Director | Distribution & Warehouse

Build the flow. Strengthen the team. Shape what comes next.

At POLYWOOD, we believe growth creates opportunity. The kind of opportunity that asks great leaders to think bigger, build smarter, and improve the systems that help a business scale.

We are looking for a Director | Distribution to lead our Syracuse, Indiana distribution and logistics operation and help us take an important part of the business to the next level.

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POLYWOOD has grown through innovation, craftsmanship, and a deep commitment to making products that last. Today, we build on demand and direct ship our products through our Syracuse, IN operation. As we continue to grow, we are looking for a leader who can strengthen our distribution, shipping, logistics, warehouse organization, systems, and team capability.

This role will oversee the Syracuse, IN location. The focus is distribution and logistics execution, getting product organized, staged, loaded, shipped, and tracked accurately, safely, and efficiently. This is less about contract negotiation and more about building an operation that flows.

There is meaningful opportunity here.

Our systems and processes have not all kept pace with our growth, and we are committed to improving them. Today, there are places where the operation is harder than it needs to be. The right leader will help us identify those issues, build practical solutions, and create better visibility, accountability, and execution.

This is not a broken operation. It is also not yet a perfectly oiled machine. The right person will see that honestly, roll up their sleeves, bring structure, develop leaders, improve systems, and find real reward in making the operation better.

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• Leading distribution and logistics for our Syracuse, IN operation Improving how product is organized, picked, staged, loaded, shipped, and tracked
• Strengthening the flow of finished goods from production through shipment
• Partnering closely with Sales on order status, shipping timing, customer needs, and issue resolution
• Building better operating rhythms, reporting, visibility, and accountability across the distribution function
• Identifying process and system issues that slow the team down and helping build practical solutions
• Improving inventory flow, warehouse organization, location logic, picking efficiency, dock flow, trailer utilization, and shipping accuracy
• Developing supervisors and leaders so the operation becomes stronger at every level
• Partnering with Operations, Manufacturing, Planning, Logistics, Supply Chain, Customer Experience, IT, and senior leadership
• Using data to understand performance, identify trends, and make better operational decisions
• Helping POLYWOOD build scalable distribution practices that support future growth

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You are an experienced distribution, shipping, logistics, warehouse, fulfillment, or operations leader who knows how to improve complex operations. You understand how people, product, systems, data, and process need to work together.

You do not need everything to be perfect before you can make progress. In fact, you are energized by the opportunity to create clarity, solve problems, develop leaders, and help an operation become stronger than it was before.

You have led teams in environments where accuracy, speed, safety, quality, service, and cost all matter. You are comfortable working cross-functionally, especially with Sales and operations partners, and you know how to translate business needs into practical execution.

Experience in a build-on-demand, made-to-order, direct-ship, high-mix manufacturing, large-parcel, LTL, truckload, fulfillment, warehouse, or distribution environment would be especially valuable.

Analytics experience would also be a plus, especially if you have worked with tools such as Databricks or similar platforms to better understand operational performance, order flow, inventory movement, or shipping trends.

Most importantly, you are a builder. You see what could be better, create a plan, bring people with you, and make it happen.

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POLYWOOD makes sustainable outdoor furniture that lasts for generations. Our genuine POLYWOOD lumber is made from recycled plastics, and our products are designed to stand up to real life, real weather, and real memories.

But our future is not just about what we make. It is also about how we continue to grow, evolve, and serve our customers.

The Director | Distribution will play a critical role in that future. This leader will help strengthen one of the final and most important parts of the customer experience, making sure the products our teams build with care are organized, shipped, and delivered with the same level of thought and quality that goes into making them.

As POLYWOOD continues to grow, this role gives the right person the chance to improve something…