Summary:

The Director of Warehousing is accountable for the design, launch, and ongoing operation of all warehousing and material-handling activities supporting a $1B refrigerated foods platform. This role leads the end-to-end warehouse network, including the design and startup of a new flagship warehouse, while ensuring world-class execution inside SAP EWM across all North American sites.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• New Warehouse Design & Launch: Lead greenfield or brownfield design of a new warehouse supporting refrigerated food production and finished goods distribution.
• Define storage strategy, slotting, dock layout, staging, and MHE strategy.
• Own transition from design through go-live and stabilization.
• Strong ability to work cross-functional with internal and external stakeholders
• Ensure physical design aligns with SAP EWM.
• Serve as business owner of SAP EWM.
• Define warehouse organizational structure, process, and application of technology handling units
• Firm understanding of batch management, FIFO/FEFO, and RF processes.
• Partner with IT and integrators to ensure EWM is the system of record.
• Deliver >99.9% inventory accuracy while achieving safety, cost and service metrics
• Ensure batch traceability, shelf-life compliance, and regulatory readiness
• Drive best-in-class cost per pallet, order fill rate, and cycle time.
• Develop a high performing work system with a culture of continuous improvement
• Drive improvements in human and food safety through total employee engagement
• Set standards and develops management systems for SOPs, training, KPIs, and safety.
• Promoting process excellence and standardization programs across company
• Assists in the resolution of purchased material shortages as needed.
• Presents to Management regarding developments in assigned areas

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor degree in Logistics, Supply Chain or related field
• At least +10 years Warehousing or Supply Chain Management or directly related professional experience.
• 10+ years in warehouse, DC, or manufacturing logistics leadership
• Strong ability to work cross-functional with internal and external stakeholders
• Hands-on experience with SAP EWM (not just PowerPoint exposure)
• Proven success in the design, implementation, and commissioning of a new warehouse or distribution center
• Experience in food, beverage, dairy, or refrigerated CPG strongly preferred
• Deep knowledge and hands on warehousing experience with:
• SAP EWM and Batch management
• Inventory Age Management (FIFO)
• Food safety and Traceability
• Best practices associated with people, process and technology
• Is persuasive, demonstrates diplomacy and tact.
• Demonstrates attention to detail through accuracy and completeness of information.
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines
• Shows initiative (e.g., seeks additional related assignments, pursues self-development, proactively looks for alternatives and solutions and assumes additional responsibilities).
• Strong computer skills and database experience
• Effectively demonstrates public speaking skills both in prepared and impromptu speaking.
• Servant leadership skills with proven experience leading change across all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of company procurement policies, procedures and products preferred
• Manages multiple projects/tasks simultaneously. Demonstrates ability to plan, set priorities, organizes and coordinates