ADUSA Transportation ยท 3 hours ago
Director Network Strategy & Optimization
Salisbury, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
7+ years expADUSA Transportation is the distribution company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing distribution services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation. The role is responsible for leading the mapping and optimization of the distribution and transportation network, identifying complex patterns and dependencies to create operational solutions for business challenges.
Retail
Responsibilities
Identify capacity-related issues proactively and work with systems, network, tools, operations and engineering teams to discover resolutions to SKU and capacity management to optimize operations
Create key partnerships with Category partners to stand up a Sale & Operations Planning organization
Must also work well with managers and stakeholders, as well as gather input from other departments to allow organization to go beyond asset utilization and production objectives in scheduling decisions, and to maximize performance by understanding the impact of those decisions on cost and working capital investments
Re-optimize decisions by balancing cost, throughput, and yield across the Distribution and Transportation Network in order to extract the most out of the existing asset base
Integrate financial and operational data to confidently resolve trade-offs on a forward-looking basis to find the best network topography
Realize leadership development and build a sustainable talent pipeline to develop and maintain the mid-to-long-term roadmap for network capacity, throughput, and transportation efficiency
Collaborate with leadership in the development and evolution of supply chain strategies and initiatives
Effectively communicate with senior leadership from other organizations to align resources and priorities towards achieving all savings goals
Provide leadership that will motivate employees and function as an effective promoter of change and growth
Provide leadership and support in a constantly changing environment
Foster associate engagement, commitment and enthusiasm, ensuring associates understand their role in the company and its impact on overall Banner performance
Promote consistent high performance and execution with excellence
Govern by guiding principles, financial constraints and overall strategy while working within the confines of a pre-identified structure, but able to identify and push the boundaries of the structure when necessary
Responsible for the development, talent planning and performance management of associates
Success in this role requires the individual to have and maintain a high degree of organizational and industry credibility
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and related work experience
Minimum of 7 years' experience in Distribution or Continuous Improvement environment
A proven track record of success in building, developing, and leading a diverse plan for logistics optimization
Strong financial planning and budgeting experience
Cross-functional project leadership experience with a demonstrated ability to build cross-functional teams
Seasoned level of knowledge for company, business and industry practices
Demonstrate a personal acceptance of change and the ability to adapt and drive change
Active listener with an ability to build trust across varying levels of the organization
High degree of credibility and the ability to work with and through all levels of management
Excellent organizational, planning, influence, communication and presentation skills
Self-motivated and persuasive in presenting and selling ideas and executing their implementation
Effective leadership skills
Excellent organizational skills
Instills commitment to organizational goals
Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
Possesses a high degree of initiative
Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
Ability to translate cases into prescriptive analytics models
Financial modeling, reporting, and analytical acumen
Required Ability to quickly gain distilled market insight and knowledge combined with strong financial and business development skills
Required Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Suite
He/she/They need to be conceptual, be able to recognize problems from few or subtle clues, be able to demonstrate a probing, analytical approach, and be innately comfortable with complexity
Ability to implement strategic direction for the organization and support planning for the future
Ability to influence organizational alignment across multiple functional areas
Ability to think innovatively
Requires travel - typically 20 - 25%
Preferred
Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA)
Experience with organizational change management
Demonstrated project management expertise incorporating Six Sigma, Lean Principles
Company
ADUSA Transportation
ADUSA Transportation, LLC is the transportation company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing transportation services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase