Sr. Mgr, Distribution

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The Sr Manager, Distribution - Springwell
Operations owns the overall operational execution of the Springwell business, ensuring the business delivers against safety, service, quality, inventory, cost, customer experience, and growth objectives. This role provides end-to-end leadership across distribution, fulfillment, inventory control, material flow, production support, purchasing, planning, and operational finance activities. The position is accountable for translating business strategy into disciplined daily execution, building scalable operating processes, developing high-performing teams, and partnering cross-functionally to improve performance, strengthen customer outcomes, and support long-term business growth.

• Own end-to-end operational execution for the Springwell business, including distribution, fulfillment, inventory control, material flow, production support, purchasing, planning, and shipping operations.
• Lead the operating rhythm for the business by establishing priorities, aligning resources, resolving execution gaps, and ensuring daily, weekly, and monthly performance commitments are achieved.
• Build, coach, and develop a high-performing leadership and associate team through effective hiring, onboarding, training, performance management, succession planning, and clear accountability.
• Promote a strong safety and compliance culture by ensuring adherence to company policies, regulatory requirements, standard work, and disciplined operating practices across all work areas.
• Develop labor, capacity, and resource plans that align staffing, schedules, equipment, and work assignments with demand, customer priorities, and business growth requirements.
• Monitor, communicate, and improve key performance indicators related to safety, service, productivity, quality, inventory accuracy, fill rate, on-time shipment, past due orders, customer experience, and operating cost.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational scalability by developing standard work, improving workflow, optimizing space and material flow, and implementing Lean, 5S, Kaizen, or similar methodologies.
• Own inventory control discipline, cycle count execution, root cause resolution, and transaction accuracy to protect inventory integrity and support reliable customer fulfillment.
• Ensure effective use of WMS, WCS, ERP, SAP, reporting tools, and operational data to improve visibility, strengthen controls, and support timely decision-making.
• Partner cross-functionally with commercial, customer service, supply chain, logistics, sourcing, finance, HR, safety, and other support teams to align execution with business priorities and customer commitments.
• Manage operating budgets, labor plans, productivity targets, expense controls, and performance variances; develop corrective actions that improve cost, service, and business results.
• Foster open communication, associate engagement, fair and consistent employee relations, and recognition practices that strengthen accountability, teamwork, and execution discipline.
• Support footprint evaluation and network planning, including…