Distribution Center Director (Onsite - Forest City, IA)

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Job Description:

Forest City Distribution Center Director

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As the Distribution Center Director in Forest City, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. As the site leader for the Forest City Distribution Center, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations while delivering exceptional customer service. This highly visible role requires a values-based leader who can develop high-performing teams, strengthen employee engagement, and foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Partnering across global logistics, planning, transportation, customer operations, quality, EHS, IT, finance, and external partners, you will drive operational excellence and support business growth. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Leading all aspects of distribution center operations, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective execution of inbound, outbound, inventory control, and material flow activities.
• Driving site performance across safety, quality, service, inventory accuracy, productivity, compliance, and customer delivery metrics.
• Developing frontline and salaried leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, engagement, talent growth, and continuous improvement.
• Partnering with planning, transportation, customer operations, quality, EHS, IT, finance, procurement, and third-party providers to ensure seamless distribution execution and service excellence.
• Managing site budgets, labor planning, staffing models, resource utilization, and productivity initiatives to achieve operational and financial objectives.
• Implementing performance governance through KPIs, operating reviews, problem-solving methodologies, and tiered accountability processes to drive sustainable results.
• Championing continuous improvement through Lean Six Sigma, automation, process optimization, and strategic business reviews that enhance service, capacity, and cost performance.
  

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) AND ten (10) years of combined experience in supply planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, and import/export

OR

High School Diploma/GED (completed and verified prior to start) and fourteen (14) years of combined experience in supply planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, and import/export

In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required:

Three (3) years of direct supervisory experience

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or a related discipline (completed and verified prior to start).
• Experience managing operations within high-volume distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, or site leadership environments.
• Experience achieving safety, quality, service, cost, productivity, inventory accuracy, and/or compliance objectives through operational leadership and performance management.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing salaried and/or hourly employees.
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, standard work, visual management, data analysis, and problem-solving methodologies.
Experience using computer applications, enterprise systems, and operational tools to support business and operational objectives.

Work location: Onsite - Forest City Distribution Center, Forest City, IA

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $211,600 - $290,950, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-Rewards

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