Logistics COE Manager
Lincoln Electric
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Euclid • Ohio • United States
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About the role
- Lead cross-regional logistics projects focused on process standardization, network optimization, and digital transformation.
- Develop and implement logistics maturity models and roadmaps across regions and business units.
- Partner with regional logistics teams to identify and scale best practices in transportation, warehousing, and trade compliance.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and other methodologies.
- Support global logistics strategy execution by translating high-level goals into actionable regional plans.
- Manage logistics-related change management efforts across functions and geographies.
- Collaborate with IT and digital teams to deploy logistics technologies (e.g., TMS, visibility platforms, analytics tools).
- Monitor and report on logistics KPIs, benchmarking performance across regions and identifying gaps.
- Facilitate cross-functional workshops and training to build logistics capabilities and promote standardization.
- Ensure compliance with global logistics policies, trade regulations, and sustainability goals.
- Lead logistics risk assessments and mitigation planning for critical supply lanes and partners.
- Represent logistics in global supply chain councils and cross-functional forums.
- Conduct cost and service level analysis across regions; collaborate with local logistics teams to identify improvement opportunities and implement them.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, or Engineering.
- 8–12+ years of logistics experience in a global manufacturing or distribution environment.
- Proven success leading cross-regional or enterprise-wide logistics initiatives.
- Strong understanding of transportation, warehousing, trade compliance, and logistics systems.
- Experience with logistics maturity models, benchmarking, and process standardization.
- Excellent project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence across functions and geographies in a matrix organization.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex logistics data, identify trends, and drive data-informed decisions.
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
project managementstakeholder engagementinfluencecollaborationtraining facilitationanalytical skillscommunicationcross-functional teamworkproblem-solvingleadership