Logistics Manager

• Own international freight across air, ocean, and courier, primarily from Asia to Israel, the US, and the EU
• Quote, negotiate, and book shipments with global freight forwarders, couriers, and supplier-side partners
• Select shipping modes based on time sensitivity, complexity, and customer or supplier constraints
• Manage freight cost recovery and dispute surcharges with forwarders
• Own customs and trade compliance strategy, playbooks, and operational guidance
• Advise on HTS classification, exclusion claims, CBP Form 28 responses, IOR/bill-to/ship-to logic, and customs holds
• Maintain annual compliance setup, including continuous bonds, surety documentation, and supplier KYC
• Partner with Sales on landed cost, Incoterms, IOR requirements, freight pricing, and margin protection
• Build freight-cost intelligence by lane and supplier
• Ensure freight and logistics costs are accurately reflected in internal systems, order book, margin view, and customer invoices
• Translate operational issues into clear customer-facing updates and resolutions
• Coordinate with manufacturing partners on shipment readiness, packing, documentation, and pickup windows
• Manage the day-to-day Logistics Coordinator function and partner with supplier-expediting teams
• Improve shipment status, documentation, and cost tracking in the platform
• Identify recurring operational problems and build preventive playbooks
• Automate logistics workflows after validating manual processes

• 5+ years of hands-on international logistics or freight-forwarding experience
• Experience ideally in contract manufacturing, hardware, or high-mix industrial settings
• Experience negotiating freight rates with forwarders and couriers
• Experience with HTS codes, commercial invoices, packing lists, IORs, bonds, and CBP correspondence
• Understanding of landed cost, Incoterms, margin, and customer experience
• Ability to read PDF engineering drawings and assess freight implications
• Short, direct, action-oriented written communication
• Comfortable handling escalations and operating in a fast-moving startup
• Fluent in English
• Tech-savvy and comfortable with Slack, Notion, Loom, and manufacturing platforms
• Nice-to-have: freight forwarding agency experience
• Nice-to-have: B2B manufacturing marketplace, digital manufacturing platform, or contract manufacturer experience
• Nice-to-have: defense or aerospace customer experience and ITAR/export-control basics
• Nice-to-have: mechanical or industrial engineering background
• Nice-to-have: experience establishing a freight or logistics function

• Fully remote work
• Async work environment
• High trust and flexible autonomy
• Weekly online games
• Annual company offsite with travel
• Opportunity to work with a fully-funded, cashflow-positive startup
• Real ownership over supply chain operations
• Global team collaboration