Distribution Supervisor

Zimmer Biomet; Colorado; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet is hiring a Distribution Supervisor to oversee daily operations, staffing, and training across the distribution team. You will drive productivity, ensure quality, and maintain strong communication with management and internal customers.

In this role, you will mentor staff, implement processes for inventory and shipping, and ensure FDA/state and ISO 13485 compliance. A strong background in supervision and KM tools underpins success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.
• 3+ years Supervisory experience managing hourly employees.
• Previous operational medical device experience helpful.
• Proven ability to supervise and motivate staff in a team.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Aptitude for analyzing situations and resolving problems.
• Self-motivated with minimal supervision.
• Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; SAP experience a plus.
• Ability to calculate figures, percentages and data.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills; able to influence others.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day‑to‑day activities of the Distribution team to meet goals.
• Ensure staffing resources are utilized, training completed, and clear communications.
• This is a full‑time role with possible extra hours to ensure orders ship.
• Maintain safety, quality and regulatory compliance (FDA/state/ISO 13485).
• Lead process improvements for inventory, fulfillment, receiving, and shipping.
• Prepare reports and share department updates with management.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Team leadership

Communication skills

Problem solving

Self-motivated

Data analysis

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred but not required

Bachelor's degree preferred but not required

Tools

ERP systems

SAP

Outlook

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talented team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels inspired, invested, cared for, valued, and have a strong sense of belonging.

What You Can Expect

• The Supervisor of Distribution has overall responsibility for all day to day activities of the assigned Distribution team to meet departmental goals.
• This role also ensures staffing resources are properly utilized, all personnel are properly trained, and ensures clear communications to team members and management.
• This is a full-time position which may require additional hours particularly at the end of the day to ensure orders are shipped.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with individuals internal and external to the organization.
• The employee frequently is required to move about the facility.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds by themselves.

How You'll Create Impact

• Partner with and develop Distribution Leads to ensure employees are properly utilized and each department within Distribution is sufficiently staffed.
• Ensure employee compliance to protocols and standards.
• Lead employees to meet the departmental and organizational expectations for productivity, quality, continuous improvement and goal accomplishment.
• Coach, mentor and develop staff, including recruitment and onboarding, performance management and career development.
• Train personnel in ERP system or other processes as needed.
• Develop and drive implementation of processes and procedures to increase the efficient processing of inventory, customer fulfillment, receiving, and shipping.
• Seek out opportunities for process improvement, develop possible solutions and partner with management and other departments as necessary to drive the process improvement for superior service levels to internal or external customers
• Prepare reports, as necessary, to gain a deeper understanding of business successes and/or challenges, as well as, to communicate departmental performance to management as necessary.
• Meet with the department on a regular basis to share relevant business updates, or other information as necessary.
• Perform duties in compliance with applicable FDA and state regulations as well as standards including, but not limited to, ISO 13485.
• Performs other duties as assigned by management

What Makes You Stand Out

• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required
• 3+ years Supervisory experience managing hourly employees
• Previous operational medical device experience helpful
• Demonstrated proficiency in supervising and motivating subordinates in a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Aptitude for analyzing situations and resolving problems
• Self-motivated with the ability to achieve desired results with minimal supervision.
• Proficient in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; SAP experience a plus
• Ability to calculate figures, percentages and data.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, ability to influence others

Compensation Data

60-80K

EOE