Distribution Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7–12+ years of experience in operations, logistics, or distribution environments.
• 3–5+ years managing frontline or supervisory teams.
• Experience in food-handling environments.
• Experience managing a trucking fleet and drivers.
• Experience with SQF, HACCP, FSMA, or equivalent food safety systems.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work full-time onsite at the Philadelphia distribution facility.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading operations in a small to mid-sized, lean organization with direct responsibility across multiple operational functions.
• Refrigerated trucking experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the Philadelphia facility’s overall performance, including safety, service levels, productivity, cost control, and achievement of operational and financial targets.
• Align daily operations with organizational goals, identify operational risks, and implement solutions to improve performance and reliability.
• Oversee warehouse receiving, picking, packing, staging, and shipping, maintaining inventory accuracy, efficient layouts, material flow, SOP adherence, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee routing execution, delivery performance, and driver scheduling.
• Manage the 8-truck fleet, including preventative maintenance coordination and repairs, while ensuring DOT compliance, driver safety, and route efficiency.
• Lead the site’s SQF Food Safety program and ensure compliance with SQF, HACCP, FSMA, and customer requirements.
• Lead food safety audits, corrective actions, and continuous improvement, and maintain audit readiness.
• Coach and develop supervisors, warehouse associates, and drivers; establish staffing plans and schedules aligned with workload.
• Drive performance management, accountability, and recognition; support hiring, onboarding, and staff development.
• Lead hiring decisions, staffing structure, and performance management for site-based roles in alignment with operational needs.
• Manage labor and operating costs against budget targets and develop site-level labor and operating budgets with leadership.
• Track productivity, accuracy, safety, service-level, and labor-efficiency KPIs, using data to guide decisions and improvements.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Support and collaborate with National Operations on process improvements.
• Serve as the primary operational leader and decision-maker for Philadelphia site priorities, balancing customer needs, operational capacity, and organizational goals.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).
• Retirement Plan (SIMPLE IRA with 100% employer match).
• Life Insurance, including 100% employer-paid Life, AD&D, and Short and Long-Term Disability.
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays).