Director Network Strategy & Optimization

Category/Area of Expertise: Distribution & Transportation Leadership

Job Requisition: 476445

Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive

Store Code: ADUSA Dist L&D-Executive (5121983)

ADUSA Distribution is the distribution company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing distribution services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation. ADUSA Distribution fosters a culture that inspires and empowers our associates to always deliver exceptional service and value. Our team is supporting the supply chain network evolution to an integrated self-distribution model of the future, serving leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. To learn more about our company and the other supply chain companies of Ahold Delhaize USA, visit www.adusasc.com.

Position Summary: Responsible for leading the mapping and optimization of ADUSA Distribution and Transportation Network topography and efficiency. The director will lead teams to identify complex patterns and dependencies within the Network, resulting in operational solutions to real business problems.

Principle Duties and 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.
  
  

Knowledge & Skills:

• 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
  
  

Abilities:

• 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%
  
  

Education:

Minimum:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
  
  

Preferred:

• Master of Business Administration Degree (MBA)
• Experience with organizational change management
• Demonstrated project management expertise incorporating Six Sigma, Lean Principles
  
  

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
  
  

We are an organization that values diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our organization is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, including applicants. If you have a disability and require assistance in the application process, please email recruiting@adusasc.com.