Manager Distribution Services

The Manager of Distribution Services drives excellence throughout the Stop and Shop supply chain by planning and implementing significant business process changes internally (internal warehouses, merchandising, procurement) and externally (third-party logistics providers, suppliers, etc.). Their primary responsibility is to leverage the talent and capabilities within our facilities to ensure that best processes and practices are broadly adopted, achieving significant savings in the distribution, merchandising, and procurement of products within our supply chain, including:

· Identifying and implementing best business processes to reduce logistics and produce costs.

· Influencing others with the goal of “exporting” what we do best in a given facility.

· Creating an environment where ideas and learnings are shared with others regularly and is part of our culture despite geographical challenges.

· Simplifying how merchandising/procurement departments interface with our supply chain.

· Coordinating seasonal, holiday, and other specialized product distributions across all facilities utilizing a common format, reporting and process.

· Leading the planning and execution of both substantial and minor infrastructure and systems changes.

· Maintaining high levels of inventory control and accuracy.

· Creating and maintaining key analytics to drive improvement in KPIs, financials, etc.

· Maintaining a high level of service and responsiveness from our customer service teams.

· Working regularly with our operations teams and other departments to prioritize and execute process changes.

· Prioritizes and support local projects and initiatives at the direction of the Facility Manager, including the required analysis, planning, training, implementation, and post-implementation support.

· Manages the local systems, customer service and inventory control staff.

Knowledge:

Minimum of 5-7 years of supply chain-related business experience. Experience in a retail supermarket company is preferable.

· Ability to develop internal and cross-functional relationships and build trust/competency.

· Experience and familiarity with distribution center operations

· Proficiency with warehouse management systems and related technologies.

· Ability to lead and work within project teams and to influence/shape operational processes.

Specialized knowledge needed for performance of job

· Management level facilitation

· Management level progress reporting

· Understanding of supply chain, logistics, and food retailing

· Good critical thinking skills. Ability to execute analysis and draw conclusions/recommendation from the information.

· Familiarity with retail operations/requirements.

Special Skills:

· Intermediate to advanced skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

· Excellent oral and written communication skills, documentation skills, problem solving skills, communication planning and delivery skills is a must.

· Ability to build trust, influence, guide during discussions where competing points of view are presented. Ability to resolve differing points of view, sometimes conceding local preferences.

Experience

· 5-7 years

Education

· Bachelor’s Degree

Stop and Shop Distribution Center