Logistics Manager
RipCurl - Costa Mesa, CA
Posted: January 26th, 2023
Description
About Rip Curl...
Rip Curl is a brand for, and about, the crew on The Search. The products we make, the events we run, the riders we support, and the values we strive to uphold… this is all part of the Search that Rip Curl is on.
Rip Curl, the Ultimate Surfing Company.
About the role...
The role is a Logistics Manager: North America and will work across the KMD Brands of Rip Curl, Oboz and Kathmandu. The role will spend time at our 3PL location in Riverside and Rip Curl office in San Clemente and will require occasional travel to Bozeman Montana. Day to day you will be responsible for;
- Managing the North American 3PL relationship across brands partnership with the relevant Oboz and Rip Curl supply chain teams in North America, ensure our 3PL relationship;
- Drives a culture of continuous improvement
-Is a true partnership with appropriate SLA’s in place that meet the underlying needs of the
business
- Has appropriate required level of service and costs
- Is providing measurable reporting against SLA’ and is cognizant of our ESG objectives and act
in a compliant, ethical, safe and sustainable way
- Has Fit for purpose contractual arrangements/SLA’s in place
- Work closely with brands to provide required data and information within agreed timeframes, exception manage variances to allow the 3PLs to meet agreed KPIs outlined in SLA’s
- Build consistent logistics processes, reporting and communications across Oboz, Rip Curl and Kathmandu
- Establish inventory and shipment management process for all three brands
- Freight forwarders are managed in accordance with the various regulatory requirements
- Accountable for logistics operating budgets in North America
What we are searching for...
We are searching for a Logistics Manager who demonstrates strong understanding of international freight forwarding. You will have exposure to China and / or SE Asia Supply Chains and in retail and apparel supply chains. You will have demonstrated experience dealing with Global Freight Forwarders and 3rd Party Logistics Provider and experience in international warehousing and familiar with capabilities such as bonded warehousing, origin scan pack and or vendor drop ship.
Graduate diploma in Logistics and Supply chain management or equivalent is required for the role.
About RipCurl
In The Beginning...
The year: 1969. A man called Armstrong is about to walk on the moon.
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(In fact, the day he does so, Bells Beach is ten foot and near perfect. Two Torquay locals, Charlie Bartlett and Brian Singer, surf their brains out before going home to watch the other momentous event on black and white TV.)
In Australia, surfing is at a curious stage of its development. The “short board revolution” of 1967 has created a frenzy of experimentation in surfboard design and surfing technique.
In the cool climate of Victoria, sanity prevails in design and technique, if not in the temperaments of the surfers. The cold, always a great leveller, has created a hardy breed of surfer who has no time for the hoopla and hype of the glitter beach capitals of the world. And by 1969 these like-minded souls have begun to gravitate towards the equally no-frills seaside town of Torquay, just a couple of kilometres away from Bells Beach, home of some of the most challenging waves in Australia.
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And it is into this environment that Doug “Claw” Warbrick and Brian “Sing Ding” Singer decide to pitch their fledgling surf company, Rip Curl. And yes, it will be called Rip Curl.
Rip Curl Surfboards did well in a highly competitive market which had opened up in response to the revolution in design. Pioneers like Gordon Woods and Barry Bennett in Sydney and George Rice in Victoria had been joined by hundreds of wide-eyed hopefuls operating, like Rip Curl, out of garages and tool sheds.
In many cases enthusiasm and innovation overshadowed technical expertise and quality, but Rip Curl concentrated on producing a small number of functional surfcraft for local waves.
In 1970, however, Warbrick and Singer made the decision which changes forever the nature of their fledgling company. Looking at the essential needs of their fellow surfers in cold-water Victoria, they see that one – a board to ride – is being serviced by too many companies, while the other – a wetsuit to keep out the cold – is being serviced by only two, one of whom makes wetsuits for divers and has only a marginal commercial interest in surfing.
Rip Curl took over an old house in Torquay and the partners made a small investment in a pre-World War II sewing machine. They put together a crew of locals and went into production, cutting out the rubber on the floor and handing the pieces to an over-worked and underpaid machinist.
By today’s standards, the prototype Rip Curl wetsuits were primitive, but they differed from others on the market in that they evolved through interaction with surfers.
The people who ran the company were – and still are – the test pilots. There can be no more direct line of communication...