{"id":3778038,"url":"https://alion.io/job/zipdev-logistics-manager","title":"Logistics Manager","company":{"id":6611,"name":"Zipdev","domain":"zipdev.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/zipdev","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"staffing","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["MX"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-04T23:55:58Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-04","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T23:13:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"Zipdev is looking for a Logistics Manager owns the movement of material and finished product between our client, their Mexico manufacturing operations, their vendors, and their customers. This person books and manages every mode we use - air, ocean, and ground - runs all cross-border traffic between the United States and Mexico, and keeps customs brokers, carriers, and freight forwarders working to our dates instead of theirs.\nOur client builds custom retail fixtures, store environments, convention booths, and specialty builds, manufactured both domestically and in Mexico, and shipped nationwide on fixed install dates. A load held at the border or a missed sailing costs a rollout, not just a shipment. This role exists so that crossing a border is a planned, documented, repeatable step in our schedule rather than a recurring emergency.\nKey Responsibilities\nCross-Border Operations (US / Mexico)\nOwn every northbound and southbound movement between our Mexico operations, partner plants, and the US facility, from pickup to final delivery.\nPlan crossings around plant schedules, border hours, carrier capacity, and install dates; build the lead time into the project schedule instead of discovering it late.\nManage US and Mexican customs brokers, transfer carriers, and bonded or in-bond moves, and hold each party to committed crossing times.\nCoordinate the hand-off at the border: drayage, trailer transfers, yard staging, and the paperwork that has to travel with the load.\nTrack loads through the crossing and escalate holds, inspections, or document discrepancies the same day they happen.\nKeep a crossing playbook current - which broker, which crossing, which carrier, what documents, how long it actually takes - so the process does not live in one person’s head.\nCoordinate temporary imports and returns (IMMEX / tooling, fixtures, and display samples moving both directions) with the broker and the plant.\nInternational Freight - Air, Ocean, and Ground\nQuote, book, and manage all international freight across modes: air for date-critical fixtures, ocean for volume and overseas sourcing, and ground for Mexico and North American lanes.\nPick the mode by what the date and the budget actually require, and bring the trade-off to the project team early rather than defaulting to expedited freight at the end.\nManage freight forwarders and NVOCCs: book space, confirm cutoffs, monitor sailings and flights, and hold forwarders to their transit commitments.\nHandle container planning and receiving: loading plans, container utilization, drayage, chassis, demurrage and detention exposure.\nManage air freight details that drive cost - chargeable weight, dimensional factors, crate build, and hazardous or oversized restrictions.\nMaintain a lane-by-lane view of standard transit times and realistic buffers, and update it from what actually happened, not what was quoted.\nDomestic Freight and Carrier Management\nManage domestic outbound and inbound freight in every mode we use: parcel, LTL, full truckload, flatbed, hotshot, and white-glove or final-mile delivery.\nBuild and maintain the carrier and broker bench; negotiate rates, service terms, and accessorial charges, and hold carriers accountable to them.\nSchedule deliveries and dock appointments with stores, general contractors, and install crews, and confirm receiving requirements before a truck rolls.\nPlan multi-store rollouts and phased deliveries so product lands in the right sequence, not all at once.\nTrack shipments in transit, communicate status and exceptions to project management before the customer asks.\nCoordinate closely with the Warehouse Manager on pack-out readiness, staging, loading, and pickup windows.\nCustoms, Trade Compliance, and Documentation\nOwn the accuracy and completeness of every shipping and customs document: commercial invoices, packing lists, certificates of origin, BOLs, pedimentos, and carta porte.\nWork with customs brokers on HTS classification, country of origin, valuation, duties, and applicable trade program treatment (USMCA and any duty-deferral or temporary-import programs we use).\nKeep broker instructions, product classifications, and entry records organized and auditable.\nMonitor changes in tariffs, duties, and border requirements that affect our lanes, and tell the team what it means for cost and lead time before it hits a job.