Director of Warehouse Operations-West

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.

With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife's portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes : fairlife ultra-filtered milk ; Core Power High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife nutrition plan , a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

job purpose :

The Director of Warehouse Operations - West will have direct responsibility for all West orbit warehouses in fairlife's Supply Chain system to include storage, receiving, loading, and shipping of all raw materials and finished product. In addition, this role will be responsible for coordination and oversight of all West orbit 3PL facilities from a warehouse and inventory standpoint. Ensure optimized storage and utilization of WMS within each warehouse and review short term vs long term needs. Facilitate the management of finished goods inventory levels and partner with Customer Service Planners towards monitoring inventory levels within the network. Ensure compliance with established procedures and maintain effective internal controls over the physical product flow and accounting of inventory, to include receiving, shipping, and all other areas (internal and third party). Support for and execution of the Logistics Operational Excellence framework and associated projects.

responsibilities :

• Maintain warehousing and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing programs, operational practices, and personnel policies and procedures for all locations in West zone, and partner with East zone Director on a regular basis to ensure consistency and standardization across the network
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local warehousing, material handling, and shipping requirements. Review adherence to requirements and advise on needed actions
• Safeguard all warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security and safety procedures and protocols in the respective region
• Facilitate and control inventory levels by ensuring warehouse managers and inventory teams conduct physical counts; reconcile with data storage systems and WMS
• Ensure maintenance and physical conditions of all warehouses in West through planning and implementing optimized layouts; inspection of equipment; and work order repair and requisitions
• Achieve financial objectives for all West zone Warehouse budgets; capital requirements; to include warehouse expansions and racking
• Responsible for third-party warehouse management and associated shuttle services for all West zone warehouses and 3PLs
• Responsible for oversight of inventory team and the development and enforcement of inventory control policies within all warehouses in respective region
• Review space and capacity of warehouses and compare to current requirements and future needs to ensure short term and long-term cost-effective space and allocation
• Ensure compliance and enforcement of all safety policies, work routines and discipline, training, forklift certification, and replacement, hiring, mentoring, and coaching of engaged warehouse employees
• Responsible to make sure the right product and the correct quantity is being loaded onto the right trucks at the right time
• Enforce FIFO and / or FEFO requirements within all warehouses and 3PLs
• Be Audit Ready : Ensure critical controls and management systems are always in compliance
• Be an active part of the emergency response team as prescribed by the company Safety Program
• Responsible for continuing to build the continuous improvement culture of the warehouse west orbit, including facilitation of kaizen and other events to identify opportunities and then following up on the execution of those opportunities
• Improve the maturity of the data, analytics and reporting of the warehouse west team through enhancement of the overall reporting dashboards and KPI definitions for warehouse operations the plants and 3PL locations
• Perform other duties as assigned

skills / qualifications required :

working conditions and physical requirements :

food safety requirements :

position location : Phoenix, AZ

reports to : Sr Director of Logistics

travel requirements : 20%

Base pay range : $140,000—$180,000 USD

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of 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. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email careers@fairlife.com .

For Recruitment Agencies

At fairlife, we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team, which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.

As our recruitment is primarily handled in-house, we work only occasionally with external agencies, and only those on our existing, pre-approved vendor list. At this time, we are not reviewing or expanding that list.

Unsolicited resumes or submissions from external agencies not authorized by our Talent Acquisition team will be considered direct candidate applications. As such, fairlife will not assume responsibility for any placement fees associated with these submissions.