As the Director – Operations, you will be responsible for the performance of all operational functions of a large, complex location, or multiple remote locations. You will provide strategic leadership to meet and optimize established levels of business performance objectives, service, productivity, and quality. You will partner with leaders across Supply Chain, Operations, and all business units to drive continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Manages operations with an objective to improve operational efficiency and increase productivity.
- Provide guidance on hiring, developing talent, and managing staff.
- Leads a team to ensure objectives are met, including driving customer excellence plans, setting and managing performance targets, and employee performance management.
- Drives LEAN methodologies to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality.
- Provides strategic and tactical leadership to achieve corporate goals.
- Develops annual business plans and identifies key activities and priorities.
- Implements and communicates operational strategies and solutions consistent with business plans.
- Ensures compliance with standard operating procedures, policies, internal audit control, Sarbanes-Oxley controls, and business management quality system planning.
- Partners with inventory leaders to ensure region inventory needs and goals are met.
- Sets and monitors operational budgets.
- Provides guidance to ensure business continuity and recovery plans are met.
- Ensures operational policies and procedures are appropriate to business.
Qualifications:
- High School Degree or equivalent required; Bachelors’ preferred
- 7-10 years of operation leadership experience in distribution center facilities
- 5+ year’s managing varied organizations development projects and programs
- 3+ years' managing varied organizations development projects and programs
- LEAN yellow belt certification
- Ability to execute a LEAN mentality in a distribution/warehouse environment
- Business and management principles, including strategic planning and resource allocation
- Strategic thinking skills and ability to work with senior management and regional teams
- Ability to identify external resources, develop, and manage relationships with vendors and other external and internal service providers
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong decision making, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of data analytics and performance and operation metrics
- Ability to travel 25% - 50%
In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
Skills Required
- High School Degree or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree
- 7-10 years of operation leadership experience in distribution center facilities
- 5+ years managing varied organizations development projects and programs
- 3+ years managing varied organizations development projects and programs
- LEAN Yellow Belt certification
- Ability to execute a LEAN mentality in a distribution/warehouse environment
- Knowledge of business and management principles, strategic planning, and resource allocation
- Strategic thinking and ability to work with senior management and regional teams
- Ability to identify external resources and manage vendor and service provider relationships
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong decision making, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of data analytics and operational/performance metrics
- Ability to travel 25% - 50%
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WESCO International and has not been reviewed or approved by WESCO International.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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What We Do
At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.