\nMaintain cargo insurance coverage appropriate to shipment value, and confirm coverage on high-value loads.\nKeep a clean, retrievable record trail for every international shipment.\nSupplier, Plant, and Internal Coordination\nServe as the single point of contact between our Mexico operations, partner manufacturers, brokers, forwarders, and the Vista shop.\nCommunicate directly in Spanish with plants, drivers, and brokers so nothing is lost in translation or delayed waiting on one.\nPull ship dates and readiness from the plants, confirm what is actually built and packed, and hold partners to committed dates.\nTranslate the project and install calendar into a transportation plan, and tell project management early when a date will not hold.\nVerify that inbound product is packed, labeled, and documented to our standard before it leaves the origin facility.\nSupport new vendor and plant onboarding: routing guides, labeling and documentation requirements, packaging standards, and expectations for communication.\nCost Control, Reporting, and Claims\nOwn total landed cost on international moves: freight, duties, brokerage, drayage, demurrage, detention, and accessorials.\nAudit freight and brokerage invoices against quotes, dispute errors, and stop recurring overcharges at the source.\nReport monthly on freight spend by mode and lane, cost per shipment, expedite spend, on-time delivery, and border dwell time.\nFile and pursue freight and cargo damage claims to resolution, and feed damage patterns back into packaging and crating standards.\nFlag the cost of a schedule decision before it is made - what air costs versus ground, what a two-day slip saves - so the trade-off is a choice, not a surprise.\nBuild quoting support for estimating: reliable freight numbers for bids, by lane and product type.\nContinuous Improvement\nOur client runs on Paul Akers’ 2 Second Lean. We expect every leader to improve their own area every day, not once a quarter.\nMake and document small daily improvements in how shipments are planned, documented, tracked, and closed out.\nApply 3S - sweep, sort, standardize - to logistics documentation and workflow so files, templates, and trackers are where anyone can find them.\nRecord short before-and-after improvement videos and share them with the team.\nRemove waste from the flow: re-keying the same data, chasing status, waiting on documents, repeat border holds, and avoidable expedites.\nWrite and maintain simple standard work for booking, crossing, documentation, and claims so the process survives turnover.\nMeasure the problem before the change and after it, and bring the numbers.\nRequirements\n5+ years in logistics, traffic, or supply chain, including direct ownership of international freight.\nHands-on experience with US-Mexico cross-border shipping: brokers, crossings, transfer carriers, and the documents each move requires.\nWorking knowledge of all three modes - air, ocean, and ground - and the judgment to pick the right one for the date and the budget.\nExperience with customs documentation and trade compliance, including HTS classification, country of origin, and USMCA treatment.\nProven record negotiating rates and managing carriers, brokers, and forwarders.\nStrong with spreadsheets and comfortable in an ERP or TMS; able to pull and use numbers, not just read them.\nClear written and verbal communication with plants, carriers, customers, and the shop floor.\nValid passport and willingness to travel to Mexico and the border as needed.\nPreferred\nProfessional fluency in Spanish, written and spoken.\nBackground in custom manufacturing, millwork, metal fabrication, store fixtures, or retail rollouts.\nExperience with multi-store rollout logistics and phased delivery schedules.\nFamiliarity with IMMEX, temporary import, or duty-deferral programs.\nExperience managing oversized, fragile, or high-value crated freight.\nExposure to lean manufacturing, 3S, or 2 Second Lean.\nCustoms broker or trade compliance certification, or equivalent coursework.\nBenefits\n Work remotely Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week (no weekends)\n Vacation: 10 business days a year\n Holidays: 5 National Holidays a year\n Company Holidays: 5 Company Holidays a year (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Zipdev Day)\n Parental Leave\n Health Care Reimbursement\n Active Lifestyle Reimbursement\n Quarterly Home Office Reimbursement\n Payroll Deduction Purchase Plans\n Longevity Bonus\n Continuous Learning Bonus\n Access to Training and Professional Development Platforms\n Did we mention it's REMOTE?!!\n One of our core values at Zipdev is \"Be authentic.\" that's why we encourage you to answer the application form in your own words; we are interested in getting to know you, not a digital assistant.\nWondering how our remote environment or our payment method work? We've put together some helpful answers in our FAQs at the bottom our our career site. 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