Director, Logistics Transformation Program - Unilever Prestige
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Dermalogica | Posted Mar 14
Full-time
California
Master (>10 yrs)
Location: Remote, Travel required, Flexible to various US/EU time zones
Background Unilever Prestige is the Luxury Beauty division of Unilever that holds eight companies/brands: Dermalogica, Murad, Living Proof, Hourglass, Tatcha, Paula’s Choice, K18 and Garancia. The businesses have a global footprint, are omni‑channel in nature, and have a heavy index to e-commerce and direct‑to‑consumer offerings. Our brands blend luxury physical in‑store experiences with digitalised e‑commerce offerings including digital technologies embedded within product offerings. It operates a unique organisational model that places high emphasis on independence, entrepreneurship, and speed, all rooted in individual breadth and depth of capability. The division is one of Unilever’s key strategic bets and has seen consistent double‑digit growth through both organic and M&A growth.
Opportunity The Director, Logistics Transformation Program, reporting to the VP, Global Supply Chain Strategy, will lead the Transformation Execution & Governance for the Prestige division’s Distribution Network Transformation program. This role serves as the central program leader responsible for governing and orchestrating the execution of multiple, concurrent logistics transformation initiatives, including site transitions, 3PL migrations, system integrations, and operational process changes across the global Prestige network. The role defines and aligns adherence to programme governance standards, maintains milestone discipline, and escalates delivery risks to group leadership for resolution when required. The role will orchestrate coordination of the transformation programme stakeholders, coordinating in‑brand and central project managers, external partners, as well as directly managing delivery of high‑impact cross‑brand projects within the US network transformation.
Working in partnership with the Logistics Strategy Director (who leads the network design and future‑state operating model) and the Central Technical Project Leader, this role will focus on how the transformation strategy is translated into execution plans and delivered with defined governance discipline, stakeholder milestone accountability, and coordinated execution across brands, central functions, and external partners.
Roles and Responsibilities Program Governance & Delivery Leadership
Own and lead governance and delivery oversight of the logistics transformation programme across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Own and drive the integrated master transformation delivery plan, ensuring all workstreams meet defined stage‑gate and operational readiness criteria prior to transition execution.
Govern milestone gating criteria and escalates risks when workstream diverges from the programme delivery plan.
Maintain visibility into cross‑project dependencies and escalates conflicts requiring leadership resolution.
Drive the cadence of programme reviews, steering committees, and project status reporting.
Maintain alignment with global, regional, and brand stakeholders through structured communications and documentation.
Establish and operate the Transformation Steering Committee’s execution governance structure, preparing decision materials and escalating cross‑brand delivery trade‑offs, risks, resource constraints, and governance issues requiring group leadership resolution when programme objectives are materially at risk.
Maintain formal documentation of Steering Committee decisions, trade‑offs, and risk mitigation actions to ensure transparency and continuity across transformation stakeholders.
Define standards for governing project delivery and managing transitions across the logistics transformation programme, maintaining a repository of artefacts, tools and best practices and continuously improving artefacts with project retrospectives and learnings.
Ensure programme governance frameworks translate into actionable delivery plans, with clear ownership of milestones, dependencies, and operational readiness criteria across all transformation initiatives.
Transformation Delivery and Transition Coordination
Lead planning and coordination of site and 3PL transitions, ensuring all readiness, cutover, and stabilisation activities are executed to plan by accountable stakeholders.
Facilitate collaboration and planning between central, brand and vendor functional leads (Logistics Strategy, Operations, IT, Finance, Procurement, and Brand Operations).
Facilitate effective hand‑offs between stakeholders owning strategy and solution design through implementation execution and operational go‑live phases.
Identify delivery risks early, maintain visibility, and work to mitigate with stakeholders or escalates for leadership resolution when risks impact brands, resources, dependencies or outcomes.
Ensure operational readiness for all network transitions by validating cutover plans, operational capabilities, and service protection measures prior to execution.
Financial and Resource Management
Work in partnership with the Logistics Strategy Director, Brands, and Finance Owners, to determine budget requirements for each transformation.
Accountable for budget tracking and reporting in partnership with Finance and Procurement.
Identify reallocation opportunities and requirements based on project underspend and resource constraint mitigation.
Maintain visibility into resource allocation and identify bottlenecks to facilitate leadership resolution across project teams.
Change Management & Communication
Facilitate alignment of communication plans, change impact assessments, and readiness activities across brands and partners.
Drive structured documentation of programme decisions, risks, lessons learned, KPIs, and milestone status to support leadership visibility and change management.
Ensure programme decisions and trade‑offs are clearly documented and communicated following governance reviews.
