Who We Are:
Cimpress Services' central teams allow us to remain entrepreneurial; to stay small as we grow. These teams enable our businesses to remain laser-focused on their customers and build the tools and services that make Cimpress greater than the sum of our businesses. We are problem solvers. We are storytellers. We are forward thinking. We are relationship builders. We are responsible for company-wide activities like accounting, capital allocation, global tax planning, procurement, communicating with internal and external stakeholders and protecting the company through compliance and risk management. We’re evolving our processes and technology to support Cimpress’ rapid growth.
What You Will Do:
- Develop & Implement the NA logistics procurement strategy for spend in scope
- Support and empower regional logistics teams to agree with and across all Cimpress BU’s to identify and execute logistics initiatives
- Understand, Support & Implement the Cimpress Strategy and Objectives
- Deliver continuous improvement & innovation of logistics spend across NA businesses
- Secure best in class customer delivery experience availability across NA businesses
- Develop senior supplier relations to provide market innovation to support the NA logistics objectives
- Develop the required business relations and trust across Cimpress NA and peers in other regions
- Ensure that NA logistics will achieve its commercial KPIs and TCO targets as required in the business’ budgets
- Own the relationship with Freight Forwarders and Logistics Service Providers in NA in close coordination with its Cimpress business partners
- Identify opportunities, make valuable contributions, and improve the TCO at all regional Cimpress
- Identify new sourcing opportunities with current and potential suppliers, working proactively with global and local procurement, the business’ management and functions
- Develop relationships with freight forwarders, 3PLs and other companies in the logistics and e-commerce market, identifying opportunities
- Identify new logistics services and innovations for the Cimpress group – NA
- Create and systematically document market intelligence for logistics, supporting the business logistics teams on demand with best in class reporting to supervise and manage performance, costs and service levels businesses
- Support in scope Cimpress plants for all their contractual, financial or market requirements relative to logistics
- Actively manage Suppliers, including regular performance ratings, strategic evaluations/segmentation, and developing plans for key supplier’s development
- Collect data, analyze and provide meaningful information, both internal and from the logistics industry and products in the region
- Provide multiple sourcing options to guarantee business continuity and minimize risk
- Manage NDA’s and Supplier agreements with support from the Legal Team
- Support in trouble shooting and de-escalation
Your Qualifications:
At Cimpress, we value the experiences that individual team members add to our culture. Please don't hesitate to apply even if you don't meet the exact qualifications, we look forward to learning more about you!
- Bachelor degree (master preferred) in business administration, finance of engineering
- At least 10 years’ international logistics experience
- Managing regional or global logistics processes both in – and outbound
- Managing large budgets and responsible for high value contracts
- Experienced user of MS Office and Google Workspace applications
- Technology savvy, interest in new technologies and its adoption
- Analytical skills, good knowledge of business analysis and costing – TCO models
- Excellent negotiator, fluent and persuasive in English
- Experience in a large international corporate environment with multiple businesses, operating a decentralized management structure
- Good level of legal knowledge, able to read and interpret contracts, and involve the legal department only when necessary
- Strong knowledge in E-Commerce challenges, concepts, practices and procedures
- Strong background in Last Mile and Freight strategies (B2C, B2B & Drop Shipment)
- Strong background in inbound strategies (Air, Sea & Road)
- Working in an international team in multiple locations
- Strong project management skills
- Executive management skills to work with Management Teams at Cimpress or suppliers
- People Management, able to interact with a broad spectrum of experience levels, skill sets, business levels and communication methods
- Effective communication skills: Able to clearly communicate thoughts and ideas, both verbally and in writing
- Culturally savvy: understanding the cultural differences in a global business environment
- Be a team player and have the ability to build trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders to effectively influence to provide ideas and support initiatives
- Ability to understand team expectations and focus on critical priorities
- Experience working under tight deadlines, with financial targets
- Confidence to work in an environment where instructions are not always provided and own thoughts and ideas are required.
- Comfortable working in a constant and fast changing environment
- Confidently converse with and present to senior management and external partners
- The capacity to influence areas that are not under your direct control to achieve objectives
- Available to travel 20% of his/her time globally, with peaks of 30%
- Comfortable working remote and under tight deadlines
- Ready to be creative and resolve problems on his/her own
Why You'll Love Working Here:
Being at Cimpress means that you don’t see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey – and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what’s next, we’re always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we’re capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work.
We're Remote-First:
In 2020, Cimpress adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy and trust in each other to work from home and, the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers them to be their best. Cimpress also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together when it's safe to do so and when in-person collaboration will deliver the best results. Currently we are enabled to hire remote team members in over 30 US States as well as several countries in Europe, including Spain, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
About Us:
Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Through the personalized physical (and digital) products these companies create, we empower over 17 million global customers to make an impression. Last year, Cimpress generated $2.88B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more. The Cimpress family includes a dynamic, international group of businesses and central teams, all working to solve problems, build businesses, innovate and improve.
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:
We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Cimpress is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.
