Director, Warehouse

At Saputo, our best comes from our people. We're a talented and caring team with a longstanding history of excellence.?Since our first days delivering cheese on a bicycle, we've grown into a leading global dairy processor by staying true to the culture that defines us. Each of our employees is committed to uphold our tradition of care, quality, and passion through food, and together, we foster an environment where we can all make contributions that matter-from our manufacturing plants to our office locations and everywhere in-between.

The Director - Regional Warehousing leads, develops, and aligns resources for warehousing sites to optimize safety, operational efficiency, stakeholder fulfillment, inventory management, and financial performance.

How you will make contributions that matter...

* Champion organizational principals, policies, programs, and processes adoption
* Participates in Warehouse Operations leadership team in developing and driving execution of strategic and tactical action plans for the function.
* Participates in cross-functional Supply Chain planning sessions to define the strategic direction of the organization.
* Lead a team of Regional Warehousing Managers, who directly lead and/or indirectly lead/support warehousing operations, including large spans of warehouses
* Mentor regional leaders and encourage a culture to efficiently and systematically problem-solve based on the root cause analysis, pro-actively and systematically correct issues quickly and gets quality right the first time.
* Develop warehousing teams' collective and individual capabilities and performance, through proactive recruiting, retention, training, communications, and performance management practices
* Lead and drive safety performance; including program awareness and metric improvements
* Identify, recommend, support, and operationalize efficiencies and effectiveness improvements through to implementation
* Plan and execute to maximize order fulfillment, through appropriate resourcing and site utilization
* Responsible for inventory control & accuracy
* Responsible for financial reporting accuracy and performance, including annual budgeting to periodic P&L reporting
* Manage Warehouse P&L budget objectives for to include expense management and control, including 3rd party warehouse storage, dumps, labor and overhead costs.
* Effectively utilize and drive systems and change management practices, to ensure sustained process adoption
* Delegate action items and decision-making recommendations
* Participate in cross-functional initiative teams, projects, and other duties/tasks to improve overall divisional performance
* Travel as required to support sites' performance, initiative teams, projects, and other deliverables

You are best suited for the role if you…

* 10 years of progressive leadership experience in warehouse and/or site operations
* 5 years of experience direct site functional leadership (single or multiple site function leader w/ P&L responsibilities)
* Demonstrated team builder with the ability to develop individuals for promotion
* Experience and comfortability with influencing individuals and leaders at many levels in the organization
* Strong industrial safety knowledge and experience
* Strong inventory control management knowledge and experience
* Proven ability to effectively manage and utilize an integrated WMS/ERP system, for inventory transactions and control
* Successful best practice implementation, process improvement, and change management experience
* Highly organized with proven ability to handle multiple coinciding priorities/deliverables
* Strong Communicator (written / e-communications, verbal, presentation)
* Strong MS Office Suite Skills & Experience (Xcel, Word, Teams, Outlook, PPT)

We support and care for our employees by providing them with…

* Development opportunities that enhance you career fulfillment.
* Meaningful compensation & benefits that help you care for your family.
* Opportunities to contribute to your community and enhance the lives of others through Saputo products.

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Saputo is among the top three cheese producers in the USA and one of the largest producers of extended shelf-life and cultured dairy products. We have a diversified product portfolio with well-known retail brands, such as Friendship Dairies, Frigo Cheese, Montchevre, Stella and Treasure Cave, and a strong foodservice presence, partnering with chain restaurants and broadline distributors. Thanks to our countrywide footprint and national and international distribution networks, we're proud to bring our best to our customers and, consumers and have plenty of opportunities for our employees to grow in their own way. And we do it while also striving to build a healthier future for our people and the communities where we operate, guided by our values and the Saputo Promise. To learn more about Saputo in the USA, please click here. ([ Link removed ] - Click here to apply to Director, Warehouse />
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