Senior Director - Warehouse Operations

Leidos Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Senior Director of Warehouse Operations to lead the creation of a centralized, world-class warehouse capability. You will design the facility, establish staffing, and implement processes, technology, and KPIs to deliver safe, scalable operations aligned with Leidos' goals.

You will drive a major transformation from distributed to centralized stockrooms, partnering with Manufacturing, Safety, Supply Chain, and Finance to ensure a high-performing environment with strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in warehouse, distribution, logistics, supply chain, or material-management operations, including significant leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience establishing, consolidating, or transforming warehouse operations, preferably in a complex manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience with facility planning, warehouse layout, material flow, capacity planning, and material-handling equipment.
• Experience developing organizational structures, staffing models, operating budgets, and financial forecasts.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale operational transitions involving facilities, equipment, inventory, processes, and personnel.
• Experience establishing operational KPIs and performance-management systems.
• Strong financial, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and working effectively with senior leadership.
• Strong communication, organizational, and change-management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, high-growth environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design, activation, and operationalization of a centralized brownfield warehouse facility, including layout, material flow, storage strategy, capacity planning, infrastructure, and operational requirements.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive warehouse transition strategy, including sequencing and coordination of equipment, inventory, personnel, and processes from existing stockrooms and facilities.
• Evaluate, rationalize, and consolidate existing stockroom footprints to improve space utilization, material flow, inventory visibility, and operating efficiency.
• Lead the transfer, acquisition, installation, and optimization of material-handling equipment, including storage systems, racks, lifts, conveyors, automation, and other warehouse infrastructure.
• Develop the warehouse organizational structure, including roles, responsibilities, staffing requirements, shift structures, management layers, and workforce capabilities.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing warehouse organization capable of delivering world-class safety, quality, cost, delivery, inventory accuracy, and customer service performance.
• Establish financial plans, operating budgets, capital requirements, and recurring cost forecasts for the warehouse operation.
• Develop and implement warehouse and inventory performance metrics and KPIs, including inventory accuracy, space utilization, throughput, productivity, order fulfillment, cycle time, on-time performance, safety, and cost.
• Establish a robust operating cadence for monitoring performance, identifying gaps, and driving continuous improvement.
• Assess current and emerging warehouse technologies and lead the identification, business-case development, and insertion of appropriate technology solutions.
• Evaluate opportunities for warehouse management systems, inventory-management tools, automation, scanning/barcoding, data analytics, and other technologies that improve visibility, accuracy, productivity, and scalability.
• Establish standardized warehouse processes, procedures, controls, and best practices across the centralized operation.
• Partner with Finance and Supply Chain leadership to develop business cases, investment strategies, cost models, and return-on-investment analyses.
• Coordinate with Facilities, Engineering, IT, Safety, Quality, Security, and other functional organizations to ensure the warehouse is designed and activated in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Establish inventory-control practices that improve accuracy, traceability, material availability, and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean principles, process optimization, standard work, visual management, and data-driven problem solving.
• Establish and maintain a culture of accountability, safety, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
• Provide executive leadership with regular reporting on warehouse activation progress, capacity, staffing, investment, operating performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with Leidos policies, applicable regulatory requirements, safety standards, quality systems, and contractual obligations.

Skills

Leadership

Warehouse operations

Facility planning

Budget forecasting

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Strategic planning

Operational KPI development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field

Tools

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

ERP systems

Automation

Inventory-management technologies

Job description

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Are you ready for your next career challenge?

The Senior Director of Warehouse Operations will lead the establishment, activation, and ongoing optimization of a centralized, world-class warehouse operation within Leidos. This role will be responsible for developing the warehouse strategy and operating model; planning and designing the facility; rationalizing existing stockroom footprints; transferring and acquiring material‑handling equipment; establishing the organization and staffing model; and implementing the processes, technology, and performance management systems required to support a safe, efficient, scalable, and cost‑effective operation.

The Senior Director will lead the transformation from distributed warehouse and stockroom operations into an integrated centralized capability, ensuring the operation is designed to support current requirements while providing flexibility and capacity for future growth. The position will work closely with Manufacturing Senior Leadership, Safety, Supply Chain, and Finance to establish a high-performing warehouse organization aligned with Leidos' operational and business objectives.

Essential Functions

• Lead the planning, design, activation, and operationalization of a centralized brownfield warehouse facility, including layout, material flow, storage strategy, capacity planning, infrastructure, and operational requirements.


• Develop and execute a comprehensive warehouse transition strategy, including sequencing and coordination of equipment, inventory, personnel, and processes from existing stockrooms and facilities.


