Hello potential future Oatly employee. It’s us, the original oatmilk company that started in Sweden back 25 or so years ago and has since expanded to the U.S. where we’ve continued growing at a rate such that we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oatmilk flowing.

Sustainability, health, and transparency are the core values that guide everything we do. Basically, we exist to help people live a healthier life without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process, and to change the food system for the better. We drive that change through the power of oats and through a significant reduction in cow’s milk consumption. If any of this resonates with you, then maybe you’d like to work for Oatly, too. Now onto the formal stuff.

We are looking for a Senior Warehousing and Transportation Manager to join our North American team. This role will be responsible for leading our warehousing and transportation teams while helping to develop and implement a strategy that will allow Oatly North America to offer superior customer service while actively reducing carbon emissions and lowering the cost to serve our customers.

You will lead an integrated logistics team, own the relationships and contracts with our partners, and coach, mentor, and develop the transportation and warehousing associates from the point of manufacture through to the delivery at our customers' facilities.

Due to business needs, this role needs to be located in or around one of our hubs: NJ, PA, UT or NY.

Here are the things we want to hire you to do:

Overall

• In partnership with the Logistics Director, create, implement, refine, and communicate the regional supply chain strategy, considering manufacturing locations, customer geography, logistics partner performance, and future growth

• In Partnership with Global Supply Chain, share and implement best practices to improve efficiency across the global supply chain. Lead productivity initiatives for US integrated logistics to drive COGS improvements

• Ensure operational logistics targets are met with regard to OTIF, sustainability, and cost.

• Accountable for all logistics providers’ delivery and cost performance

• In partnership with SHE, ensure the health and safety of ourselves, our partners, and our customers, but ensuring that there are robust policies and procedures, that they are professionally trained and maintained, and that we regularly measure and report their effectiveness

Transportation

• Lead transportation, implementing the supply chain strategy and process architecture. Create, monitor, and report transportation performance metrics to maximize business value via KPIs

• Benchmark cost structures for transportation, comparing to Oatly’s structure in the areas of cost per mile, sustainability, and service as measured by customer

• Using the benchmarks, identify the right mix of contracted vs spot lanes, the role of brokers, and what is necessary to optimize the Oatly North America transportation spend

• Develop and document the annual carrier bid process as appropriate based upon transportation segmentation

• Working with Finance, develop and implement transportation and warehousing KPIs, and track them, predicting spend, modeling costs, and highlighting areas of opportunity

• Oversee our OS&D to assist in recouping monies on lost items due to transportation failures; and

• Manage transportation costs to internal warehouses as well as to customers in alignment with annual budget and monthly forecasts

• Responsible for coordinating & conducting Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s)

• Spearhead TMS utilization becoming a systems expert

• Review the TMS needs for North American Team upgrades, automation, and EDI connections

• Accountable for the monthly and annual transportation budget

Warehousing

• Lead warehousing, own the warehouse partner relationships, and build and maintain the warehousing cost models, to ensure that all Oatly products are safely received, stored, picked, and packed

• Through relationships with partners and financial discipline, drive efficiencies in all DC’s

• Develop long-term case pack options in all warehouses to accommodate different case configurations

• Identify monthly drivers of B/(W) to budget and LE for both Warehousing and Transportation P&L line items

• Manage warehousing costs in alignment with the budgeted cost per liter

• Expand DC footprint to enable Oatly to shorten FtC hauls, reduce costs, and achieve sustainability ambitions

• Be accountable for the complete financial management of our warehouse spend and own annual budget

• Develop, monitor, and report key metrics and KPIs for overall warehousing performance

Here are the things we think you need:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or equivalent, or relevant field experience with an alternate degree

• 7+ years of progressive transportation and warehousing experience in the CPG industry

• 5+ years’ experience managing $40M + annual budget.

• 5+ years of experience in international transportation, customs, & trade compliance

• 5+ years building, managing, and mentoring a high-performing team

• Experience designing supply chain processes and controls in a growing company

• Experience with network design and implementation, as well as familiarity with modeling, analysis, and performance measurement

• Regular usage of a wide variety of systems, including ERP, TMS, WMS, EDI, and YMS (Microsoft D365 a plus)

• Multi-environment experience, including managing food products with a short shelf life

• Understanding of 3PL cost models and proven record of continuous improvement

• Extensive understanding of carrier contract structures, as well as carrier bid knowledge

• Outstanding communication, leadership, organization, and critical thinking skills

• Experience with stakeholder management, strong diligence, and comfort in a dynamic environment

• Be able to work in a 100% remote environment, traveling 20-40% annually
  

And here’s another list of qualities we think make a good Oatly team member:

• You feel connected to our mission of encouraging health, sustainability, and transparency

• You are a self-starter who doesn’t need direct supervision to motivate you for success – we believe strongly in building a culture of individual accountability and ownership, and need partners that can embrace that mentality

• You are ready to make your mark in a smaller, growing brand, leveraging your experience to deliver amazing results and build an outstanding company

• You have an entrepreneurial spirit in that you’re comfortable with ambiguity and are energized by the process of building something lasting from the ground up

• You enjoy sharing your quirkiness and talents with your coworkers

Another bulleted list felt a bit too…bullet-y. So we wrote this long, awkward sentence to let you know all the ways we sweeten the deal when you work with us, like flexible vacation (take it when you need it), really great benefits (yes, pet insurance is in there), paid volunteer days off throughout the year (doing good is fun), free six packs of...(drumroll)…oatmilk, and you’ll also get genuinely great coworkers who are rooting for each other and the company to thrive. Oh, one more short but very important sentence: We are nimble and agile (not chaotic) in how we work, and we’re grounded in a long company history dating way back to the last century.

The salary for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors, including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. Compensation may also include a bonus, commission, or equity as applicable. Our good faith estimate for base salary is $130,000.

Our team is available to support you through the hiring process with reasonable accommodations to enable a barrier-free interview experience. We will maintain candidate privacy and confidentiality to enable an unbiased and equitable experience. If you need assistance applying for a role due to a disability or special need, please contact peopleconnect.na@oatly.com

Oatly is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.