Position Details: Director of Warehouse Operations
Location: Remote + Travel, ON
Openings: 1
Salary Range:
Description:
Directorof Warehouse Operations - Remote
Travel: Approximately 50–70%
The Opportunity
A growing national organization seeks a Director of WarehouseOperations to lead and optimize its network of warehouses.This role will develop Managers, improve operationalperformance, and establish c onsistent standards acrossfacilities.
A key priority is creating a scalable "Warehouse Blueprint”—arepeatable model for designing, staffing, equipping,launching, and managing new locations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multi-site operations, driving productivity, safety,quality, service, inventory accuracy, and cost control.
- Build and develop a high-performing leadership bench,including supervisors, managers, and succession plans.
- Oversee receiving, sorting, inspection, repair, inventory,fulfillment, and shipping.
- Align staffing, equipment, capacity, and inventory withcustomer demand; resolve bottlenecks and coordinate transfersbetween facilities.
- Standardize operating procedures, training, inventorycontrols, and management practices.
- Establish KPIs, conduct facility reviews, and report onoperational and budget performance.
- Improve labor efficiency, throughput, equipment utilization,and lower costs where appropriate.
- Build the Warehouse Blueprint, covering facility layouts,workflows, staffing, equipment, technology, safety, andstartup requirements.
- Partner cross-functionally with transportation, procurement,customer service, finance, IT, and facilities.
- Drive lean, Six Sigma, or othercontinuous-improvement programs that produce measurableefficiency gains.
- Strengthen ERP utilization,inventory controls, cycle counting, slotting, and processstandardization
Qualifications
- Significant leadership experience in warehouse, depot,distribution, manufacturing, or industrial operations.
- Proven success managing multiple facilities and developingsite-level managers.
- Strong knowledge of inventory management, material flow,staffing, logistics, and fulfillment.
- Experience implementing SOPs, KPIs, and accountabilitysystems.
- Demonstrated results improving productivity, quality,service, and operating costs.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skillswith a hands-on leadership approach.
- Ability to travel approximately 50–70% across North America.
Preferred Experience
- Opening, integrating, relocating, or scaling facilities.
- Designing facility layouts, workflows, staffing models, oroperating systems.
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvementmethods.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering,Operations Management, Business, or a related field.