Regional Operations Director, Logistics
Pactiv
- Mountain Top, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Leadership – lead a team of talented warehouse professionals in the successful accomplishment of regional logistics & business performance goals
- Safety – build a best-in-class safety culture through employee engagement & commitment; communications; standard procedures; training & trust
- Operations – improve tactical execution of daily business plan to meet cost & service requirements measured through standard key performance indicators
- People Development – create a culture of skills development, organizational alignment & employee participation
- Drive warehouse productivity & process improvements to achieve cost savings
- Accountable for regional achievement of KPI Results
- Develops strategies to mitigate impact of volume surges & capacity constraints
- Implements network optimization and product deployment plans
- Project ownership, develop & drive key network-wide initiatives
- Supply Chain cross-functional collaboration and engagement
- Develops leadership team at each regional facility
- Works with site Operations Manager to review, understand and manage site financials
- Ensures safety in the workspace by conducting safety audits & safety observations, documents and addresses root cause of incidents and near misses, encourages a safety orientated culture throughout the facility
- Point of escalation for any problems, issues, or adjustments as required to complete the operations plan and ensure on time customer shipments
- Liaison to senior leadership, manufacturing facility, & corporate support staff
- Manage budget & forecast ownership for region
- BA/BS in logistics, Supply Chain or related field
- Ten (10) years of working experience
- Demonstrated depth of supply chain & logistics knowledge
- Demonstrated breadth of job experience in progressive levels of large warehouse management
- Demonstrated operational process improvement focus
- Demonstrated ability to create strategies based on clear objectives aligned with actionable goals
- Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate exceptionally good leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and lead a large operation
- Demonstrate ability to influence business leadership and executives.
- Proven success in improving operational KPI’s & performance
- Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS); JDA (Red Prairie) a plus
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP); SAP a plus
- Self-Directed & demonstrates the ability to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies or potential issues
- Demonstrated financial acumen
- System technology & data technology experience a plus
- Excellent problem identification & follow through to issue resolution
- Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.