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Compensation
USD 140000 - 160000
Salary range $140,000–$160,000; bonus eligible. Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401k with company match, and generous PTO; flexible working hours.
- Salary period
- yearly
- Location basis
- United States (factors include location, experience, and education)
- Bonus
- Bonus eligible; performance bonus.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision
- 401k with company match
- Generous PTO package
- Performance bonus
- Flexible working hours
Location
New York, New York, United States
Work setup
- Employment
- full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Remote policy
- Remote (East Coast, United States) with domestic travel; flexible working hours.
- Remote scope
- country-limited
- Travel
- Domestic travel.
Role details
Responsibilities
- Act as the architect and owner of the U.S. operational model, from import and logistics through warehousing and customer delivery.
- Design a scalable setup capable of supporting growth in volume, customers, and channels.
- Ensure full U.S. regulatory compliance (FDA, FSMA, FSVP, customs) as a baseline requirement and license to operate.
- Serve as a core member of the U.S. management team, shaping how Cloetta operates in the U.S. alongside commercial and central leaders.
- Partner closely with central operations, supply chain, quality, and procurement to translate global standards into a fit-for-purpose U.S. reality.
- Design and establish the end-to-end U.S. operational setup across import, logistics, warehousing, and distribution.
- Own and drive the operational route to market, ensuring reliability, service levels, and cost discipline.
- Select, structure, and manage key partners (3PLs, brokers, carriers) with scalability in mind.
- Implement operating models, governance, and SOPs that enable growth without loss of control.
- Anticipate future needs (volume growth, local co-packing, new channels) and design accordingly.
- Transition the U.S. business from “setup mode” to repeatable, disciplined execution.
- Embed compliance as a foundation: ensure full compliance with U.S. regulatory and food safety requirements.
- Serve as the senior operational interface for audits, inspections, and escalations.
- Be an active, shaping member of the U.S. management team; bring structure, pace, and operational credibility to a growing organization.
Requirements
- 8–12+ years of experience in operations, logistics, or supply chain within food, CPG, or other regulated consumer goods.
- Proven track record of building or scaling operating models, ideally in new markets or high-growth environments.
- Strong, pragmatic understanding of U.S. import, logistics, and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience working with external partners and within global matrix organizations.
- Strategic thinker with strong execution bias.
- Commercially aware, understanding how operations enable growth and customer success.
- Comfortable operating with ambiguity and making decisions early.
- Credible, calm, and confident at leadership-team level.
Application
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- Portfolio
- not required
- GitHub
- not required
- Cover letter
- unclear
- Apply flow
- ats
Company context
Build and scale Cloetta’s U.S. operating model to enable long-term growth.
- Product
- Confectionery company with iconic brands; U.S. operations and logistics.
- Industry
- Food, CPG, confectionery
Description
Operations & Logistics Director – U.S. LOCATION: United States, East Coast (Remote, with domestic travel). Reports to: U.S. Country Manager (Strong functional link to Global Operations & Supply Chain). Part of: U.S. Management Team (to be established). This is a senior, foundational leadership role shaping Cloetta’s U.S. business from the ground up. Mission: Build and lead a viable, scalable U.S. operations and route-to-market setup enabling Cloetta’s commercial ambitions today and in the future. Responsibilities include: acting as architect and owner of the U.S. operational model from import and logistics through warehousing and customer delivery; designing a scalable setup for growth in volume, customers, and channels; ensuring full U.S. regulatory compliance (FDA, FSMA, FSVP, customs); partnering with central operations, supply chain, quality, and procurement; building the end-to-end U.S. operating & route-to-market model across import, logistics, warehousing, and distribution; owning and driving the operational route to market with reliability, service levels, and cost discipline; selecting and managing key partners (3PLs, brokers, carriers); implementing operating models, governance, and SOPs; anticipating future needs; transitioning the U.S. business from setup mode to repeatable execution; embedding compliance for food safety and serving as senior operational interface for audits/inspections/escalations; representing U.S. operational needs in central decision-making forums; contributing to and shaping the U.S. management team and broader U.S. growth agenda.
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