Sr. Director, Network Design

Office Depot • Boca Raton, FL

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About The Position

The Sr. Director, Network Design will lead strategic initiatives within Supply
Chain. This leadership role leads engineering excellence, analytical design and
continuous improvement to optimize the distribution center network footprint,
including consolidations, relocations, and new facilities. The role oversees the
development of the SOPHUS network design platform, uses scenario modeling and
business case development to drive decisions, and owns benefits realization for
key initiatives. In addition, the Sr. Director leads the operations technology
strategy to enhance quality, efficiency, and service performance across the
network.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• 10+
• Experience in defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics.
• Understanding of network design and multi-site networks.
• Project planning, WMS systems, Analytics and dashboard creation.
• Ability to lead teams, influence decisions, analyze data, prioritize projects and communicate complex network topics.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives to enhance key performance indicators (KPIs) by leveraging advanced analytics, optimizing operational design, and applying structured continuous improvement methodologies.
• Set Performance and strategy by leveraging KPIs. Define and drive strategy to improve performance by utilizing established KPIs to measure Shipment On Time Delivery and Package accuracy. Design and implement best practices and share across the network to drive increased accuracy.
• Oversee LTL performance improvement through vendor review and selection.
• Direct the development and implementation of processes to ensure accurate quoting to customers at the point of sale (for large, pallet purchases) on the true delivery date.
• Provide strategic leadership in analyzing distribution hub performance, lead the development of best practices, and deploy improvement strategy to enhance accuracy and performance.
• Lead the design strategy and end-to-end build of SOPHUS, including data foundations, scenario modeling, and decision support.
• Develop and evaluate scenarios to optimize the DC network (reduce site count, relocate facilities, and add new capacity) using tool outputs and sensitivity analyses.
• Lead efforts to translate modeling results into actionable recommendations, implementation roadmaps, and risk/mitigation plans.
• Lead the development to build robust business cases for proposed network changes and required investments, clearly articulating assumptions, options, and trade-offs.
• Define quantify and track committed benefits, including financial returns—IRR, NPV, Payback Period (PPP)—and service outcomes—SLA adherence and customer impact.
• Establish a recurring cadence to report progress to leadership, highlighting value delivered vs. plan and corrective actions where needed.
• Lead the operations strategy for the review, introduction and scaling of technologies that improve quality and efficiency across sites.
• Lead the strategy to define and implement KPI dashboards and metric packs, ensuring clear targets, baselines, and accountability for improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Operations, Finance, IT, and Commercial teams to prioritize use cases, validate benefits, and ensure successful deployment and adoption.

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• a benefits package, which includes a 401(k) and more
• opportunity to move and grow within our organization!
• You will be eligible to participate in an incentive program, paid in accordance with the Incentive Plan terms and conditions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director