Vice President of Distribution / Operations

Our client is seeking a Vice President of Distribution Operations to be responsible for two company-owned Distribution Centers. This individual will plan, organize, and direct strategies to drive performance across people, customers, and financial key performance drivers while creating a safe, engaging, and inclusive culture for everyone. Will have ownership over a large operations budget to include planning, forecasting, and management to meet and exceed targets. The ideal candidate is comfortable and experienced working within a large enterprise and responsible for managing a large talent pool of just under a thousand. Client will offer relocation for the right candidate to the Raleigh, NC area.

• $250,000 - $300,000 annually based on experience

Responsibilities:

• Provide strong leadership, guidance, and support to DC management teams, set clear accountabilities and expectations in alignment with business goals, identify and remove obstacles to success, and drive a high performing team and culture.

• Plan, organize, and direct all operating functions to align with key priorities, business goals, and financial targets.

• Ensure processes and procedures align with servicing customers.

• Maintain inventory controls in alignment with established standards.

• Drive efficiency and productivity through production schedules, stock rotation, space efficiency, and utilization.

• Develop and deliver effective cost control methods.

• Oversight of capital expenditures.

• Oversight of facility safety and security.

• Drive collaboration and communication across departments to include inbound and outbound production, transportation, inventory management, maintenance, and safety.

• Instill process discipline across operations to drive efficiency, manage cost, control loss, and mitigate risk.

• Create and communicate vision for staffing and retention initiatives across hourly and exempt populations.

• Drive a safety culture focused on education, proactive risk management, loss prevention, and accountability ensuring all employees and managers play a role in creating a safe and secure working environment.

• Facilitate on-going communication of corporate and DC level goals, accountabilities, and expectations across departments to ensure understanding and joint ownership to driving results.

• Motivate, reward, and recognize workforce with professionalism and pride in co-workers, drivers, and warehouse personnel by ongoing daily communication.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, supply chain/logistics or related field required.

• A minimum of 15 years previous experience in distribution/operations with at least 7 years in a leadership position of a management team.

• Strong MS Excel skills required.

• Experience and understanding of the discount retail world a plus.

• Self-motivated and dependable.

• Ability to work well under pressure.

• Excellent people skills; ability to get along with diverse personalities; tactful, mature, and flexible.

• Excellent grammar, verbal, and writing skills.

• High energy level, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.

• Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient, and detailed oriented.

• Ability to establish credibility and be decisive but be able to recognize and support the organization’s preferences and priorities.

• Service oriented, but assertive/persuasive.

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of employees and management personnel.

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.

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