Director of Logistics Optimization Full Time NEW

As the Director of Logistics Optimization, you will lead enterprise-wide strategies that enhance transportation efficiency, cost effectiveness, and service performance across a complex, multi-modal supply chain. This highly visible leadership role partners closely with senior executives and cross-functional teams to design, enable, and scale innovative logistics solutions.

You’ll oversee transportation optimization, freight audit and payment, and a centralized Transportation Business Intelligence Hub—leveraging advanced analytics, AI, and predictive modeling to drive insight-led decision making. Your work will directly influence operating costs, network performance, sustainability outcomes, and customer experience.

This role is remote and open to candidates who reside in a U.S. state with an REI retail location.

Responsibilities And Qualifications

What You’ll Do

• Lead multimodal transportation strategy across the network, defining KPIs and performance improvement plans that drive cost, service, and sustainability results
• Oversee the Transportation Business Intelligence Hub, enabling advanced analytics, AI-driven insights, and predictive modeling to inform strategic and operational decisions
• Manage freight payment and audit programs, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong partnerships with third-party providers
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying and implementing process enhancements that reduce expense and improve effectiveness at scale
• Lead carrier strategy and negotiations, including RFPs, onboarding, tendering, and freight terms optimization across all transportation modes
• Own transportation expense planning, partnering with Finance and business stakeholders to develop annual budgets, analyze variances, and identify savings opportunities
• Guide network optimization efforts, creating best practices that support long-term scalability and enterprise transformation
• Collaborate across the enterprise—including Operations, Merchandising, Digital, IT, Finance, Procurement, and Distribution—to deliver integrated supply chain solutions
• Lead and develop high-performing teams, providing coaching, performance management, and development pathways for direct and indirect reports
• Build and inspire engaged, high-performing teams through clear expectations, coaching, and accountability
• Develop talent, conduct performance reviews, and make effective staffing decisions
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive culture that supports innovation, continuous improvement, and change leadership
• Model organizational values and lead with integrity, transparency, and trust
• Directly manage up to 5 team members and indirectly influence up to 10 additional contributors
• Influence up to $200M in annual operating spend and $1–3M in capital investment, depending on year and initiatives
• Drive decisions with potential impact of up to $100M in operational value and revenue enablement

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or a related field (MBA preferred)
• 10+ years of progressive supply chain experience, with deep expertise in logistics, analytics, and strategy
• Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Strong strategic thinking combined with the ability to execute with urgency and precision
• Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Leadership experience across multiple supply chain disciplines
• Experience driving enterprise-level transformation, optimization, or digital enablement initiatives

Closing

At REI, we believe the outdoors is for all. We are committed to becoming a fully inclusive, anti-racist, multicultural organization. We know that there’s strength in our diversity – that each employee brings unique skills, experiences, and perspectives. Every day you are driving change, fostering a culture of respect, and knowing you’re backed by benefits that support your whole life. To work towards this commitment and fulfill our brand promise of inspiring and enabling a life outside for everyone, we seek employees who demonstrate different ways of working, create a sense of belonging, and actively listen and learn.  

Pay Transparency 

We are committed to practices that promote pay equity and transparency. As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, REI provides a range of compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location or other relevant factors.   

REI offers all regular employees a generous employee discount, access to health benefits, a retirement savings plan and accrued time off.  Click here for a detailed overview of benefits plans by employee profile. 

Pay Range

$140,300.00 – $238,600.00 per year