• Evaluate, rationalize, and consolidate existing stockroom footprints to improve space utilization, material flow, inventory visibility, and operating efficiency.


• Lead the transfer, acquisition, installation, and optimization of material‑handling equipment, including storage systems, racks, lifts, conveyors, automation, and other warehouse infrastructure.


• Develop the warehouse organizational structure, including roles, responsibilities, staffing requirements, shift structures, management layers, and workforce capabilities.


• Recruit, develop, and lead a high‑performing warehouse organization capable of delivering world‑class safety, quality, cost, delivery, inventory accuracy, and customer service performance.


• Establish financial plans, operating budgets, capital requirements, and recurring cost forecasts for the warehouse operation.


• Develop and implement warehouse and inventory performance metrics and KPIs, including inventory accuracy, space utilization, throughput, productivity, order fulfillment, cycle time, on‑time performance, safety, and cost.


• Establish a robust operating cadence for monitoring performance, identifying gaps, and driving continuous improvement.


• Assess current and emerging warehouse technologies and lead the identification, business‑case development, and insertion of appropriate technology solutions.


• Evaluate opportunities for warehouse management systems, inventory‑management tools, automation, scanning/barcoding, data analytics, and other technologies that improve visibility, accuracy, productivity, and scalability.


• Establish standardized warehouse processes, procedures, controls, and best practices across the centralized operation.


• Partner with Finance and Supply Chain leadership to develop business cases, investment strategies, cost models, and return‑on‑investment analyses.


• Coordinate with Facilities, Engineering, IT, Safety, Quality, Security, and other functional organizations to ensure the warehouse is designed and activated in accordance with applicable requirements.


• Establish inventory‑control practices that improve accuracy, traceability, material availability, and accountability.


• Drive continuous improvement through Lean principles, process optimization, standard work, visual management, and data‑driven problem solving.


• Establish and maintain a culture of accountability, safety, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement.


• Provide executive leadership with regular reporting on warehouse activation progress, capacity, staffing, investment, operating performance, risks, and opportunities.


• Ensure compliance with Leidos policies, applicable regulatory requirements, safety standards, quality systems, and contractual obligations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Business, Logistics, or related field.


• 10+ years of progressive experience in warehouse, distribution, logistics, supply chain, or material‑management operations, including significant leadership responsibility.


• Demonstrated experience establishing, consolidating, or transforming warehouse operations, preferably in a complex manufacturing or industrial environment.


• Experience with facility planning, warehouse layout, material flow, capacity planning, and material‑handling equipment.


• Experience developing organizational structures, staffing models, operating budgets, and financial forecasts.


• Demonstrated ability to lead large‑scale operational transitions involving facilities, equipment, inventory, processes, and personnel.


• Experience establishing operational KPIs and performance‑management systems.


• Strong financial, analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capabilities.


• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional teams and working effectively with senior leadership.


• Strong communication, organizational, and change‑management skills.


• Ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, high‑growth environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.


• Candidate must be a resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to the Huntsville - North Alabama, AL area.


• Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.


• Experience establishing a centralized warehouse from an existing/brownfield facility.


• Experience within aerospace, defense, advanced manufacturing, or other highly regulated environments.


• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), ERP systems, inventory‑management technologies, automation, and warehouse analytics.


• Experience with Costpoint ERP, Solumina MES, and Windchill PLM.


• Lean, Six Sigma, APICS/ASCM, or other relevant professional certification.


• Experience with facility consolidation, stockroom rationalization, or multi‑site warehouse transformation.


• Experience developing and implementing technology roadmaps for warehouse operations.

Core Competencies

• Warehouse & Distribution Leadership


• Brownfield Facility Activation


• Facility & Material Flow Planning


• Organizational Design & Workforce Development


• Inventory & Materials Management


• Capital & Operating Budget Management


• Technology Assessment & Insertion


• Operational KPI Development & Performance Management


• Lean & Continuous Improvement


• Strategic Planning & Execution


• Cross‑Functional Leadership


• Change Management


• Safety, Quality & Compliance


• Executive Communication

Leadership Expectations

The successful candidate will be a builder and transformational leader who can move between strategic planning and hands‑on execution. The Senior Director is expected to establish the vision, operating model, organization, infrastructure, and performance culture required to create a centralized warehouse capability that is safe, scalable, technology‑enabled, financially disciplined, and recognized as a world‑class operation within Leidos.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range

Pay Range $130,000.00 - $235,000.00

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.