Strategic Leader, Centralized 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

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