Lead Brands through the change management processes ensuring each new project builds on the learnings identified through the transformation.
Performance Tracking & Reporting
Develop and maintain programme dashboards and executive summaries to track progress, benefits realisation, and ongoing stabilisation.
Provide insights and recommendations to leadership on risk mitigation and timeline optimisation.
Define and put in place outcome‑based accountability measures across the team: On‑time go‑live delivery, inventory transfer accuracy, SLA protection, budget adherence, time to stabilisation, and savings benefits realisation.
Decision Rights & Governance Mandate
Owns and sets the transformation execution governance model, operating cadence, stage‑gate criteria, success metrics, and required delivery standards across all initiatives.
Serves as the single formal escalation point for cross‑brand, cross‑vendor, and cross‑functional delivery risks.
Prepares impact analysis, trade‑off options, and a single recommended path for Steering Committee decisions related to scope, sequencing, timeline, budget, or enterprise risk exposure.
Does not directly approve stop‑work, but escalations from this role are intended to trigger binding Steering Committee decisions.
Responsible for ensuring that governance decisions translate into coordinated execution across programme workstreams and operational teams.
Qualifications
10–15+ years in supply chain, logistics, or operations, including senior leadership experience overseeing large‑scale, multi‑year transformation programmes in complex, matrixed environments.
Proven experience leading enterprise‑level, cross‑functional transformations spanning multiple brands, geographies, and external partners, ideally within logistics, distribution, or 3PL environments.
Demonstrated success driving execution through influence—aligning and holding senior stakeholders accountable across brands, central functions, and vendors without direct line authority.
Strong command of programme governance, escalation, and executive reporting, with the ability to synthesize complex delivery risks and trade‑offs into decision‑ready guidance for senior leadership forums.
Track record of operating effectively in steering committees and executive forums, synthesising risks, trade‑offs, and delivery impacts into decision‑ready guidance for leadership.
Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, and leadership presence, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, conflict, and competing priorities in high‑risk transformation environments.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset with a sustained focus on outcome delivery, execution integrity, and enterprise risk management.
Ideal candidate is able to balance executive leadership with tactical execution & delivery.
Details
Location: Remote (US Base)
Hours: PST preferred, flexible hours (e.g., EST may be required for select projects)
Travel requirements: Estimated 20%, variable based on individual project requirement
Salary: $150 K to $180 K, based on experience, skills, education, and budget.
EEO Statement Dermalogica is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.
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Full-time
California
Master (>10 yrs)
Location: Remote, Travel required, Flexible to various US/EU time zones
Background Unilever Prestige is the Luxury Beauty division of Unilever that holds eight companies/brands: Dermalogica, Murad, Living Proof, Hourglass, Tatcha, Paula’s Choice, K18 and Garancia. The businesses have a global footprint, are omni‑channel in nature, and have a heavy index to e-commerce and direct‑to‑consumer offerings. Our brands blend luxury physical in‑store experiences with digitalised e‑commerce offerings including digital technologies embedded within product offerings. It operates a unique organisational model that places high emphasis on independence, entrepreneurship, and speed, all rooted in individual breadth and depth of capability. The division is one of Unilever’s key strategic bets and has seen consistent double‑digit growth through both organic and M&A growth.
Opportunity The Director, Logistics Transformation Program, reporting to the VP, Global Supply Chain Strategy, will lead the Transformation Execution & Governance for the Prestige division’s Distribution Network Transformation program. This role serves as the central program leader responsible for governing and orchestrating the execution of multiple, concurrent logistics transformation initiatives, including site transitions, 3PL migrations, system integrations, and operational process changes across the global Prestige network. The role defines and aligns adherence to programme governance standards, maintains milestone discipline, and escalates delivery risks to group leadership for resolution when required. The role will orchestrate coordination of the transformation programme stakeholders, coordinating in‑brand and central project managers, external partners, as well as directly managing delivery of high‑impact cross‑brand projects within the US network transformation.
Working in partnership with the Logistics Strategy Director (who leads the network design and future‑state operating model) and the Central Technical Project Leader, this role will focus on how the transformation strategy is translated into execution plans and delivered with defined governance discipline, stakeholder milestone accountability, and coordinated execution across brands, central functions, and external partners.
Roles and Responsibilities Program Governance & Delivery Leadership
Own and lead governance and delivery oversight of the logistics transformation programme across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Own and drive the integrated master transformation delivery plan, ensuring all workstreams meet defined stage‑gate and operational readiness criteria prior to transition execution.
Govern milestone gating criteria and escalates risks when workstream diverges from the programme delivery plan.
Maintain visibility into cross‑project dependencies and escalates conflicts requiring leadership resolution.
Drive the cadence of programme reviews, steering committees, and project status reporting.
