DC Operations Leader – Startup & 24/7 Shift

Nike

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

Nike is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to help launch and stabilize the Wolf Creek Distribution Center in Atlanta, GA. You will partner with the 3PL provider to translate designs into safe, scalable daily operations.

You will lead through ambiguity, build trust across Nike and partners, and drive safety, service, quality, productivity, and financial performance in a 24/7 four-shift model.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
  • Minimum of 5 years of operations-management experience in a distribution or manufacturing environment.
  • Experience supporting startup, facility transition, major implementation, or operational transformation.
  • 3PL experience working in, or leading through, a partner model to execute supply-chain business.

Responsibilities

  • Translate detailed designs into executable operating processes with the 3PL partner.
  • Participate in process-design reviews and validate labor, throughput, capacity, constraints, and service expectations.
  • Develop and validate Job Instruction Sheets, standard work, procedures, escalation paths, and management routines.
  • Identify safety, quality, service, productivity, and change-management risks before launch and drive mitigation.
  • Coordinate staffing readiness, training validation, floor readiness, cutover planning, and launch criteria.
  • Provide leadership during go-live and stabilize operations through disciplined problem solving.
  • Help establish a scalable four-shift model with Nike-3PL alignment.
  • Advise and improve processes for receiving, storage, processing, and shipping to optimize results.
  • Lead cross-functional projects using structured project-management, Lean, and problem-solving methods.
  • Develop and manage departmental plans and budgets, monitor performance to plan, and take action to hit targets.

Skills

Leadership
Operations management
Lean methodology
Project management
Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Nike is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to help launch and stabilize the Wolf Creek Distribution Center in Atlanta, GA. You will partner with the 3PL provider to translate designs into safe, scalable daily operations.

You will lead through ambiguity, build trust across Nike and partners, and drive safety, service, quality, productivity, and financial performance in a 24/7 four-shift model.

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