Senior Manager, Logistics en George P. Johnson Experience Marketing

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Senior Manager, Logistics to join our growing team!

This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Las Vegas, NV office location a minimum of 5 days per week.

Your Role

As the Senior Manager of Logistics, you will be managing the daily warehousing operations within your specific location. Depending on your location, this may be at an off-site warehouse and/or shop facility with Union or Non-Union personnel. Within this role, you will also be responsible for managing the warehouse facility for maximum capacity utilization.

In this role, you will also be responsible for estimating storage requirements and charges for new GPJ clients. This will include overseeing, reviewing and updating specific client storage charge changes and reporting those changes to the Account Teams and Accounting department. Other tasks consist of coordinating local pick-ups and deliveries, maintenance of monthly transportation handling and warehouse storage reports and overseeing the GPJ Transportation 3 Bid process. Travel to show site and handle inbound/outbound logistics if required.

Your Skills

• Negotiate/show annual savings from various transportation companies
• Maximize warehouse space for maximization of profitability
• Manage GPJ proprietary inventory systems to reflect accurate inventories
• Train and manage seasonal contract workers
• You can manage multiple things simultaneously while delivering information timely and adhere to established timelines
• You are always searching for creative transportation solutions to best address current transportation needs
• You are able to change directions quickly without significant impact to performance

Your Competencies

Solution Oriented - Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.

Thoroughness - Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations. 

Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion. 

Foster Innovation - Drive, develop, or support new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies. Devise new approaches to make improvements or solve problems. You constantly challenge yourself to come up with ideas that are on strategy, innovative, and transformative, and authentic to the client’s brand.

Your Experience

Experience & Education

• Education. College degree preferred but not mandatory.
• 10(+) years’ of experience in Warehouse Management and Distribution, Traffic/Logistics Management and Inventory Control
• Knowledge of GPJ Logistics Department processes and procedures
• Knowledge of GPJ IGL, XPD8 and Inventory Systems
• Fluent in Microsoft programs (Excel and Word)

Travel & Mobility

• Ability to travel 5%
• Ability to work irregular hours in addition to normal business hours, to include nights, weekends and holidays as needed

Your Impact

Within this position, you will collaborate closely with all internal client personnel, such as Project Managers, Estimators, Engineers and Account Leads.  

You will also work very closely with Union and Non-Union shop personnel and Installation and Dismantle Supervisors.

Who We Are

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies. 

You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.