On-Site Distribution Center Manager

This role can be located at the following locations:

Columbus, OH

St Louis, MO

Minneapolis, MN

The On-Site Distribution Center Manager serves as Circle K’s dedicated operational representative within an assigned McLane distribution center. This position acts as the primary connection between Circle K, McLane, transportation operations, and Circle K stores.

The role is responsible for ensuring McLane consistently delivers against Circle K’s expectations for on‑time delivery, order accuracy, product availability, transportation performance, cost control, inventory integrity, and store service.

This is a highly visible, hands‑on operational position. The Manager will spend significant time on the DC floor, in transportation operations, reviewing routes and loads, analyzing performance data, and identifying issues before they impact Circle K stores.

The Manager does not directly manage McLane associates. Instead, the position drives performance through data, operational visibility, relationships, accountability, escalation, and structured follow‑up. The successful candidate must be comfortable challenging performance constructively while maintaining a strong working partnership with McLane leadership.

• Serve as Circle K’s on‑site representative within the McLane DC and maintain daily visibility into operations supporting Circle K.
• Monitor receiving, inventory, picking, loading, dispatch, transportation, and delivery performance.
• Review daily Circle K volume, route plans, staffing levels, driver coverage, equipment availability, and operational constraints.
• Identify potential service failures before they impact stores and work with McLane leadership to develop immediate recovery plans.
• Maintain regular floor presence rather than managing solely through reports and meetings.

• Own the daily review of Circle K delivery performance from the customer perspective.
• Track on‑time delivery percentage, late deliveries, dispatch delays, route duration, driver dwell, DC departure performance, store arrival performance, routes exceeding planned hours, and repeated problem routes.
• Conduct root‑cause analysis on service failures and distinguish between issues caused by DC operations, transportation, driver staffing, route design, store conditions, weather, or other factors.
• Ensure corrective actions have clear owners and completion dates.

• Maintain visibility into permanent driver staffing levels supporting Circle K.
• Monitor driver vacancies, recruiting pipeline, new driver starts, training completion, driver turnover, 30/60/90-day retention, overtime, travel‑driver utilization, routes covered by travel drivers, and excessive driver hours.
• Challenge recurring dependence on travel drivers and ensure McLane maintains a documented plan for transitioning to a sustainable permanent‑driver workforce.

• Review transportation expenses associated with supporting Circle K, with particular attention to premium and non‑standard costs.
• Monitor travel‑driver expenses including hotels, airfare, rental vehicles, mileage, per diem, overtime, travel time, and other premium driver expenses.
• Compare travel‑driver cost per route against permanently assigned driver cost.
• Identify opportunities to reduce transportation cost without negatively affecting store service.
• Escalate recurring expenses that appear to result from structural staffing, routing, or operational issues.

• Partner with McLane transportation and Circle K leadership to evaluate route design and delivery schedules.
• Analyze miles per route, stops per route, planned versus actual route hours, store delivery…