Regional Parts Distribution Center Manager

About the role

The PDC Manager is the senior site leader accountable for customer service excellence, last-mile delivery performance, labor relations, and long-range site strategy, leveraging embedded and emerging automated technologies within the Parts Distribution Center (PDC). This role owns near-term execution while developing and driving a rolling five-year strategy aligned to network growth, customer expectations, technology evolution, workforce capability, and capital planning. The PDC Manager is expected to demonstrate enterprise-level business acumen in supply chain distribution and industrial engineering, translating strategy, economics, and engineering tradeoffs into sustained operational performance.

5-Year Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a rolling five-year PDC strategy aligned to network demand, dealer growth, service expectations, and cost targets
• Define the site roadmap for capacity expansion, layout evolution, workforce capability, digital enablement, and service reliability
• Identify and sponsor multi-year initiatives focused on customer experience, last-mile performance, labor stability, automation, and productivity
• Build and defend capital and operating business cases supporting long-term investments
• Translate strategy into annual operating plans, KPI trajectories, and execution priorities

Business Acumen & Engineering Leadership Expectations

• Manage the PDC as a profit-impacting node within a broader distribution network
• Apply industrial engineering principles (capacity modeling, flow optimization, labor standards, layout strategy)
• Evaluate service-to-cost tradeoffs, ROI, payback, and risk for capital and technology investments
• Communicate complex operational and engineering concepts at the executive level

Key Responsibilities

• Customer service ownership and senior dealer escalation leadership
• Last-mile delivery and carrier performance accountability
• Labor relations leadership, grievance handling, and negotiations
• Strategic planning, financial stewardship, and people leadership
• AI-enabled decision leadership, analytics governance, and technology adoption oversight

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain or Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Labor, Communications, Business, Marketing, or other related degree
• Minimum 10 years of experience in managerial/supervisory experience in a distribution warehouse environment
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement systems and Lean Manufacturing experience
• Experience managing day to day operations within a union environment
• Proven ability to develop and execute a detailed project plan
• Ability to develop analysis to improve on current standard processes
• Driven to seek solutions to improved performances
• Possess a high sense of urgency to the customer and plant KPI's
• Must be willing to work extended weekday hours and weekends across day/evening shifts, as required
• Must be willing to relocate

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health & Well-being Coverage: From your very first day, you'll have access to medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage — ensuring you and your family stay healthy and protected. Also, our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers confidential support for personal and professional challenges, always ready when you need it.
• Family Building Benefit: We proudly support all paths to parenthood- including fertility and infertility treatments, adoption services, and gestational surrogacy.
• Generous Paid Time Off: 17+ paid holidays, including shut-down from December 24th through New Years Day every year. Vacation, float & wellbeing days, sick time and fully paid parental leave when your family needs you most.
• Competitive Retirement Savings Plans: With an employer match on contributions to your 401k, Roth, and Catch-Up plans. An employer contribution, even if you don't contribute.
• Income Protection & Insurance Options: Benefit from both employer-provided and voluntary plan offerings, including life insurance, group accident, critical illness, etc. - supporting the needs of you and your family and ensuring peace of mind.
• Company Vehicle Lease Program: Eligible employees and their immediate families can participate in the company vehicle lease program, providing access to Stellantis vehicles with insurance, maintenance, and unlimited miles included. Plus, take advantage of exclusive discounts on Stellantis products.
• Support for Your Growth and Giving Back: Tuition reimbursement, Student loan refinancing programs, 18 paid volunteer hours each year to make a difference in your community.
• And so much more! When you join us, you're not just building a career — you're joining a company that supports you, inside and outside of work.

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