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Job Details

Under general direction of the Senior Director of Facility and Distribution Engineering, the Senior Director, Facility & Distribution Engineering is responsible for the strategic leadership, centralized governance, and operational execution of the facility and distribution engineering functions. This role drives cross-functional excellence across planning, design, and implementation of new distribution centers, remodels, expansions, material handling equipment (MHE) technology upgrades, and organizational alignment with supply chain workstreams and global partners. The position requires strong technical expertise, advanced analytical skills, and a focus on creating scalable, data-driven solutions to support organizational growth across regions and operational excellence.

Key responsibilities include:

Strategic Leadership & Collaboration

• Collaborate with global and cross-functional teams, including Alliance Healthcare (Europe), Supply Chain Strategic Planning & Development, Supply Chain Modeling & Optimization, Engineering Lead Team, Distribution Services management, Real Estate, IT, Finance, Legal, Corporate Security, and other business units to align on a unified global engineering strategy.

• Partner with external vendors to develop long-term strategies and ensure alignment of engineering projects with enterprise goals.

• Serve as a global business leader in supporting the establishment of an Engineering Center of Excellence (COE) to standardize facility design, vendor governance, capacity modeling, and project execution best practices across the enterprise.

• Collaborate with regional and global engineering and distribution teams to share insights, ensure alignment, and optimize processes and solutions across all regions.

Program Management & Governance

• Lead the Facility Engineering Program with annual capital budgets exceeding $50M, overseeing schedules, resources, expenses, and training to deliver engineering and distribution projects on time and within budget across the organization.

• Govern project execution through the implementation of standardized PMO methodologies, project governance processes, and Smartsheet platform coordination.

• Align engineering projects and facility designs with global and regional compliance requirements, including Factory Mutual, DEA, PDMA, NFPA, Underwriters Laboratory and other regulatory bodies, ensuring consistency across regions.

• Prepares, maintains, and proactively manages the project communication plan with stakeholders.

Facility Design & Vendor Strategy

• Lead the development and evolution of building design specifications, ensuring integration of IT, security, compliance, and operational requirements.

• Partner with Real Estate and Procurement teams to evaluate multi-state and local incentives, site selection criteria, population demographics, labor analysis, lease costs, and site development expenses.

• Oversee vendor portfolio management, including RFP coordination, benchmarking, and bid analysis, ensuring transparency and leveraging economies of scale for global procurement.

Business & Capacity Modeling

• Lead the development of business and capacity models to forecast inventory storage requirements, operational throughput, and scalability.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain Modeling & Optimization to align engineering solutions with network-wide strategies.

• Create and teach advanced analytical tools (e.g., simulation techniques, Excel, databases) to empower direct reports and drive data-driven decisions.

• Drive scenario planning for regional and global site growth, product mix changes, and technology adoption across facilities to ensure long-term scalability and efficiency.

Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Expertise

• Evaluate and compare MHE solutions across all DC functional areas using complex business models, focusing on cost, labor, building square footage, throughput, utility, support and other qualitative factors that drive a solution improving efficiency, productivity and quality.

• Integrate MHE automation and control systems into facility designs to enhance operat