 2020 alone.

Our Brand Promises are as follows:

• That every product you buy from us will be natural and healthy
• That every product you buy from us will be sustainably sourced, packaged, and shipped
• That for every product you buy from us, we will contribute to local and global non-profits and initiatives in clean water, conservation, and education

Since our founding, Waiakea has gone from local, self-distribution to becoming one of the most award-winning and fastest growing premium beverage brands in the United States. Waiakea is now in over 30,000 stores nationally, distributed by more than 30 distributor partners. Current customers include Walmart, Whole Foods, Sam's Clubs, Kroger, Publix, Wawa, Sheetz, GetGo, Safeway, Central Markets, Albertsons and hundreds of other retail, fitness, foodservice, customers across the country alongside thousands of loyal customers online.

We have been featured by Forbes, Environmental Leader, Fortune, Food Navigator and even Good Morning America as one of the most innovative companies out there. If you align with our mission and core values, we would love to have you become a member of our Ohana! For additional information, please visit our website at