Logistics & Warehousing Manager

Lithium Americas is a North American resource and materials company focused on developing, building, and operating lithium deposits and chemical processing facilities. The company’s flagship asset, Thacker Pass, is located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada and is the world’s largest known measured lithium source and reserve. We are focused on safely and responsibly developing Thacker Pass to production to help strengthen national security and enable cleaner energy sources. We are committed to minimizing environmental impact, creating family-supporting jobs, and maximizing sustainable value for our stakeholders.

Logistics and Warehousing Manager

Company Overview

Lithium Americas is a North American resource and materials company focused on developing, building and operating lithium deposits and chemical processing facilities. The company’s flagship asset, Thacker Pass, located in Humboldt County in northern Nevada is the world’s largest known measured lithium source and reserve. We are focused on safely and responsibly developing Thacker Pass to production to help strengthen national security and enable cleaner energy sources. We are committed to minimizing environmental impact, creating family-supporting jobs and maximizing sustainable value for our stakeholders.

Lithium Americas is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia and operates in the U.S., with offices in Reno, NV and Winnemucca, NV. The Company’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol LAC.

Our Purpose, Vision and Values

Our purpose, vision and values are the guiding principles that will serve as the cornerstone of our company’s future direction and operations, aligning our team and organization towards our common goals.

Our Purpose is to safely and sustainably produce lithium from Thacker Pass to enable North America to reduce dependence on foreign critical minerals and drive value for our stakeholders.

Our Vision is to be North America’s leading lithium producer to enable cleaner energy sources.

Our Values include Act with Integrity, Be Responsible and Act with Care, Commit to Excellence and Drive Innovation, and Be a Collaborative Partner.

Role

We are seeking a Logistics and Warehousing Manager to join our Supply Chain team.

The Logistics and Warehousing Manager leads the end-to-end logistics network for the Thacker Pass Operation, including multi-modal inbound, inter-facility, and outbound product movements; export readiness; third-party transload and processing interfaces; packaging line oversight; finished goods warehousing; and inventory control.

This role establishes safe, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective logistics and warehousing operations across truck, rail, transload, terminal, third-party processing, warehouse, packaging, and export channels. It ensures logistics planning, shipment execution, documentation, service provider performance, and material handoffs are integrated across Lithium Americas, third-party operators, carriers, freight forwarders, customers, and downstream partners. The Manager has functional accountability for the logistics and warehousing network, including capacity and cost planning, service-provider strategy, performance management, risk mitigation, and recommendations that support the operation's production, commercial, and customer commitments.

The position supports construction, commissioning, ramp-up, and steady-state operations by ensuring materials and finished lithium products are transferred, processed, packaged, stored, staged, and shipped safely, efficiently, and in compliance with customer, regulatory, and export requirements.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization committed to innovation, sustainability, and leadership in the clean energy sector.

