Market VP, Operations Des Plaines, IL Posted

Position Summary:

This role plays a critical leadership role on the Sysco Operations Team. The Market Vice President of Operations provides leadership and direction to Sysco’s broadline sites in markets and the entire organization regarding Distribution in the United States. This role is a key participant in the market-based cross functional teams. Site level Vice Presidents of Operations report to Region Presidents and have a dotted line reporting relationship to the Market Vice President of Operations.

• Coordinates and collaborates with Corporate, Market, Region, and Site Leadership to establish and improve alignment with overall goals and objectives to increase operating performance; develop operations personnel to be able to successfully fill key leadership roles throughout regions and market.

• Delivers exceptional Customer Service through on time delivery and post-ship service levels

• Oversees market-wide Distribution Operations, continuous improvement process management, and appropriate policy development and implementation

• Analyzes, identifies, and proposes action to the solution of problems with the operations and leadership teams of individuals and departments in an effort to increase the effectiveness of operations

• Serves as Market spokesperson in cases of inquiry, feedback, or requests for special information in order to facilitate the accurate and precise flow of information between the field and market

• Monitors individual Operational Service Levels and works with site leadership to ensure work method and system utilization and compliance

• Works with site leadership to improve overall warehousing performance levels through maintenance of engineered standards and continuously working to improve minimum performance expectations

• Ensures that market operations staff complies with all Sysco policies concerning safety and security of all operations related activities to reduce accidents and product loss

• Creates and drives a Culture of Care and Collaboration within market and sites by fully implementing Operations Connections within each site

• Guides planning and development of departmental market budgets and evaluates market operations in terms of fiscal management to ensure fiscal responsibility in the market’s operation.

• Collaborates with Market Leadership to maintain and enhance interface capabilities with other functions and departments in an effort to continually improve overall organizational efficiency as a market.

• Analyzes, identifies, and proposes action to the solution of problems with the operations and leadership teams of individuals and departments in an effort to increase the effectiveness of operations.

• Provides coaching and direction to the site Vice Presidents of Operations in order to achieve and maintain optimal Market efficiencies

• Key participant in market cross-functional leadership team.

• Works with site leadership to ensure execution of slotting practices and optimal slotting configurations.

• Works with site leadership to ensure optimal utilization of Roadnet and ensure proper routing practices and policies are being adhered to along with ongoing route optimization.

• Works with each site to ensure compliance with all current food safety policies, protocols and requirements.

• Ensures compliance with all Department of Transportation rules and regulations.

• Monitors the utilization of transportation services by reviewing the coordination of back-haul functions and other routing/scheduling activities in an effort to increase the profitability of all transportation services.

• Works with Talent Acquisition to ensure proper staffing needs are met.

• Monitors market facilities to ensure proper maintenance and safety schedules are being utilized and adhered to.

• Ensures that all warehouse and facility areas are maintained in a sanitary condition in an effort to ensure full compliance with food safety requirements and guidelines.

• Reviews the cleanliness of fleet equipment to ensure proper sanitary conditions. Reviews and approves major expenditures to ensure adherence to market’s budget.

• Analyzes growth of facility size to maintain proper storage, receiving, and shipping capabilities for present and future business. This is to include office area and parking needs.

• Reviews annual capital requirements.

• Monitors the maintenance of market facilities by ensuring they are kept in a condition consistent with the safety standards set by Sysco in an effort to reduce or eliminate operations related injuries and damage/loss of product and equipment.

• Ensures that market operations staff complies with all Sysco policies concerning safety and security of all operations related activities in an effort to reduce accidents and product loss.

• Monitors injury levels and equipment/product damage levels to ensure that market operations management staff is enforcing policies concerning warehouse safety.