Director of Distribution for multi-billion dollar Consumer Goods/Retailer
- Director of Distribution
- Greater Atlanta Area
- $140,000 - $160,000 + 25% Bonus + Exciting Company Benefits
Globally successful multi-billion dollar Retailer is now looking to hire a new Director of Distribution for its North American Wholesale team. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in helping the business reach its next exciting phase of growth by having an exciting, healthy mix of both strategic responsibilities/involvement, together with being the top leader for all tactical day2day operations within the high-volume, fast paced Distribution Center.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manages a team of direct reports (Managers), indirects and over 400 full-time staff
- Manages complete End2End operations inside the DC
- Liaise with sales team to achieve superior performance with key accounts and other strategic partners
- Maintains accountability for performance to budget along with variance analysis and reporting
- Establishes staffing levels and resource plans for the operations department
- Aligns processes between operations and other functional departments including sales, finance, supply chain, logistics and customer service
- Serves as operations representative within the S&OP planning teams
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Bachelor's degree (ideally in an analytical subject)
- 8+ years End2End Distribution experience within a high-volume environment
- Retail and/or Consumer Goods industry experience
- Proven understanding of inbound and outbound operations
- Proven cost saving accomplishments on resume
- Experience with high volume small parcel operations
- Can demonstrate solid cost saving accomplishments
