About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to join a breakout food brand at a pivotal stage of growth. Led by CEO Peter Rahal, Cofounder and Former CEO of RXBAR, David is working to become the leading consumer food brand focused on high-protein foods in North America and beyond. The Logistics team owns the operational execution of David's logistics network. This is a high-ownership role responsible for managing carrier and partner relationships, driving freight performance, and ensuring product moves efficiently and cost-effectively across the network.
Responsibilities
- Oversee inbound and outbound freight execution across FTL and LTL
- Identify and resolve shipment exceptions, delays, and routing issues before they create downstream problems
- Ensure freight execution supports seamless handoffs across suppliers, warehouses, and manufacturing partners
- Partner with fulfillment and supply chain teams to coordinate logistics around inventory flow and order priorities
- Develop and maintain dashboards, trackers, and reports for real-time visibility into freight performance, transit times, and cost trends
- Continuously improve intercompany OTIF, freight cost per unit, carrier scorecards, exception rates, and tracking
- Surface emerging risks and inefficiencies before they become operational problems
- Translate performance data into clear recommendations and follow through on corrective actions
- Manage relationships with freight carriers and hold partners accountable to service, cost, and reliability expectations
- Ensure appointment scheduling and pickup coordination happen correctly across intercompany logistics
- Build processes and automations to ensure perfect logistics documentation
- Conduct regular carrier reviews and performance conversations, escalating or making changes when partners fall short
- Lead carrier RFPs and rate negotiations backed by data
- Own process improvement initiatives, from identifying the gap to designing and implementing the fix
- Build tools, automations, and workflows that reduce manual work and improve accuracy
- Support systems projects such as TMS evaluation and improvement, EDI improvements, and 3PL onboarding
- Partner cross-functionally with finance, retail operations, and supply chain on initiatives where logistics execution is critical
Requirements
- 2–3 years of experience in logistics, freight operations, supply chain, or a related field
- Hands-on experience managing carrier relationships
- Strong analytical skills and comfort building operational reports and trackers
- Self-directed and proactive
- High standards for follow-through and a low tolerance for things falling through the cracks
- Interest in building a brand with a mission to increase muscle and decrease fat
Skills
- Proficiency in Excel
- Experience with BI tools a plus
- ERP experience a plus
- WMS experience a plus
- TMS experience a plus
- Familiarity with freight modes (FTL, LTL)
- Familiarity with carrier operations
- Familiarity with logistics cost structures
Experience Level
- 2-3 years
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 - $140,000 per year DOE, inclusive of cash bonus based on attainment of company targets
Benefits
- Company equity opportunity
- 100% covered Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
- 401(k) with 4% company match
- Fully covered gym expenses
- Substantial and required PTO
About the Company
- David creates tools to increase muscle and decrease fat. Our first product is a protein bar. More broadly, David is a platform to develop high-protein, low-calorie, blood-sugar-friendly foods that are craveable.
