Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

_This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship._

**Position Overview:**

Responsible for all day-to-day Distribution Center (DC) activities including, but not limited to, work scheduling, staffing, supervisory tasks (coaching, guiding, counseling, performance management) and the facilitation of data collection and reporting related to performance. Supervises distribution center employees. Ensures that whole team abides by all safety, quality, and compliance standards. Leads and executes distribution center initiatives and objectives and drives Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) tools. Maintains an environment focused on continuous improvement by creating a climate of open communication and innovation to generate ideas for improvement, empowering others to get involved.

**Work Schedule:**

This position will require working on a 2/2/3,12-hour night shift schedule. The night shift occurs from 6:00pm – 6:30am. The schedule pattern is summarized below:

**Week**

**Sun**

**Mon**

**Tues**

**Wed**

**Thurs**

**Fri**

**Sat**

**1**

Work

Off

Off

Work

Work

Off

Off

**2**

Off

Work

Work

Off

Off

Work

Work

**Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities:**

_LEADERSHIP_

+ Manages work schedules and payroll for hourly and salaried non-exempt employees.

+ Facilitates variance investigations, as well as KPI collection and preparation. Data utilized to further drive continuous improvement with the teams.

+ Provides coaching, training, and development to keep up with and exceed organizational goals.

+ Uses one-on-one meetings as a primary tool to provide leadership and direction to the employees under responsibility to meet the DC's operational needs and goals while maintaining the emphasis on Safety and Quality as a key facility priority.

+ Leads team to meet and exceed productivity performance objectives.

+ Evaluates and prioritizes the daily shift workload demand and make plans for proper execution and people/equipment utilization. Maintain logs of shift operations, production summaries, overtime, downtime reports, etc.

+ Responsible for producing any specialized reports that can be provided to the teams as aids in driving improvements (e.g., product trends in key statistical tracking areas).

+ Provides real-time information to teams for managing performance.

+ Manages and controls the overall DC workflow utilizing ideas and areas for improvement identified by the Teams.

+ Adheres to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) from all aspects of the organization and ensures all team members understand and follow them.

+ Performs problem solving be leveraging different digital systems.

_SAFETY, HEALTH, & ENVIRONMENTAL_

+ Responsible for the maintenance of safety and sanitation standards for the facility to ensure efficient day-to-day operations.

+ Sustains a safe, clean working environment at all times, including maintaining all equipment in good working condition, by keeping the DC clean and orderly.

+ Complies with all safety and environmental practices and reports all incidents immediately.

+ Ensures DC employees follow all safety requirements as it pertains to materials moving equipment (e.g., daily inspections of forklifts, seat belts used at all times, no speeding, observe pedestrian right-of-way, etc.)

+ Complies with all FDA/USDA rules, procedures, and work practices.

+ Escalates and reports all quality and food safety findings or incidents.

_NESTLÉ CONTINUOUS EXCELLENCE_

+ Promotes the identification of quality improvement and cost reduction efforts.

+ Participates in continuous process improvement efforts in the facility as well as the overall Supply Chain Operations Network.

+ Other duties as assigned.

**What You’ll Bring:**

+ High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

+ Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or relevant field preferred; or equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience.

+ Must be able to work any shift and overtime as required.

+ Must be willing to travel 10% of the time.

+ Must have at least 1 year of leadership experience.

+ Experience in a manufacturing/distribution or other warehouse environment preferred.

+ Experience in business, finance, systems and total supply chain preferred.

+ Experience in process improvement (Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen) preferred.

+ Experience in change management in a factory or DC environment preferred.

+ Experience with labor standards preferred.

**Skills:**

+ Developed leadership skills: Ability to motivate, mentor, coach and influence people.

+ Ability to work effectively in a networking structure.

+ Effectively communicates upwardly and laterally on all essential matters using the proper written or verbal medium.

+ Experience in collecting value-added data through systems and reports.

+ Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills.

+ Leading people to develop analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills to create an empowered workforce.

+ Maintain positive customer relation contacts - both external and internal.

+ Able to track performance and align against goals.

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are equal employment opportunity employers. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

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