Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (LBNL) Advanced Light Source (ALS) Division is seeking a Logistics Manager to support the Advanced Light Source Upgrade (ALS-U) project. This initiative will enhance the ALS’s soft x-ray capabilities, ensuring continued global leadership in scientific innovation.

In this role, you will lead ALS-U’s strategic supply chain strategy and operations, overseeing the receipt, storage, tracking, and delivery of critical hardware and materials. You will manage storage and warehouse facilities, optimize workflows, and develop and execute policies that enhance logistics efficiency. This role requires strategic oversight of multiple logistics locations, ensuring alignment with project-wide operational goals and contributing to the development of division-wide logistics policies.

The Advanced Light Source is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national scientific user facility whose excellent scientific reputation, expert staff, and capabilities in the soft x-ray, hard X-ray, and infrared regimes attract over 1,500 academic and industrial users each year in disciplines spanning physical, chemical, materials, biological, energy, and Earth sciences. It is one of five Berkeley Lab user facilities that serve a combined 11,000 users annually. The co-location of these user facilities – including the Molecular Foundry Nanoscale Science Research Center and the NERSC scientific computing center, as well as Berkeley Lab's outstanding programs in materials and chemical sciences, among others – offers a prime environment for collaborative science. The ALS has been a global leader in soft X-ray science for more than two decades and is currently undergoing a large-scale upgrade (ALS-U) that will endow the facility with state-of-the-art X-ray capabilities. It's an exciting time to join our growing team!

What You Will Do:

• Lead the development and implementation of ALS-U’s supply chain and logistics strategy to ensure the timely delivery of hardware and materials, aligning with ALS-U’s project schedules and the lab’s broader objectives.
• Manage complex logistics operations across multiple internal and external storage locations, ensuring all materials are accurately tracked in the inventory system.
• Oversee space planning, infrastructure logistics and resource allocation, ensuring technical space, storage, and staging areas are available and configured to meet long-term project needs.
• Develop and implement project production kitting processes to support manufacturing engineering, maintaining inventory control and material traceability.
• Establish and oversee policies governing project logistics operations, including warehouse management, material handling, and supply chain risk mitigation.
• Establish and implement project logistics data management processes, utilizing analytical tools and methodologies to optimize supply chain performance.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to shape and execute division-wide logistics policies, ensuring alignment with LBNL’s operational objectives
• Work closely with ALS-U Quality Assurance teams to integrate quality control best practices throughout the supply chain
• Develop and manage logistics budgets, ensuring cost-effective operations and efficient allocation of resources.
• Direct and supervise materials handling teams, ensuring proper procedures for receipt, inventory management, kitting, and delivery.
• Analyze and optimize material workflows to identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring efficient ALS-U production and installation readiness.
• Work closely with ALS-U Quality Assurance teams to integrate quality control best practices throughout the supply chain.
• Act as the primary point of contact for ALS-U logistics, engaging with senior stakeholders across divisions and external agencies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging analytical tools to assess and enhance supply chain performance.
• Supervise and mentor a team of logistics and materials specialists, fostering collaboration and operational excellence.

What is Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain management, industrial engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain engineering, manufacturing engineering, facilities operations or industrial engineering, including supervisory and managerial responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading logistics operations for large-scale, multi-disciplinary logistics projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make independent decisions in a complex project environment.
• Expertise in policy development and process improvement related to logistics and facilities management.
• Experience managing supply chains for technical or scientific projects, including vendor coordination and material tracking.
• Proficiency in supply chain management software, including Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS).
• Budget and schedule management experience, with expertise in variance analysis and forecasting (EAC reporting).
• Previous supervisory and leadership experience of a team of greater than five members, preferably 10, including demonstrated ability to lead the work of others and give work direction., with a demonstrated ability to manage and mentor teams.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across technical, managerial, and external stakeholder teams as well as influence senior management on logistics-related strategies and decisions.
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills in authoring technical reports and publications.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with engineering staff, scientific staff, technical staff, external collaborators, vendors and lab management

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a related field.
• Experience managing scientific construction projects or working within DOE National Laboratories.
• Familiarity with DOE Order 413.3B and Oracle Primavera P6.
• Knowledge of handling scientific components, assemblies, and specialized apparatus.
• Knowledge of and experience with DOE Order 413.3B: Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets.

Notes:

• This is a full-time, 2-year, term appointment with the possibility of extension or conversion to Career appointment based upon satisfactory job performance, continuing availability of funds, and ongoing operational needs.

• This position is expected to pay $157,272.00-$196,560.00, which fits within the full salary range of $157,272.00-$265,380.00 for the G03.3. Salary for this position will be commensurate with the final candidate’s qualification and experience, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, certifications, and aligned with the internal peer group.
• As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
• This position may be subject to a background check. Any convictions will be evaluated to determine if they directly relate to the responsibilities and requirements of the position. Having a conviction history will not automatically disqualify an applicant from being considered for employment.
• Work will be primarily performed at: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA.

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