Director, Warehousing Operations

Overview

Purpose:

Dole Packaged Foods is a purpose led organization that is a champion of accessible fruit nutrition and builds a brighter future for people through the goodness of fruit.

At Dole, our culture is uniquely driven by core Values. Our commitment to these Values transforms our work into a meaningful journey toward a brighter future together. Here, you'll be part of a respectful, inclusive culture that deeply values our colleagues, customers, and global communities. We strive for excellence, empowering each other to confidently overcome challenges, continuously learn, and achieve world-class results.

Guided by unwavering integrity, our actions consistently reflect our commitment to always doing what's right, fostering lasting trust and strong relationships. Through a spirit of collaboration, we cultivate positivity, generosity, and genuine teamwork, enabling collective success toward our One Dole Purpose. Our innovative spirit leads directly to meaningful outcomes and business success.

The Director, Warehousing Operations provides strategic and operational leadership across Dole’s North American distribution network, including third-party logistics partners, internal distribution operations, inventory control, service performance, network optimization, and warehousing execution. This role is accountable for distribution-related financial performance, operational excellence, service delivery, and continuous improvement initiatives that support Dole’s growth objectives and customer commitments.

As a key Supply Chain leader, this role partners cross-functionally with Finance, Customer Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, IT, and executive leadership to drive network performance, productivity improvement, cost optimization, and operational discipline. The Director also leads complex warehouse implementations, transitions, start-ups, consolidations, and change initiatives while holding 3PL partners accountable for service, cost, safety, inventory accuracy, and contractual performance.

This role provides flexibility to work in a hybrid environment of home and our Westlake Village, CA office. (Hybrid is defined as 3 times per week in the office).

Warehousing & Network Leadership

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for Dole's warehouse and distribution operations, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, and supply chain strategy.
• Lead network optimization initiatives, warehouse transitions, operational implementations, and capacity planning activities that improve service, scalability, and cost performance.
• Evaluate current and future network requirements and develop recommendations that support long-term business growth and operational efficiency.

3PL Management & Accountability

• Establish strong governance processes with third-party logistics providers and hold partners accountable for service, safety, inventory accuracy, inventory reporting compliance, productivity, and financial performance.
• Lead performance reviews, corrective action plans, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure contractual obligations and service expectations are achieved.
• Drive resolution of operational issues while ensuring sustainable corrective actions and long-term performance improvements.
• Champion a culture of safety and regulatory compliance across all warehouse operations, ensuring adherence to company standards, policies, and applicable regulations.

Contract Negotiation & Commercial Leadership

• Lead contract negotiations, pricing discussions, statements of work, and commercial reviews with warehouse and logistics partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve service levels, reduce costs, mitigate risk, and strengthen overall partner performance.

Financial Leadership

• Own warehousing and distribution financial performance, including budget management, forecasting, labor productivity, cost optimization initiatives, and operational expense control.
• Utilize KPI reporting, financial analysis, and operational metrics to drive decisions and improve business results.
• Provide disciplined P&L management and ensure operational decisions align with financial objectives.
• Ensure inventory-related financial controls, reconciliations, and reporting processes support accurate financial reporting and compliance with company policies and accounting standards.

Inventory Control and Governance

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of inventory control activities across Dole's distribution network, ensuring inventory accuracy, visibility, and compliance with Dole, Itochu, GAAP, and SOX requirements.
• Lead the Inventory Control organization and establish performance expectations, controls, and reporting processes that support inventory integrity and financial compliance.
• Ensure robust inventory reconciliation, root cause analysis, audit readiness, and corrective action processes are in place across internal operations and third-party logistics providers.
• Establish standardized…