As the Regional, Director of Operations , you will lead a team of valued employees operating in multiple warehouse/distribution facilities the largest of which is located in Romeoville. IL As a key leader at Pactiv Evergreen, you will develop & manage strategic initiatives that align with the 5-yr Logistics Business Plan. In addition, you will be accountable for the operation of the facilities including its financial results, customer delivery, safety, quality, equipment, inventory, labor, and productivity.
A successful candidate for this key leadership position will need to demonstrate their depth of supply chain knowledge & breadth of job experience in progressive levels of large warehouse operational management control. As a Director of Operations at Pactiv Evergreen, you will need to be able to leverage your past experiences into driving a people centric environment focused on value creation for our business partners. We are looking for a candidate that motivates their team to continually improve the organization, as well as, recognized by previous employers as a valued contributor to the overall success of the company.
Essential duties include:
- 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
Principal Accountabilities:
- 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
Educational and Other Skill Requirement
- 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