Director of Distribution
Location: Charlotte
Compensation: Salary up to $150k plus bonus opportunity
Position Overview:
A rapidly growing consumer goods company with a national footprint is seeking a hands-on and strategic Director of Distribution to lead its high-volume fulfillment operations. Based in Charlotte, this role will oversee all aspects of warehousing, inventory, and outbound shipping—ensuring speed, compliance, and efficiency across a multistate delivery network. If you're a proven operator who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about people, systems, and scale, this is your opportunity to make a major impact.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead daily operations of a high-volume distribution center.
- Manage and develop a growing team of warehouse leaders, shift supervisors, and frontline associates.
- Lead efforts to improve fulfillment times, order accuracy, inventory consistency, and operational costs.
- Utilize inventory, shipping, and e-commerce platforms to manage order flow, track performance metrics, and support scalable fulfillment operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional departments to align distribution operations with business goals.
- Oversee safety, compliance, SOP development, and training.
- Analyze and leverage data to proactively identify trends and opportunities for operational optimization.
- Negotiate and manage carrier and packaging vendor relationships to improve service and cost.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in distribution operations with increasing responsibility.
- Proven success managing fulfillment in growing organizations.
- Strong team leadership and people development skills; adept at coaching frontline managers.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through data and drive operational improvements.
- Experience in regulated, high-compliance industries (e.g., CPG, Food & Beverage, Pharma, etc.) preferred.
Why Join?
- Lead operations for a rapidly growing national brand with strong financial backing.
- Work in a modern facility with flexible scheduling and a collaborative team culture.
- Be a key member of a passionate, mission-driven team that values innovation and agility.
- High visibility role reporting directly to the executive team.
- Competitive compensation and bonus structure.
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