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The VPO-In Training (“VPO-IT”) plays a critical role for the applicable market in helping the Vice President of Operations (VPO) create an engaging employee experience in the Distribution Center and providing a consistent, reliable service experience to our customers. Under guidance from the VPO, the VPO-IT will take on incremental responsibility until they are fully capable of leading all key functions within the Operational structure while working with cross-functional peers to create a culture of continuous improvement, agile implementation, and drive enterprise best practices. Following the frameworks of the Supply Chain function led by the VPO, this role will deliver operational excellence across safety, quality, cost to serve and customer experience, developing into a key leader driving performance.The successful VPO –IT must cultivate and leverage broad business acumen and courage to influence and challenge up, down and across to ensure key enterprise initiatives are achieved. The VPO-IT must further be capable of delivering within the US Foods core values. After 12 months, or once developmental objectives are achieved, the VPO-IT will be expected to assume the role of a VPO in a new market.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• In partnership with VPO, execute and lead within a plan for the market and proactively manage priorities for success of the team.
• Earn credibility as a trusted supply chain leader, providing insight, input, and advice to team members.
• Ensure a genuine safety culture that fosters employee well-being through engagement and leadership accountability.
• Drive operational and financial results while maintaining a focus on the customer.
• Support VPO in building an engaging work environment that produces functionally excellent Associates.
• Drive standardization while instilling a mindset of continuous improvement.
SUPERVISION:
• Dotted line oversight Warehouse and Transportation Leadership that Supervises warehouse/transportations managers and supervisors and is responsible for an overall employee base of 40 - 485
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Onsite
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• 9 years of Operations experience in Warehouse and/or Transportation
• 5 years of experience managing people
• Experience across multiple roles, functions and/or companies
• Has led an organizational change, preferably a transformation
• Team development leadership, including remote employee management
• Operated effectively in a matrixed environment
• Managed in a union environment
• Business Unit Mindset: thinks about the total business; connects the dots. Overall business results guide decision-making.
• Change Leadership: casts a compelling vision of the future, inspires others and overcomes resistance to change. Eager to build a better future.
• Financial Analysis/Business Acumen: dissects the P&L to analyze business performance, determine root causes and take appropriate corrective actions to drive results.
• Influence/Communication Skills: clearly articulates what is important and brings others to their point of view while listening well and being responsive to concerns. Effectively influences up, down (to the production workforce) and across.
• Coaching/Mentoring: develops new skills, mindsets and capabilities of their members. Blends support with accountability and challenging others to grow.
• Collaboration: navigates competing priorities, while maintaining a spirit of partnership. Seeks way to help others be more successful.
• Learning Agility: quickly adapts to changes, adjusts approach and learns new skills.
• Network Optimization: uses local knowledge to optimize supply chain network with the lowest total cost structure.
• Labor Management: optimizes staffing to balance cost with productivity and service levels.
• Partner with Logistics: works collaboratively to maximize the movement of product.
• Food Safety: understands and reinforces proper food safety policies and procedures. Connects the dots between food safety and business results.
• Customer Insight/Perspective: empathizes with customers and considers impact of operational approaches and decision on the customer experience.
EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field preferred
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Distribution experience, D.O.T. regulations, Labor Relations, Budgeting and cost control, knowledge of OSHA, HAACP and other regulations
PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Ability to tour warehouses and conduct field observations of drivers.
OCCASIONALLY: 1% - 33 / FREQUENTLY: 34% - 66% / CONTINUOUSLY: 67% - 100% or NEVER
JOB REQUIRES WORKER TO (FREQUENCY):
STAND - OCCASIONALLY
WALK - OCCASIONALLY
DRIVE - NEVER
SIT - FREQUENTLY
LIFT:
1-10 lbs (Sedentary) - OCCASIONALLY
11-20 lbs (Light) - OCCASIONALLY
21-50 lbs (Medium) - NEVER
51-100 lbs (Heavy) - NEVER
Over 100 lbs (Very Heavy) - NEVER
CARRY:
1-10 lbs (Sedentary) - OCCASIONALLY
11-20 lbs (Light) - OCCASIONALLY
21-50 lbs (Medium) - NEVER
51-100 lbs (Heavy) - NEVER
Over 100 lbs (Very Heavy) - NEVER
PUSH/PULL - NEVER
CLIMB/BALANCE - NEVER
STOOP/SQUAT - NEVER
KNEEL - NEVER
BEND - NEVER
REACH ABOVE SHOULDER - OCCASIONALLY
TWIST - OCCASIONALLY
GRASP OBJECTS - OCCASIONALLY
MANIPULATE OBJECTS - FREQUENTLY
MANUAL DEXTERITY - CONTINUOUSLY
This role may also receive incentive compensation.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$135,000 - $210,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***
Skills Required
- 9 years of Operations experience in Warehouse and/or Transportation
- 5 years of experience managing people
- Experience across multiple roles, functions and/or companies
- Has led an organizational change, preferably a transformation
- Team development leadership, including remote employee management
- Operated effectively in a matrixed environment
- Managed in a union environment
- Business unit mindset (considers total business and P&L impacts)
- Change leadership (ability to cast vision and overcome resistance)
- Financial analysis / business acumen (P&L analysis and corrective actions)
- Influence and communication skills (influence up, down and across)
- Coaching and mentoring (develop skills and hold accountability)
- Collaboration and cross-functional partnership
- Learning agility (adaptability and ability to learn new skills)
- Network optimization and supply chain cost management
- Labor management (optimize staffing for cost, productivity, service)
- Partner with logistics to maximize product movement
- Food safety knowledge and reinforcement of proper food safety policies
- Customer insight / perspective (consider customer impact of operational decisions)
- Ability to tour warehouses and conduct field observations of drivers
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain or related field
- Distribution experience
- Knowledge of D.O.T. regulations
- Labor relations experience
- Budgeting and cost control experience
- Knowledge of OSHA, HACCP and other relevant regulations
US Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about US Foods and has not been reviewed or approved by US Foods.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options and day-one eligibility in many roles is highlighted as a relative strong point. Union agreements and company materials reinforce that health coverage is a core part of the total rewards package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Incentives such as overtime, case/stop pay, and uncapped commissions often boost earnings in delivery, warehouse, and sales roles. Earnings can rise notably when hours are heavy or targets are met.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is standard, and recent union contracts add pension coverage in some locations. Together these programs support longer-term financial security.
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What We Do
US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. With 28,000 associates and more than 70 locations, US Foods provides its customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology and business solutions. US Foods is headquartered in Rosemont, IL, and generates more than $28 billion in annual revenue. Visit usfoods.com to learn more. ------------ Rules of Engagement Statement: We are proud to support community engagement on the US Foods LinkedIn page, and we're excited to see your comments, photos and videos. Please note that the views expressed by the community do not necessarily reflect those of US Foods. Before posting, please take a moment to read our rules for community content. We reserve the right to remove content that violates these rules. 1. Don't break the law. Content that appears to break the law or that advocates for breaking the law also is not permitted. 2. Be polite and courteous to everyone, even those you disagree with. This also means you may not post anything that is threatening, harassing, abusive, bullying, discriminatory, profane, sexually explicit, obscene, violent, gruesome, or similarly objectionable. 3. Stay on topic for this community and dialogue. Off-topic content may include but is not limited to irrelevant or out of context material, spam, promotional content, and links to third-party sites. 4. Follow LinkedIn's Terms and Conditions. 5. All posts must be by a real person and from a real profile. Content from fake or anonymous profiles is not permitted. 6. Our employees must also follow all of our applicable policies and guidelines, including but not limited to our Code of Conduct and Electronic Social Networking Policy
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