Logistics Jobs at Niagara Bottling with Visa Sponsorship

INTRODUCTION

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Intra-Logistics Operations Manager (Remote with Travel)
The Intra-logistics Operations Manager is responsible for managing, scheduling and prioritizing Yard Services, Local Internal Transportation, Spring Water Hauling, and Third Party Logistic (3PL) suppliers. The Manager, Intra-Logistics Operations focuses on efficiently utilizing supplier resources to maximize customer service while reducing waste and cutting costs. This role is also responsible for leading cross-functional teams to ensure the successful launch of new Third Party Warehousing and Intra-Logistics suppliers as well as analyzing production plans to effectively schedule and prioritize supplier resources required to meet customer requirements and production plans.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate closely with planning department to ensure that sufficient Yard Services, Local Internal Transportation, Spring Water Hauling and 3PL resources are available to meet production plans.
• Lead cross-functional team made up of plant managers, planners and customer service to plan and execute the successful on-boarding of new 3PL warehouses.
• Oversee 3PL physical plant construction and train 3PL personnel in proper inventory management, receiving and loading process, and develop tools to communicate capacity and inventory status to planners and customer service.
• Ensure that 3PL locations are properly staffed to perform value add postponement or break bulk services; schedule and prioritize these resources to respond to customer requirements.
• Work closely with local plant management to ensure that there is sufficient capacity and resources for Yard Services, Local Internal Transport, Spring Water Hauling and 3PL Suppliers.
• Communicate changes in capacity requirements in an efficient and professional way to suppliers ensuring that resources are optimized, minimizing costs while ensuring excellent customer service.
• Conduct root cause analysis for service failures and lead cross-functional teams to develop sustainable solutions to correct failures.
• Collaborate with customer service to ensure that customer requirements are communicated to 3PL personnel; collaborate with 3PL to ensure customer requirements are met.
• Seek, support, and implement internal and external process improvement opportunities.
• Manage supplier performance by developing KPIs that measure resource capacity and efficiency while driving continuous improvement.
• This position requires up to 50% travel.
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 6 Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 Years – Experience in Position
• 6 Years – Experience managing people/projects

experience may include a combination of work experience and education

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ Years – Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 10+ Years – Experience working in Position
• 10+ Years – Experience managing people/projects

experience may include a combination of work experience and education

COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Thinking: able to grasp the big picture and think long-term.
• Recognition of Opportunity: recognizes new opportunities and acts to take advantage of them.
• Quantitative Analysis: skillful in using quantitative analysis to understand business issues.
• Assertiveness: able to defend a point of view and to confront others appropriately when necessary; unafraid to take controversial positions and challenge the conventional wisdom or status quo.
• Comfort with Risk: takes risks when appropriate, isn’t afraid to innovate and experiment.
• Creative Thinking: able to think creatively, generating new ideas and approaches to situations.
• Organizational Priority: able to make decisions that are in the best interest of the organization, even though they cause individual people distress.
• Negotiation Skill: skilled in negotiating tactics, effective in utilizing analysis and creative solutions to extract the greatest value for the company.
• Merit-orientation: judges ideas and people on merit alone, without bias or favoritism.
• Influence: can influence and persuade other people, even without direct authority.
• Political Skill: knows how to get things done within the political framework of an organization.
• Oral Communication: a skillful public speaker, good at presenting ideas and plans in a persuasive manner.
• Written Communication: a good writer; expresses ideas and positions clearly.
• Cross Cultural: Able to interact effectively with people of different cultures and backgrounds.
• Knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Excel and Power Point

This position embodies the values of Niagara’s LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
• Manages a safe working environment, accurately documents safety related training, and effectively communicates safety incidents
• Provides strategic input and oversight to departmental projects
• Makes data driven decisions and develops sustainable solutions
• Skilled in reducing costs and managing timelines while prioritizing long run impact over short term wins
• Makes decisions by putting overall company success first before department/individual success
• Leads/facilitates discussions to get positive outcomes for the customer
• Makes strategic decisions which prioritize the needs of the customer over departmental/individual goals
• InnovACT
• Continuously evaluates existing programs and processes, and develops new initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce waste
• Creates, monitors, and responds to departmental performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Communicates a clear vision, organizes resources effectively, and adjusts the strategy as needed when managing change
• Find a Way
• Demonstrates ability to think analytically and synthesize complex information
• Effectively delegates technical tasks to subordinates
• Works effectively with departments, vendors, and customers to achieve organizational success
• Identifies opportunities for collaboration in strategic ways
• Empowered to be Great
• Makes hiring decisions primarily based on culture fit and attitude, and secondarily based on technical expertise
• Engages in long term talent planning
• Provides opportunities for the development of all direct reports
• Understands, identifies, and addresses conflict within own team and between teams

Education

• Minimum Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering or other related field
• Preferred:
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Logistics, Supply Chain, Engineering or other related field

CERTIFICATION/ LICENSE:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: APICS CPIM, CLTD

TYPICAL COMPENSATION RANGE

Pay Rate Type: Salary
$107,514.38 - $153,208.01 / Yearly
Bonus Target: 10% Annual

BENEFITS

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

EEO STATEMENT

Los Angeles County applicants only: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the California Fair Chance Act, and any other applicable local and state laws.

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LOCATION

Niagara Plant Name

CORP-OFFSITE