Facilities Supervisor | Overnight Shift

About the role

The Distribution Center (DC) Facilities team plays a business-critical role ensuring DCs remain operational and in compliance with local regulations, statutes, and ordinances. Facilities is responsible for maintaining and repairing material handling equipment and systems, powered user-operated equipment and the overall upkeep of lululemon’s DC. The Facilities Supervisor oversees maintenance & janitorial teams in the DC. This role is a key partner with multiple stakeholders, including the Facility Manager & General Managers/Directors of each distribution center. The Facilities Supervisor will report into the Facilities Manager.

Core responsibilities

• Be an innovator, anticipate future business needs and strategically build plans to meet those needs.
• Provide strategic leadership to direct reports within the maintenance staff.
• Attends daily cross functional meetings with operations to maintain good communications with other teams.
• Manages the budget of their site, while ordering necessary parts, services, & project needs.
• Oversee building projects, renovations, refurbishments, repairs and installations. Along with the Facility Manager, you are responsible for all equipment preventative maintenance, repairs and uptime.
• Administer vendor or sub-contractor agreements to ensure quality services and goods are provided to meet specifications, on time and within budget.
• Identify, hire, develop and manage talent, including building and delivering succession planning across the DC.
• Managing associate’s performance, coaching, & career development.
• Responsible for identifying and executing improvements to increase DC efficiency, minimizing equipment and/or facilities downtime and maintaining predictive & preventative maintenance schedules.
• Assist the Facilities Manager with identifying opportunities to improve the DC, including staffing, expertise, equipment and systems.
• Work on network initiatives to help further develop the Facilities department, such as standard work documents, CMMS development, technician training programs, safety programs, & asset criticality identification.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ experience in PLCs and controls systems knowledge/understanding.
• 2+ years leadership experience in a distribution center environment or similar.
• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• 2+ years’ experience in material handling equipment and large, complex integrated systems maintenance with strong statistical analysis skills.
• Have a keen eye for safety within an industrial environment.
• Experience with powered equipment such as pallet jacks, high-bay pickers and reach trucks.
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) knowledge/understanding.
• Understanding of controlling a budget & building out an annual budget.
• Project Management experience preferred, to guide equipment upgrades, building expansions, new building construction oversite, new building launch experience.
• Flexible and adaptable with schedule which could include nights, working required holidays, some weekends with occasional after-hours requirements and overtime.
• Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).

Must haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and creates space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

Additional notes

• Authorization to work in the United States is required for this role.
• Please note: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visa at this time for this role.