Associate Director of Fulfillment (Food & Bev)
- Associate Director of Fulfillment
- Greater Chicago Area
- $130,000 - $150,000
An exciting, growing ecommerce food delivery business, is now looking to hire a world-class, successful logistics and operations site leader to build out & lead the operational road map for their newest facility and build a strong team in the area of fulfillment (Fulfilment, Quality, Warehouse and shipping). This person will have the opportunity to make decisions that will impact the company as a whole.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the day-to-day operations for the Logistics & Fulfilment teams' functional areas including (but not limited to) Logistics, Fulfilment, Warehousing, Inventory, and Shipping
- Act as the liaison between facility operations and HQ to identify priorities for the facility
- Develop KPI metrics & financial metrics while supporting your team in achieving goals
- Drive continuous improvement projects on Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery
- Create a positive work environment
The successful candidate will ideally have:
- Bachelor's degree (Master's Preferred)
- 10+ years experience managing warehousing/distribution, production operations (preferably in food service, food production or kitting)
- Strong knowledge of Lean and Agile Production
- Familiarity with FSMA, HACCP, SQF
- Ability to think strategically and communicate at the executive level
- Demonstrated success at delivering new product initiatives in both a large company and start-up environments
- Strong process improvement & cost saving accomplishments
- Experience with managing teams of direct reports