Distribution Operations Manager

Distribution Operations Manager

Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project.
Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth.

At Hach
, a Veralto company, we ensure water quality for people around the world, and every team member plays a vital role in that mission. Our founding vision is to make water analysis better—faster, simpler, greener, and more informative. We accomplish this through teamwork, customer partnerships, passionate experts, and reliable, easy‑to‑use solutions.

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you’ll be part of a unique work environment where purpose meets possibility: you’ll make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale by enabling the world’s everyday water needs, and you’ll have opportunities to foster your professional development and fuel your career growth.

Motivated by the highest possible stakes in climate change and global health, we’re working together within a rapidly digitizing industry to find innovative technologies that guarantee the safety of our water and our environment.

• Professional onboarding and training options
• Powerful team looking forward to working with you
• Career coaching and development opportunities
• Health benefits
• 401(k)

Reporting to the Distribution Center Director
, the Distribution Operations Manager will be responsible for warehousing, distribution and transportation, capital project justification, risk analysis, and new technology implementation. This position is part of the Distribution Center, located in Romeoville, IL and will be on site. This role may require occasional weekend work and potential overtime, based on business needs.

• Process owner for warehousing, distribution, and transportation of Hach products through the North America Distribution Center.
• Responsible for managing and finding solutions to issues in their areas.
• Responsible for managing and mentoring people leaders, professional staff, and/or production and distribution associates.
• Drive process improvements to achieve PD goals for safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Provide input and recommendations for the identification and selection of improvement projects.
• Participate in, facilitate, and/or train kaizen or improvement project teams.
• Responsible for establishing and meeting project quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Develop and implement effective means of communicating safety, quality, delivery and cost related metrics to teams.
• Interface effectively with other managers to achieve overall goals using shared resources.
• Complete performance and development reviews for direct report associates.
• Work with design and implementation teams on manufacturability, capability, reliability reviews.
• Manage labor availability to complete workload and work to enhance cross‑training for increased labor flexibility.
• Assist in data collection and analysis for new business opportunities.
• Monitor departmental budgets and assist in defining annual operating and capital budgets. Has budgetary approval responsibility.
• Maintain and support the Hach ISO
  9001 and ISO
  14001–based quality system.
• Assist in achieving Policy Deployment and Strategic Plan objectives and participate in monthly PD reviews.
• Perform benchmarking studies as required.
• Drive "best practices" in all areas of responsibility.
• Assist in the development of the strategic plan in support of area.
• Create and lead PD at Gemba visual management process to support Level 3 PD objectives.
• Define logistic requirements for suppliers.
• Support key account and other special customer requests.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in direct supervisory or facilitation (also experience with cross‑functional work groups)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in logistics, distribution, and warehousing.
• Knowledge of quality principles and tools (problem analysis, statistical tools, design of experiments, control charts, and other quality methodologies)
• Servant Leadership mentality
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills with the ability to…