Director of Logistics Planning

DEPCOM Power is hiring a Director of Logistics Planning in Scottsdale, AZ.
This role is responsible for creating long-term value and competitive advantage through the strategic leadership of logistics planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory control, fleet and asset management, and harness manufacturing. It will apply Principle Based Management to develop people, improve decision quality, close execution gaps, and ensure resources are deployed where they create the greatest value for the business.

The role partners closely with Procurement, Construction, Project Controls, Finance, Field Operations, and Executive Leadership to support predictable, safe, and cost-competitive project execution. The Director of Logistics Planning is expected to challenge the status quo, build scalable systems, improve organizational capability, and strengthen logistics planning as a strategic advantage for the company.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

What You Will Do

• Establish and communicate a long-term logistics Planning vision aligned with business strategy, project execution needs, and value creation.
• Lead warehousing, transportation, logistics planning, inventory control, fleet and asset management, and harness manufacturing.
• Drive upfront logistics planning and schedule alignment with procurement, construction, manufacturing, and project controls to support successful project execution.
• Develop scalable logistics planning systems, standards, and processes that improve material visibility, reliability, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
• Lead warehouse and inventory control strategies focused on material availability, inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and material accountability.
• Oversee transportation planning, carrier performance, freight optimization, mobilization, expedited shipments, and project site delivery performance.
• Own fleet and asset management strategy, including utilization, lifecycle planning, maintenance discipline, vendor relationships, replacement planning, and total cost of ownership.
• Support harness manufacturing operations through disciplined material planning, inventory governance, staging, kitting, and delivery alignment.
• Identify and close cross-functional gaps that create delays, excess cost, rework, poor handoffs, or execution risk.
• Use data, KPIs, root cause analysis, and frontline knowledge to drive sustainable corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Develop managers and emerging leaders by clarifying decision rights, building capability, mentoring talent, and creating succession plans.
• Lead forecasting, capital planning, vendor strategy, and business cases that improve cost competitiveness and long-term value creation.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external providers to ensure logistics planning decisions balance cost, schedule, quality, safety, risk, and customer commitments.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)

• Total logistics cost improvement and logistics cost per MW
• Project material readiness and schedule adherence
• On-time delivery performance and reduction in unplanned expedited freight
• Inventory accuracy, cycle count compliance, and material availability
• Warehouse capacity utilization and storage cost optimization
• Fleet and asset utilization, uptime, maintenance compliance, and lifecycle cost
• Harness manufacturing material readiness, throughput support, and delivery alignment
• Continuous improvement savings, productivity gains, and closed execution gaps
Leadership development, succession readiness, role clarity, and decision quality

• Experience in progressive logistics, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing support, fleet, asset, or supply chain leadership
• Experience leading managers and cross-functional teams in a project-based, operational, construction, manufacturing, or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of inventory management, warehousing, transportation logistics, fleet management, asset management, and logistics planning.
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable processes, close execution gaps, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong financial and economic thinking skills with experience managing budgets, cost improvement initiatives, capital decisions, and operational tradeoffs.
• Experience communicating and influencing executive leadership, project teams, frontline leaders, suppliers, and external partners.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of progressive logistics, warehouse, transportation, manufacturing support, fleet, asset, or supply chain leadership experience.
• Experience in renewable energy, EPC, construction, manufacturing, industrial logistics, or project-based supply chain environments.
• Experience with ERP, WMS, TMS, fleet management systems, asset management tools, performance dashboards, or logistics technology implementations.
• MBA or advanced degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Track record of developing leaders who take ownership, challenge waste, make sound tradeoffs, and improve business outcomes.
• Experience using GenAI for workplace efficiencies.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Who We Are

As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

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