Vp Of Distribution Center Operations

The Vice President of Distribution Operations will lead multi-site, multi-state distribution center operations and provide world class service at competitive costs to the Reece USA customer base. Key goals will be to assess current team and generate development opportunities to grow as a team. Drive initiatives across six pillars of DC performance – safety, service, productivity, cost to serve, inventory integrity and logistics. Develop and implement strategy for future go to market model while acting with a sense of urgency and customer service focus.
What You Need To Succeed (Qualifications)

• Supervisory development
• Leadership style reflective of the Reece values
• Proven leadership in managing a multi-site, multi-state distribution operations network.
• Day-to-day execution
• Cost to Serve
• Inventory Integrity
• Strategic planning and execution skills
• Experience in direct DC manager role.
• Logistics
• Automation / data analytics / AI
• Safety
• Distribution model strategies
• Labor planning
• Assessment and development of individual and team performance
• Change management
• Leadership
• Productivity
• Proven results in key DC metrics (KPI’s):
• Full P&L responsibility
• National scope servicing branches coast-to-coast
• Service

Education (Preferred)

• MBA, with concentration in supply chain / operations
• Six Sigma / Lean in Distribution environment
• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering

KEY INTIATIVES

• Assess operations for opportunities to improve productivity and lower costs.
• Ensure security of inventory and DC sites.
• Develop strategy for emerging go to market initiatives (example, Plumbing R&R).
• Build and support strong safety culture.
• Lead 7-10 distribution centers across the sunbelt states, with ability to assess and improve operations.
• Assess current team to identify opportunities to grow the skillset of the existing team.
• Operate with a sense of urgency with strong customer service focus.

TASKS

• Oversee budget for assigned operations.
• Monitor suppliers' activities to assess performance in meeting quality or delivery requirements.
• Develop procedures for coordination of distribution management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, merchandising, and transformation.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure inventory integrity through receiving, warehousing, and shipping that supports organizational goals.
• Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
• Prepare distribution models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
• Design and implement distribution processes that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
• Confer with distribution planners to forecast demand and create supply plans that ensure availability of products, i.e., right products, right places, right times, right costs.
• Implement new or improved distribution processes to improve efficiency or performance.
• Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes and predict effects on distribution activities.
• Design and implement warehousing activities that produce improved productivity and lower costs.
• Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce DOH, improve in-stock rates, reduce waste, and optimize customer service.
• Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
• Participate in the coordination of distribution center changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
• Determine appropriate equipment and staffing levels run operations in lean environment.
• Document physical distribution processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
• Deploy performance metrics (KPI’s) for measurement, comparison, and evaluation of distribution performance.
• Review or update distribution practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.

Skills

• Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
• Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Ability to determine time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
• Providing Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
• Communications Skills — Strong written and oral communications skills with all stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, internal business units, peers, supervisors and subordinates.
• Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing operating expenses.
• Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work as a team to accomplish tasks.
• Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
• Staffing Organizational Units — Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
• Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
• Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• Working with Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

TECHNOLOGY

• ERP – Epicor Eclipse (or similar)
• Microsoft Office products – highly proficient.
• WMS – relevant experience with mid-tier system

TEAM STRUCTURE

• Director of Inventory and Procurement
• Indirect Reports: Data Analysts
• VP Supply Chain Transformation
• Business Unit RVP’s (Regional Vice Presidents)
• Direct Reports: 8-10 DC / Warehousing Managers, Process Improvement Engineer
• Reports:
• Transportation and Logistics Manager
• Peers:

SCOPE & DECISIONMAKING COMPLEXITY

• Full budget responsibility for all DC operations
• Supports the Reece USA enterprise – 4 divisions (Plumbing, HVAC, Waterworks, Bath & Kitchen)

CAREER PATH

• Succession Planning: Chief Supply Chain Officer
• Pipeline: Current DC Manager Network
• Other common titles for this job: VP Supply Chain, VP Logistics, VP Distribution, VP Fulfillment
• Internal Equity: Business Unit RVP (Regional Vice President)

Our commitment to excellent customer service is just part of our story. We’re also dedicated to supporting our most valuable asset, our associates! One of the ways we do this is by offering a variety of high-quality benefits for our associates and their families.
All Full-time Associates Are Eligible For The Following Benefits

• Parental Leave
• Short Term Disability
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - plus paid holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• 401(k) Plan

Voluntary Benefits

• Additional Voluntary Benefits through Corestream
• Vision
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Long-term Disability

We're an equal opportunity employer and we welcome diversity and inclusion! Reece USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer— Employer Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, and any other status protected by law.