Dir Last Mile Operations

What You Need To Know
Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is North America's preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.
As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.
Southern Glazer's offers a competitive compensation package with a salary range of $123,000 -$170,000 plus bonus. This salary range is an average range for this position. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.
At Southern Glazer's, you'll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you're looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.
Overview
This position is responsible for leading the execution of our Last Mile Strategy and overseeing the routing operations. This will include executing the 2024 National Rollout of Omnitracs (OT1). The position includes a combination of Operational, Technical, Strategic, Transportation, Routing, Dispatch, Outbound, and Personnel Management experience. Ideal candidates will have roles and experiences that demonstrate thought leadership, change management, problem identification and problem solving, ability to make consistent progress in new ways of working, excellent relationship building, and strong field experience.
Primary Responsibilities

• Lead monitoring of progress and execution of Last Mile Strategy and Delivery goals and priorities
• Drive cross-functional alignment for Last Mile Operations as part of Project Lumina 10-year initiatives
• Ensure successful move to Omnitracs (OT1) and continuous improvement on metrics over the next 3 years.
• Stand up National / Regional routing support centers
• Create re-routing process with regional routing support centers to build sustainable on-going ways to improve service and reduce costs
• Lead a team of technical experts in all areas of outbound logistics including routing, Velocitor, Lytx, etc.
• Demonstrates thought leadership by advising senior leadership.

Additional Primary Responsibilities

• Build meaningful relationships and influence beyond direct reports
• Influence our long-term strategy and support the execution for all areas that impact Last Mile.
• Develop tools, reports, and analysis from multiple data sources, that are easy to access, understand, use, track results and impact the business. This includes finding and sharing best practices and getting traction on a national scale.
• Build strong relationships nationally in the SCO organization as well as with key functional and corporate internal teams, creating pathways for collaboration, consistency, efficiencies, while finding savings that impact the business
• Build tools that enable fact-based metrics on Last Mile Operations
• Maintain confidentiality of all Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits business and comply with all company rules and regulations as outlined in the employee manual
• Perform other job related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (required) & MBA or similar master's degree (preferred but not required)
• 10+ years of overall work experience is required
• Hands-on experience working in a supply chain operations or adjacent function is strongly preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for interfacing with all levels of the organization from hourly workers to senior leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, analytical/problem solving, problem management skills
• Excellent presentation development and delivery skills
• Experience in CPG or distribution industry is strongly preferred
• Travel: Up to 25%, Year 1 up to 50%

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs

EEO Statement
Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.