Distribution Manager

What You'll Do

• Lead distribution operations across both shifts, ensuring teams work toward shared safety, quality, service, and delivery priorities.
• Guide four Area Managers and support approximately 80 indirect employees, creating clear expectations and helping leaders make effective decisions on the floor.
• Champion safety programs, workplace cleanliness, and regular equipment inspection and maintenance to protect employees and sustain reliable operations.
• Translate daily, weekly, and monthly forecasts into practical labor plans that balance workloads, control costs, and meet customer commitments.
• Align teams each day on staffing, priorities, and deadlines so both shifts operate as one coordinated distribution center.
• Standardize operating methods and communication across shifts, enabling employees to work consistently without relearning different procedures.
• Develop Area Managers and hourly teams through coaching, training, mentoring, and clear goals that strengthen performance and career growth.
• Oversee the accurate receipt, inventory movement, packaging, and shipment of materials and finished goods so products reach customers on time and to specification.
• Manage inventory controls and product traceability through WMS and Oracle, supporting material accountability, customer requirements, and quality standards.
• Improve operational methods, policies, and procedures by removing non-value-added activity and creating more efficient ways of working.
• Track departmental performance through accurate documentation and reporting, using results to identify risks and guide operational decisions.
• Collaborate with site leaders, peer teams, field personnel, and other locations to resolve issues that affect employees, customers, or cross-functional operations.
• Balance quality, delivery, workforce, and budget requirements while adapting quickly to changing operational needs.
• Travel as needed.

What You Bring

• At least 10 years of experience in a warehouse or distribution environment, including responsibility for complex, high-volume operations.
• At least three years of supervisory or people-leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience implementing inventory control systems, distribution operations programs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience leading across multiple shifts or a comparably broad operational scope.
• Working knowledge of federal and local OSHA requirements for warehouse, distribution, and shipping environments.
• Experience using a warehouse management system to support inventory accuracy, traceability, and operational control.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to align teams with different schedules and operational priorities.
• A customer-focused approach to building relationships and making decisions that protect service, quality, and delivery.
• Availability to adjust working hours based on operational needs and respond to occasional after-hours escalations.

Nice to Have

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Experience with Oracle or a comparable supply chain or logistics system.
• Experience leading distribution operations in a regulated, medical device, or similarly quality-focused environment.

What Sets You Apart

• Visible Leadership – You stay connected to the floor, understand what teams need, and make informed decisions when operations require direction.
• One-Team Mindset – You bring shifts and functions together, preventing separate ways of working from becoming operational barriers.
• Thoughtful Communication – You share the right information at the right time and consider how decisions on one shift may affect another.
• Calm Accountability – You set clear expectations, address issues directly, and support people in delivering on their commitments.
• Continuous Curiosity – You challenge unnecessary complexity and look for practical improvements that make work safer, simpler, and more consistent.
• Balanced Judgment – You respond quickly when needed while considering safety, quality, people, cost, and customer impact.