Maintain alignment with global, regional, and brand stakeholders through structured communications and documentation.
Establish and operate the Transformation Steering Committee’s execution governance structure, preparing decision materials and escalating cross‑brand delivery trade‑offs, risks, resource constraints, and governance issues requiring group leadership resolution when programme objectives are materially at risk.
Maintain formal documentation of Steering Committee decisions, trade‑offs, and risk mitigation actions to ensure transparency and continuity across transformation stakeholders.
Define standards for governing project delivery and managing transitions across the logistics transformation programme, maintaining a repository of artefacts, tools and best practices and continuously improving artefacts with project retrospectives and learnings.
Ensure programme governance frameworks translate into actionable delivery plans, with clear ownership of milestones, dependencies, and operational readiness criteria across all transformation initiatives.
Transformation Delivery and Transition Coordination
Lead planning and coordination of site and 3PL transitions, ensuring all readiness, cutover, and stabilisation activities are executed to plan by accountable stakeholders.
Facilitate collaboration and planning between central, brand and vendor functional leads (Logistics Strategy, Operations, IT, Finance, Procurement, and Brand Operations).
Facilitate effective hand‑offs between stakeholders owning strategy and solution design through implementation execution and operational go‑live phases.
Identify delivery risks early, maintain visibility, and work to mitigate with stakeholders or escalates for leadership resolution when risks impact brands, resources, dependencies or outcomes.
Ensure operational readiness for all network transitions by validating cutover plans, operational capabilities, and service protection measures prior to execution.
Financial and Resource Management
Work in partnership with the Logistics Strategy Director, Brands, and Finance Owners, to determine budget requirements for each transformation.
Accountable for budget tracking and reporting in partnership with Finance and Procurement.
Identify reallocation opportunities and requirements based on project underspend and resource constraint mitigation.
Maintain visibility into resource allocation and identify bottlenecks to facilitate leadership resolution across project teams.
Change Management & Communication
Facilitate alignment of communication plans, change impact assessments, and readiness activities across brands and partners.
Drive structured documentation of programme decisions, risks, lessons learned, KPIs, and milestone status to support leadership visibility and change management.
Ensure programme decisions and trade‑offs are clearly documented and communicated following governance reviews.
Lead Brands through the change management processes ensuring each new project builds on the learnings identified through the transformation.
Performance Tracking & Reporting
Develop and maintain programme dashboards and executive summaries to track progress, benefits realisation, and ongoing stabilisation.
Provide insights and recommendations to leadership on risk mitigation and timeline optimisation.
Define and put in place outcome‑based accountability measures across the team: On‑time go‑live delivery, inventory transfer accuracy, SLA protection, budget adherence, time to stabilisation, and savings benefits realisation.
Decision Rights & Governance Mandate
Owns and sets the transformation execution governance model, operating cadence, stage‑gate criteria, success metrics, and required delivery standards across all initiatives.
Serves as the single formal escalation point for cross‑brand, cross‑vendor, and cross‑functional delivery risks.
Prepares impact analysis, trade‑off options, and a single recommended path for Steering Committee decisions related to scope, sequencing, timeline, budget, or enterprise risk exposure.
Does not directly approve stop‑work, but escalations from this role are intended to trigger binding Steering Committee decisions.
Responsible for ensuring that governance decisions translate into coordinated execution across programme workstreams and operational teams.
Qualifications
10–15+ years in supply chain, logistics, or operations, including senior leadership experience overseeing large‑scale, multi‑year transformation programmes in complex, matrixed environments.
Proven experience leading enterprise‑level, cross‑functional transformations spanning multiple brands, geographies, and external partners, ideally within logistics, distribution, or 3PL environments.
Demonstrated success driving execution through influence—aligning and holding senior stakeholders accountable across brands, central functions, and vendors without direct line authority.
Strong command of programme governance, escalation, and executive reporting, with the ability to synthesize complex delivery risks and trade‑offs into decision‑ready guidance for senior leadership forums.
Track record of operating effectively in steering committees and executive forums, synthesising risks, trade‑offs, and delivery impacts into decision‑ready guidance for leadership.
Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, and leadership presence, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, conflict, and competing priorities in high‑risk transformation environments.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset with a sustained focus on outcome delivery, execution integrity, and enterprise risk management.
Ideal candidate is able to balance executive leadership with tactical execution & delivery.
Details
Location: Remote (US Base)
Hours: PST preferred, flexible hours (e.g., EST may be required for select projects)
Travel requirements: Estimated 20%, variable based on individual project requirement
Salary: $150 K to $180 K, based on experience, skills, education, and budget.
EEO Statement Dermalogica is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.
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