Supply Chain Distribution Manager

Position Summary

The Supply Chain Manager collaboratively leads end-to-end supply chain, logistics, warehouse, inventory, and distribution operations to deliver strong performance across safety, quality, cost, service, and delivery. This role combines strategic planning with hands-on execution to ensure efficient material flow from suppliers through internal storage and outbound fulfillment to domestic and international customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning, shipping, receiving, optical fiber inventory, warehouse operations, and distribution to ensure accurate, timely, and cost-effective delivery.
• Define and execute supply chain and operating strategies aligned with business, commercial, and divisional objectives.
• Partner with demand management, commercial forecasting, product line, operations, logistics, procurement, and customer-facing teams to support SIOP, operating plans, and long-term capacity planning.
• Manage inbound and outbound logistics, including freight coordination, product dispatch, shipping/receiving execution, and order fulfillment with our 3PL partners.
• Optimize flow layouts, space utilization, storage methods, picking/packing, and material flow to improve velocity and operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain inventory plans, scorecards, KPIs, cycle counts, audits, and control processes that improve accuracy, turns, service levels, and cost performance.
• Identify root causes of delivery, inventory, and warehouse performance gaps and lead corrective actions to reduce risk and meet operating targets.
• Utilize ERP, MRP, WMS, Excel, and inventory tracking tools to manage shipping, receiving, order, warehouse, and inventory data.
• Lead, coach, schedule, train, and develop warehouse, logistics, distribution, inventory, and supply chain personnel.
• Ensure policies, procedures, standard work, safety protocols, facility security, regulatory compliance, and equipment maintenance practices are followed.
• Communicate performance, initiatives, opportunities, changes, risks, and corrective actions clearly to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered where appropriate.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive supply chain, logistics, warehouse, distribution, inventory, or operations experience across multiple supply chain disciplines.
• Demonstrated leadership experience with the ability to manage, coach, direct, develop employees and collaborate.
• Experience developing and managing operational KPIs, performance scorecards, continuous improvement plans, and project deliverables.
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, inventory management, logistics execution, freight coordination, and customer fulfillment.
• ERP/MRP/WMS and Microsoft Excel proficiency, with strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, and cross-functional project management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• APICS certification such as CPIM or CSCP.
• Experience with distribution center start-up, expansion, relocation, or warehouse network optimization.
• Experience supporting SIOP, demand planning, capacity planning, commercial launches, or international distribution.
• Experience applying JIT, VMI, cycle counting, root-cause analysis, or other inventory control and continuous improvement tools.