Logistics Manager, United States, City of Industry

Manufacturing
Logistics Manager
United States
City of Industry
On-site
USD 130000.00-160000.00
Permanent Full-Time
Posted: 22 May 2025


About the job
At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Logistics Manager based in our City of Industry, California beverage manufacturing facility!

In this role, you will be responsible for warehouse operational performance and customer service for the site. You will provide strategic vision and tactical direction for Cold Storage, Dry Storage and 3rd party logistics utilization in a multi-facility ‘campus’ environment. Additionally, you will provide guidance to multiple direct reports, hold responsibility for assuring efficient inventory levels and space availability to support enterprise demand, achieve on-time and order fill rate goals. You will partnerclosely across the organization and with other members of the Corporate Supply Chain Leadership Team including the Director Demand Planning, the Sr. Director of Customer Logistics and Distribution, the Director of Co-Manufacturing, Warehouse Operations as well as the field Plant Leadership Team to develop, implement, maintain, and improve warehouse operations and elevate customer service performance.


Additional responsibilities include:

Lead the efforts of the warehouse and planning teams which include the material planning, scheduling, finished good storage and transportation along with managing 3rd party relationships (warehousing, transportation)
Implement strategies, objectives, and priorities; with the goal of optimizing the warehouse operations in terms of safety, costs and efficiencies
Ensure that strong food safety considerations are built into key cross functional processes from forecasting (day’s supply) through on time customer delivery
Understand and be able to communicate to the organization heightened regulatory expectations for ambient and cold storage operations that may influence supply chain operations
Transform data into meaningful information and define activities that will drive improvement in warehouse operations
Grow and develop plant warehouse talent by providing new competencies, coaching and training
Investigate and correct warehousing issues that may negatively impact product availability through investigations, troubleshooting, policy/program review, program implementation, and operational assessments
Monitor and report compliance to inventory accuracy targets, fill rate, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction. Implement corrective actions to remedy out of compliance
Interface with Transportation and Customer Logistics to elevate performance in the areas of inventory accuracy, customer delivery, product placement and replenishment
Assure that plant is audit- and inspection- ready at all times
All other duties as assigned

The base compensation range for this position is $130K - $160K per year commensurate with experience. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options.



About you
You have a bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, or a related field, required. A combination of equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of completed degree.
You have 5-8 years of leadership experience in an operations or warehouse role within a manufacturing or CPG environment, preferably in the food industry, with a focus on warehousing (ambient and cold), transportation, material handling and 3rd party logistics (3PL).
Prior experience within a food / beverage manufacturing environment is preferred.
You are a goal and results driven leader with experience working in SAP, eCommerce/EDI and WMS platforms.
You have experience with IWS / Lean Manufacturing, preferred
You have demonstrated process improvement experience in warehouse setting
You have strong inventory management experience with emphasis on customer service.
You have an understanding of warehouse tasks that incorporates internal/external operations put away and pick strategies, warehouse layout and design
You have an understanding of 3rd party contracts and can educate others to leverage for improved cost performance, and can influence the evolution of customer service for a competitive industry advantage.
You have the ability to support a 24/7 environment as business needs dictate.
You have the ability to travel up to 10%

About Danone
At Danone North America, you’ll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world likeActivia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family.You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world:One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under lawclick here.

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