Logistic Supervisor

Job Description: At Vertiv, we power the technologies that keep the world connected. As a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, we deliver innovative power, cooling, and technology solutions that support data centers, communication networks, and industrial operations worldwide.

Position Summary: The Logistics Supervisor is responsible for leading and coordinating daily logistics activities supporting the Pelzer manufacturing campus. This position will provide hands-on leadership for inbound and outbound transportation, shipment execution, carrier coordination, documentation, and overall logistics performance. The successful candidate will work closely with Warehouse, Materials, Planning, Production, Customer Service, and other cross-functional teams to ensure material and finished goods move safely, accurately, and on schedule. This role requires a strong operational leader who can work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, manage changing priorities, and drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities: Lead and coordinate daily inbound and outbound logistics activities across the Pelzer operation. Manage transportation planning, carrier scheduling, truck coordination, and shipment execution. Ensure shipments are planned and executed in alignment with production and customer requirements. Partner closely with Warehouse, Planning, Materials, and Production teams to maintain alignment on daily and weekly shipping priorities. Ensure all required shipping documentation, system transactions, BOLs, and supporting records are completed accurately and on time. Monitor carrier performance, transportation issues, missed pickups, late deliveries, and other logistics-related risks. Support urgent and expedited transportation requirements while driving improved planning to reduce unnecessary premium freight. Provide daily leadership, direction, coaching, and accountability to the logistics team. Establish and maintain standard work, processes, and controls for logistics execution. Monitor logistics KPIs and identify opportunities to improve service, cost, efficiency, and execution. Support month-end and quarter-end shipment requirements while ensuring established operational and system controls are maintained. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to resolve transportation, shipment, and delivery issues. Ensure compliance with company safety, quality, transportation, and operational requirements. Support continued growth and expansion of the Pelzer campus and logistics network. Drive a culture of teamwork, ownership, urgency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications: Previous logistics, transportation, warehouse, supply chain, or manufacturing experience required. Previous supervisory or team leadership experience strongly preferred. Strong understanding of inbound and outbound transportation operations. Experience coordinating carriers, freight movements, and high-volume shipping operations. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities. Ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Strong sense of ownership and accountability with the ability to operate in a fast-paced and changing environment. Experience working with ERP/WMS/TMS systems preferred. Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel and other standard business applications. Experience within a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.

What Success Looks Like: Success in this position will be measured by safe and on-time shipment execution, strong transportation and carrier performance, accurate system and shipping documentation, improved logistics planning, reduced expedite risk, and effective coordination between Logistics, Warehouse, Planning, Materials, and Production. The Logistics Supervisor will play a key leadership role in building a disciplined and scalable logistics operation capable of supporting the continued growth of the Pelzer campus. Improve the Process Expectations:

• Maintain standard work.
• Eliminate waste.
• Reduce operative burden within the office
• Set individual priorities for team members and time for each task.
• Foster culture of continuous improvement within your section.
• Optimize standard system setup to structurally and continuously improve results.
• Ensure continuous improvement activities and identify possible synergies with factory organization.
• Economic / cost reduction thinking – alternative options.
• Develop the Team Expectations:
• Provide Leadership to the team ensuring that individual and team objectives are communicated and met.
• Address issues of nonperformance in a controlled and structured way, ensuring fairness and integrity
• Create and maintain an inclusive work environment.
• Fully utilize the individual strengths within the team to make the team stronger.
• Ensure that all team members meet the required standards of performance
• Ensure appropriate development, training and coaching for the team.
• Ensure that an effective escalation process is in place to deal with critical issues.
• Support talent management process (selection, development, and career path).Identify knowledge & skill gaps within your team and work to Teach, Track and Develop skills so their strengths are fully utilized.
• Ensure team spirit, good team-working environment, conflict negotiation, individual and group communication.
• Ensure awareness of Company rules and procedures and liaise / promote awareness amongst team members.
• Manage absence within your team ensuring a consistent approach, utilizing the RTW process
• Participate in disciplinary hearings as required ensuring fairness and integrity.
• Provide peer input at annual performance review or other such competency review process.
• Verify team members essential experience/qualification criteria for their roles.
• Provide input for 3- & 6-month probationary review to be verified and signed off by Manager.
• Manage all holiday entitlements for team personnel.

Work Authorization: No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to help.join@vertiv.com.Job InfoJob Identification 20282508 Job Category Logistics Locations Pelzer, SC, United States