Sr. Logistics Manager

We are Ecolab. We make the world cleaner, safer and healthier by providing cleaning and sanitation solutions for food safety, infection prevention and public health. We serve restaurants, supermarkets, food and beverage manufacturers, hospitals, hotels and many other businesses that enhance quality of life for people around the world. By partnering with our customers everywhere they need us, we help keep their operations clean and safe, ensure their businesses perform well and enable them to make the world better. Ecolab has built a reputation for excellence by setting the standards for superior performance. We are looking to hire associates that will continue to build and grow on this standard of excellence and work to create the Ecolab experience for all of our customers.
 

Join Ecolab's logistics team as our Sr. Logistics Manager in our growing facility in Winston Salem, NC. In this role you will be leading distribution operations including receiving, inventory, shipping, team member relations, quality, and financial oversight of operations budget.  The Logistics Manager role is a vital position to enable service to our customer every day.

Main Responsibilities

• Assist the overall site operations leader in developing and implementing site process improvements, operational changes, and collaborate on project initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison and mentor to shift supervisors and hourly leads to ensure daily operational activities and goals are met.
• Owner of local productivity agenda, to include TPM pillars.
• Deliver savings annually equal to salary x3 – through TPM, lean processes, process improvements, vendor management, and warehouse layout analysis and design.
• Leader of inventory management to include cycle counting, SOX reporting, and inventory loss.  Maintaining inventory accuracy greater than 99.5% net and 998% absolute
• Leader of Safe Start program to include implementation, training, and processes.
• Lead TPM processes to ensure 5S, FI, AM, and PM pillars are established and communicated regularly.
• Participate in routine engagement activities to bolster team environment, ensuring all team members have a voice.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Transportation, Planning, Finance, Quality, Manufacturing, and Safety to deliver projects, productivity and supply chain efficiencies.
• Achieves or surpasses all KPIs around Safety, Service and Savings.
• Additional duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years experience in a logistics (shipping and receiving), supply chain, and customer service environments
• 2+ years of supervisory experience, preferably in a high-SKU (500-1000 SKU) logistics network
• Previous experience utilizing ERP systems (SAP, Oracle and/or JD Edwards)
• No immigration sponsorship available for this position

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Transportation, Engineering, Business or a related field
• SAP experience in a warehouse environment
• Previous leadership and/or training experience
• Knowledge of ISO or other quality management systems
• Experience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma systems
• Knowledge of FDA, OSHA, WHMIS and TDG systems
• Attention to detail and accuracy in maintaining records
• Strong customer service, organizational and administrative skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skill (written and verbal) and problem solving skills

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Benefits 

Ecolab strives to provide comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families. Click here to see our benefits. 

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Covid-19 Vaccine Notice

Due to local mandates and customer requirements, applicants for certain customer-facing positions must be fully vaccinated (which in some situations requires a booster if eligible), unless a religious or medical accommodation is requested by the applicant and approved by Ecolab. 

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 

Ecolab will provide reasonable accommodation (such as a qualified sign language interpreter or other personal assistance) with our application process upon request as required to comply with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require accommodation assistance in this application process, please call Ecolab Recruiting Support at (866) 841-6682 for assistance.