Logistics Manager

**Location**: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA **Schedule**: Monday - Friday | 9:00am - 4:00pm **Work Type**: Hybrid (3 days onsite required) **FLSA Status**: Exempt **Compensation**: $95,000.00 - $115,000.00 annually depending on experience and alignment with the role. **Who We Are** At Clearly Filtered, our mission is to help people live well, starting with the water they drink. We build high-performance filtration products backed by science and rigorous third-party testing, because trust isn’t claimed, it’s earned. Our technology is purpose-built to remove what others miss, so every person who finds us is genuinely better off for it. **About the Role** We’re looking for an experienced Logistics Manager to own the reliability and performance of Clearly Filtered’s freight network, 3PL partnerships, and fulfillment operations. This is a high-ownership role for someone who builds systems, measures what matters, and brings solutions before problems escalate, combining hands-on global freight expertise with the analytical rigor and cross-functional instincts to get things done across a fast-moving organization. This role is hybrid, based in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA with a minimum of 3 days onsite per week. **Please apply only if you’re able to meet this requirement.** **What You'll Do** **Inbound Freight & Purchase Orders** *Keep inbound flow on time, on budget, and fully documented from origin to receipt.* - Own end-to-end inbound freight across ocean, air, FTL, and LCL shipments from origin to 3PL receipt - Manage freight forwarder relationships, customs clearance, and trade compliance - Track landed costs and provide structured documentation for inventory reconciliation - Place and monitor purchase orders against the demand-driven purchase plan with accuracy and discipline - Maintain PO logs covering delivery timing, receipt confirmation, and discrepancy resolution - Proactively surface supply risks with recommended solutions **Outbound Fulfillment & 3PL Performance** *Manage the fulfillment network and hold 3PL partners to defined performance standards.* - Own DTC parcel shipments, final mile delivery, and inventory transfers across the fulfillment network - Manage carrier relationships and ensure compliance with Amazon FBA/FBM, routing guides, and labeling standards - Build and own a structured 3PL scorecard covering cost per unit, on-time rates, accuracy, and billing - Drive root cause analysis and hold partners accountable through documented corrective action plans **Team Leadership & Warehouse Operations** *Directly lead the Warehouse & Fulfillment team and set the standard for how work gets done.* - Directly manage and develop the Warehouse & Fulfillment team - Set clear performance expectations, deliver effective feedback, and build a team culture rooted in accuracy, throughput, safety, and continuous improvement - Maintain warehouse organization, safety standards, and equipment readiness **Reporting & Process** *Own the data and SOPs that keep logistics operations visible, scalable, and continuously improving.* - Own freight and 3PL performance reporting on a consistent cadence - Evaluate fulfillment and freight costs and bring optimization recommendations to leadership - Build, document, and maintain SOPs for all logistics and fulfillment workflows - Enforce vendor packaging, labeling, and compliance requirements on inbound shipments **What You Bring** **Required** - 5+ years in logistics, global freight, or supply chain operations in a DTC or consumer products environment - Demonstrated experience managing international inbound freight (ocean, air, road) including freight forwarder relationships, customs documentation, and landed cost management - Experience managing 3PL relationships with structured performance accountability, scorecards, SLA management, and corrective action - Strong analytical skills; comfortable building cost comparison models, freight rate analyses, and performance reports independently - Proven so…