Director of Operations - Salt Lake City
About The Position
McKesson is seeking a Director, Distribution Operations to lead a high-volume pharmaceutical distribution center serving healthcare customers across the region. This strategic leadership role is responsible for safety, service, quality, productivity, regulatory compliance, and financial performance across a complex, multi-shift operation. The Director will develop and execute operational strategy, lead a team of operations leaders, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure the distribution center delivers exceptional customer outcomes. This position plays a critical role in supporting business growth, operational excellence, and supply chain performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Typically requires 13+ years of relevant operations, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or supply chain experience.
- Minimum 8+ years of progressive leadership experience managing managers, supervisors, and large frontline teams.
- Experience leading multi-shift, high-volume distribution, fulfillment, logistics, or manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated success managing operational metrics, budgets, labor productivity, and service performance.
- Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable operational excellence methodologies.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical distribution, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience leading automated distribution center operations, material handling systems, or warehouse technology implementations.
- Knowledge of warehouse management systems (WMS), labor management systems (LMS), and analytics platforms.
- Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead all distribution center operations, ensuring achievement of safety, quality, service, productivity, and cost objectives.
- Develop and execute operational strategies that support network goals, customer commitments, and business growth.
- Foster a safety-first culture through proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, and employee engagement.
- Ensure compliance with DSCSA, FDA, DEA, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
- Drive operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
- Improve throughput, inventory accuracy, capacity utilization, and service performance through process optimization and technology adoption.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of managers and supervisors while building leadership bench strength.
- Manage operating budgets, labor productivity, and key performance indicators to deliver financial targets.
- Collaborate with Supply Chain, Transportation, Sales, Finance, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, HR, and IT to achieve enterprise objectives.
- Lead large-scale operational change initiatives, including automation, process transformation, and systems implementations.
Benefits
- competitive compensation package
- annual bonus
- long-term incentive opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
