Logistics Manager

Join ECOLAB as **GBS+ Supply Chain Manager**, supporting Latin America Planning and International Logistics Organizations. In this key role you will help drive regional operations strategy and commercial competitive advantage. You will deliver breakthrough service and savings by bringing these Planning and Logistics together. You will gain leadership proficiency as you scale operating models and deploy best practice that delivers commercial results.

This individual will lead a team of direct reports while also influencing across the organization to drive meaningful global improvement aligned with Planning, Logistics, Commercial, and Financial objectives. The manager will facilitate ECOLAB as a place for strong talent engagement by driving positive culture and predictable product supply.

This position requires strong leadership, organization, and communication skills along with exposure to Latin America regional operations including Planning and International Logistics inclusive of customs and trade. This role requires a flexible approach and ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment with passion for process and continuous improvement.

**What You Will Do**:

- Manage Inventory Planning, Transportation Planning, Trade Operations, and Control Tower
- Implement clear workflow and expectations for direct reports with structured goals
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver continuous improvement outcomes
- Develop and track actionable outcomes with assigned owners and deadlines
- Motivate direct reports to achieve goals in a positive work environment
- Receive full support from executive leaders across relevant functional areas
- Influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization

**Required Skills / Experience**:

- ** Cross Border Logistics, Customs, and Trade Exposure**
- Ensure supplier process rigor for successful customs clearance including shipping and license document completeness and accuracy through centralized provided technology
- ** Transportation Planning Exposure**
- General understanding of flow of goods across borders and ability to lead specialist team to execute shipments
- ** Demand & Supply Planning Exposure**
- Experience collaborating with demand or supply planning teams to align transport and inventory needs with forecasted demand
- Understanding of how demand variability impacts logistics flows (e.g., seasonality, promotional surges, end of month
- Ability to translate forecast changes into proactive logistics capacity adjustments (e.g., carrier allocation, customs clearance resources, or buffer inventory placement)
- ** Inventory & Replenishment Planning**
- Understanding of safety stock positioning between regions (e.g., US distribution hubs vs. LATAM regional warehouses)
- Experience working with planners to balance working capital and service levels through logistics levers (e.g., consolidation points, direct shipments)
- Exposure to slow-moving or perishable goods planning would be a plus, if relevant to your product category
- ** Scenario & Contingency Planning**
- Demonstrated ability to run “what-if” scenarios across the end-to-end chain, for instance, if a port closes, demand spikes, or trade regulations shift
- Experience building business continuity plans and managing risk across cross-border flows (weather events, customs delays, political disruptions)

**Approach: Connect Planning and Operational Logistics Functions**
- ** End-to-End Mindset**
- Thinks in terms of total supply chain cost and performance, not just transport KPIs
- Understands upstream and downstream implications of logistics decisions e.g., how a delay in one region impacts customer service or inventory health in another
- ** Data & Analytical Proficiency**:

- ** Cross-Functional & Cross-Cultural Collaboration**
- Excellent communicator between planning, customer service, procurement, and logistics functions
- Culturally agile and able to collaborate across US and diverse LATAM countries (language, regulatory, and business culture sensitivity)
- Experience leading or facilitating S&OP or IBP meetings is a strong advantage
- ** Strategic Problem-Solving**
- Uses planning insights to drive structural improvements not just firefighting
- Capable of translating data into actionable, cross-functional initiatives (e.g., lead time reduction, supplier diversification, transport consolidation)

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5+ years of professional experience in business, or related field
- 2+ years of leadership including ability to build and lead effective teams, direct work, and drive results
- Strong presentation skills

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to influence decision makers and team-members.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Self-motivated, results oriented performer
- Proven success initiating change
- Six Sigma Green Belt

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