The role is based at our Thacker Pass Operation office and reports to the Supply Chain Director. Occasional travel to other LAC offices, project sites, customer locations, logistics terminals, or vendor locations may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end logistics planning and execution across inbound supply, site movements, inter-facility transfers, third-party processing flows, outbound distribution, and export shipments.
• Develop and manage multi-modal logistics solutions using truck, rail, transload, terminal, container, bulk, and packaged freight channels to support reliability, cost control, and customer commitments.
• Integrate logistics planning with production schedules, customer demand, third-party processing capacity, transload availability, carrier capacity, and export requirements.
• Serve as the primary logistics interface with third-party transload and processing facilities, including material handoffs, transfer schedules, inventory visibility, quality and quantity reconciliation, documentation, and onward shipment requirements.
• Manage third-party logistics, transload, terminal, processing, and carrier performance against safety, compliance, throughput, cost, inventory accuracy, documentation quality, demurrage/detention, and service KPIs.
• Develop and manage annual logistics and warehousing operating budgets, forecasts, and cost-control initiatives, including freight, third-party logistics, transload, terminal, processing, packaging, and warehousing costs.
• Evaluate logistics service providers, transportation modes, routing strategies, and third-party processing and transload solutions; support contracting and commercial negotiations and make recommendations that optimize cost, capacity, reliability, and customer service.
• Lead export logistics for finished lithium products, including shipment planning, export documentation, customs broker coordination, freight forwarding, bookings, terminal handoffs, shipment visibility, and customer delivery requirements.
• Ensure export shipments comply with applicable customs, trade, hazardous materials, transportation, customer, and documentation requirements.
• Oversee packaging line operations, including packaging readiness, packaging material availability, line performance, quality handoffs, labeling, staging, and coordination with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and Warehouse teams.
• Manage finished goods warehousing, including packaged product receipt, storage, inventory control, order fulfillment, shipment preparation, and loadout execution.
• Oversee supporting warehouse operations, including stores/MRO, critical spares, reagents, shipping and receiving, cycle counts, kitting, staging, and material issue processes.
• Ensure accurate ERP and logistics system transactions for inventory movements, transfers, shipping records, and reconciliations.
• Champion Lithium Americas’ safety-first culture across logistics, transload, third-party processing, export, packaging, warehousing, shipping, receiving, and material handling activities.
• Ensure compliance with DOT, FMCSA, rail, hazardous materials, environmental, customs, export, site security, customer, and applicable supply chain requirements.
• Identify logistics, export, transload, processing, packaging, finished goods, warehousing, and inventory risks; develop mitigation plans; and lead corrective actions.
• Develop reporting and dashboards for logistics service performance, shipment status, logistics cost, demurrage and detention exposure, export readiness, inventory visibility, transload and processing performance, packaging line performance, finished goods warehousing, safety, and continuous improvement priorities.
• Maintain disciplined records for bills of lading, export and customs documents, processing transfers, inventory records, carrier invoices, freight claims, compliance documentation, and audits.
• Lead, coach, and develop logistics, packaging, finished goods warehousing, shipping, receiving, warehouse, and inventory personnel.
• Establish staffing plans, organizational capability, succession coverage, and performance expectations for the logistics and warehousing function including multi-shift operational work groups as the operation grows.
• Define operating rhythms, escalation paths, role clarity, and performance expectations across logistics, export, third-party interfaces, packaging, warehouse, and inventory functions.
• Drive improvements in logistics network design, modal strategy, transload and processing interfaces, packaging line performance, finished goods warehousing, shipment visibility, inventory accuracy, service levels, and cost efficiency.
• Develop short- and long-range logistics capacity plans and network recommendations that align operational ramp-up, production forecasts, customer demand, third-party processing capacity, rail and truck availability, export requirements, and finished-goods storage needs.
• Develop and sustain SOPs, work instructions, training materials, KPIs, and continuous improvement plans for logistics and warehousing activities.
• Build trusted relationships across all teams and the community while championing a culture that reflects and supports our Purpose, Vision, and Values.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in logistics, transportation, export management, transload operations, third-party logistics, warehousing, inventory management, or supply chain operations.
• 3+ years of experience leading teams, supervisors, or multi-shift operational work groups.
• Demonstrated experience managing operating budgets, freight or logistics spend, and third-party service-provider performance in a complex industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead safe, compliant, and performance-driven logistics, export, transload, third-party processing, packaging, finished goods warehousing, warehouse, and inventory operations.
• Strong working knowledge of multi-modal transportation, carrier management, rail and truck logistics, transload operations, export logistics, freight forwarding, customs broker coordination, and logistics compliance.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, analytical problem-solving, communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience in mining, chemicals, manufacturing, or other asset-intensive industries.

• Experience integrating third-party transload facilities, third-party processing facilities, terminals, carriers, freight forwarders, and customer delivery requirements into an end-to-end supply chain.
• Experience overseeing packaging line operations, finished goods warehousing, product staging, loadout preparation, and shipment readiness in a manufacturing, chemical, mining, or industrial environment.

• Familiarity with hazardous materials transportation.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and transportation management systems (TMS).

Working at Lithium Americas

At Lithium Americas, we believe our people are our most valuable asset. We offer a collaborative and inclusive work environment, with opportunities for long-term growth and skills development..

We are committed to building a diverse and respectful workplace and strongly encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lithium Americas is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, gender, disability, age, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.