Regional Director Of Operations

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 Mountain Top, PA. As a key leader at Pactiv Evergreen, you will develop strategic initiatives for the region that align to the overall logistics vision. 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.

This position will report into the Sr. Director of Operations who reports into the Vice President of Logistics.

Essential duties include:

• Safety – build a best-in-class safety culture through employee engagement & commitment; communications; standard procedures; training & trust
• Leadership – lead a team of talented warehouse professionals in the successful accomplishment of regional logistics & business performance goals
• People Development – create a culture of skills development, organizational alignment & employee participation
• Operations – improve tactical execution of daily business plan to meet cost & service requirements measured through standard key performance indicators

Principal Accountabilities:

• Drive warehouse productivity & process improvements to achieve cost savings

• Liaison to senior leadership, manufacturing facility, & corporate support staff
• Develops leadership team at each regional facility
• 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
• Manage budget & forecast ownership for region
• Works with site Operations Manager to review, understand and manage site financials
• Develops strategies to mitigate impact of volume surges & capacity constraints
• Project ownership, develop & drive key network-wide initiatives
• Accountable for regional achievement of KPI Results
• Implements network optimization and product deployment plans
• Supply Chain cross-functional collaboration and engagement

Educational and Other Skill Requirement

• Demonstrate exceptionally good leadership skills, including the ability to inspire and lead a large operation
• Demonstrated operational process improvement focus
• BA/BS in logistics, Supply Chain or related field
• Ten (10) years of working experience
• Demonstrate ability to influence business leadership and executives.
• Demonstrated ability to create strategies based on clear objectives aligned with actionable goals
• Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated breadth of job experience in progressive levels of large warehouse management
• Demonstrated depth of supply chain & logistics knowledge

• Demonstrated financial acumen
• System technology & data technology experience a plus
• Self-Directed & demonstrates the ability to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies or potential issues
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP); SAP a plus
• Proven success in improving operational KPI’s & performance
• Excellent problem identification & follow through to issue resolution
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS); JDA (Red Prairie) a plus

Working Conditions and Environment

• 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.