Logistics Manager

Company Overview Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. The company ignites the passions of global sports fans and maximizes the presence and reach for hundreds of sports partners globally by offering innovative products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans, a global partner network with over 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, teams, players associations, athletes, celebrities, colleges, and college conferences, and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail business stores.    As a market leader with more than 18,000 employees, and hundreds of partners, suppliers, and vendors worldwide, we take responsibility for driving toward more ethical and sustainable practices. We are committed to building an inclusive Fanatics community, reflecting and representing society at every level of the business, including our employees, vendors, partners and fans. Fanatics is also dedicated to making a positive impact in the communities where we all live, work, and play through strategic philanthropic initiatives.

This role will report to the Japan GM with a dotted line reporting into both the Operations groups in the US primarily for Baseball product and Europe for primarily Football product. This role will initially be responsible for coordinating with the US and Europe teams the production of products for the Japanese market, the logistics of importing these products into Japan and then supporting the Japanese sales team in making product available for sale, either at retail or on eCommerce. The role will then develop into investigating the sourcing of production more locally in Japan and Asia, as the Japanese business develops.

Responsibilities:

• Coordination of the production of Japanese products with the US and Italy Operations teams, including volume, specification, packaging requirements
• Logistical responsibility for coordinating delivery and importation from the US and Italy into Japan
• Responsibility for the importation of product into Japan and any administration requirements
• Shipping - Cost control and communication with freight forwarders and suppliers. Component procurement, maintaining shipping deadlines, communication on shipping status and schedules with wider team.
• Responsibility for project management of operations in Japan
• Coordination with the Office manager role to ensure all necessary paperwork to ensure compliance is undertaken and managed appropriately
• Develop and manage the in-house warehouse and stock control functions in line with business needs to aid company growth, cost and stock control, reporting and ultimately profitability
• Developing the appropriate packaging and labelling requirements needed for customers in the Japanese market
• Work on setting up the operational infrastructure needed supporting the sourcing, storing and last mile fulfilment of customer orders
• Working with the ecom team on specific online products which fall outside standard retail operational flow. Create solutions outside of existing processes to meet the speed of ecom.
• Work with wider Global team for shared company goals/cost savings and efficiencies

Requirements:

• 5 years experience in supply chain and logistics for a company importing product into Japan
• Experience in delivering into an eCommerce supply chain solution in Japan, such as Rakuten or Amazon
• A background in publishing or printing houses in Japan would be preferable
• A good network of logistics, warehousing and supply chain companies in Japan
• A solid grasp of tools used to manage logistic and supply chains and Microsoft Office
• Hands-on, highly organized and able to prioritize to hit deadlines
• Strong teamwork skills
• Degree in related discipline or equivalent experience
• Strong communication skills with multiple stakeholders
• English language skills