Distribution Operations Manager Jobs in Ohio
Distribution Operations Manager jobs in Ohio are in strong demand, concentrated in logistics, retail distribution, automotive supply chain, and consumer goods warehousing, with openings ranging from entry-level supervisor roles through senior and regional director positions. Columbus, Cleveland, and Cincinnati are the busiest hiring markets, anchored by major employers such as Amazon, Cardinal Health, and Procter and Gamble. The most sought-after specialties in Ohio include last-mile logistics management, cross-dock operations, and cold chain distribution. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Outage Management Specialist - ADMS Systems
FirstEnergy
About the Opportunity:
This position is responsible for supporting the Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) Reporting & Analytics group which is responsible for supporting distribution reliability reporting, analytics, the Outage Management System (OMS) dashboard, and various outage management tools. This role is intended to provide foundational support for emerging analytics tools and pilot programs, helping to stabilize and operationalize these capabilities as they scale. This position is critical to enabling successful deployment and long-term sustainability of our analytics initiatives.
This position can be located at any of the FE major hubs. Occasional travel within the FirstEnergy footprint may be required.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development, scaling, operation, and continuous improvement of ADMS/OMS data platforms, applications, interfaces, integrations, and related operational technologies.
- Capture and document business and functional requirements that enable business-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Analytics, Customer Service, Regulatory, and other organizations to translate business needs into functional requirements and support cross-functional initiatives.
- Develop and maintain requirements, process flows, data definitions, system documentation, support procedures, and user materials.
- Support implementation, system testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post-production validation for application, integration, and data changes.
- Investigate application, interface, integration, and data-quality issues and coordinate resolution with business and technical teams.
- Analyze business processes and data flows to identify opportunities for automation, standardization, efficiency, improved supportability, and enhanced data quality.
- Query, extract, manipulate, analyze, and validate data from ADMS/OMS and related distribution systems.
- Use SQL, Excel, Power BI, Qlik, and other approved tools to investigate system behavior, validate changes, and support business decisions.
- Develop repeatable queries, validation routines, monitoring approaches, and automation that improve platform support and data quality.
- Provide production support and assist with transitioning new tools and capabilities from pilot or development into sustainable operational support.
- Build effective relationships and credibility across business and technical organizations.
- Conduct business-specific research and ad hoc system or data analysis.
- Support storm and major-event activities as needed. Perform assigned job duties with the level of supervision appropriate to the position.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, Data/Business Analytics, Business, or a related discipline plus 1-2 years of related work experience; or associate degree in a related discipline plus 3-5 years; or high school diploma/GED plus 4 or more years.
- Performs the core responsibilities while developing proficiency in ADMS/OMS, distribution operations, data platforms, applications, testing, production support, and data analysis.
- Executes defined assignments with guidance, documents findings, and escalates complex issues appropriately.
- Strong commitment to safety, especially the operational impacts of ADMS systems within control centers and field organizations.
- Demonstration commitment to teamwork and ability to work across organizations to build alignment and form consensus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and ability to learn internal operational systems. Ability to investigate and solve technical, operational, process, application, and data problems at a level appropriate to the position.
Highly Preferred:
- Project and process-management skills.
- Experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and applying information from multiple sources to solve problems.
- Familiarity with FirstEnergy OMS/ADMS, PowerOn, EMS/SCADA, GIS, outage data, reliability reporting, or distribution operations.
- SQL query experience and experience investigating data-quality or system-integration issues.
- Experience with system development lifecycles, requirements gathering, UAT, implementation, deployment, and production support.
- Experience with data and analytics tools such as Power BI, Qlik, Databricks, Power Platform, Python, or Oracle/TOAD.
- Understanding of electrical distribution equipment and distribution-system operations or demonstrated ability to develop that knowledge.
- Experience with statistical methods, predictive modeling techniques, and data mining algorithms.
- Experience with fire weather indices such as Haines Index, ERC, and Fosberg Index. Experience with wildfire modeling and forecasting tools, including NFDRS and WIMS is highly valuable.
Preferred:
- Related work experience and knowledge of Distribution System Operations. Knowledge of related FirstEnergy systems, including SAP, CREWS, Syclo, GIS, field/mobile work-management technologies, and operational reporting platforms.
Additional Information:
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
FirstEnergy takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. In addition, your actual base salary will depend on various factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience.
The estimated pay range for this role is $84,150- $151,200. The pay range for certain locations, including the state of New Jersey, include a 20% differential to account for an increased cost of living, making the pay range $100,980-181,440.
Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity:
At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy, which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs.
FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.
Safety:
Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers, and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.
FirstEnergy Human Resources Team
Outage Management Specialist - ADMS Systems
FirstEnergy
About the Opportunity:
This position is responsible for supporting the Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) Reporting & Analytics group which is responsible for supporting distribution reliability reporting, analytics, the Outage Management System (OMS) dashboard, and various outage management tools. This role is intended to provide foundational support for emerging analytics tools and pilot programs, helping to stabilize and operationalize these capabilities as they scale. This position is critical to enabling successful deployment and long-term sustainability of our analytics initiatives.
This position can be located at any of the FE major hubs. Occasional travel within the FirstEnergy footprint may be required.
Responsibilities:
- Support the development, scaling, operation, and continuous improvement of ADMS/OMS data platforms, applications, interfaces, integrations, and related operational technologies.
- Capture and document business and functional requirements that enable business-driven solutions.
- Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Information Technology, Analytics, Customer Service, Regulatory, and other organizations to translate business needs into functional requirements and support cross-functional initiatives.
- Develop and maintain requirements, process flows, data definitions, system documentation, support procedures, and user materials.
- Support implementation, system testing, user acceptance testing, deployment, and post-production validation for application, integration, and data changes.
- Investigate application, interface, integration, and data-quality issues and coordinate resolution with business and technical teams.
- Analyze business processes and data flows to identify opportunities for automation, standardization, efficiency, improved supportability, and enhanced data quality.
- Query, extract, manipulate, analyze, and validate data from ADMS/OMS and related distribution systems.
- Use SQL, Excel, Power BI, Qlik, and other approved tools to investigate system behavior, validate changes, and support business decisions.
- Develop repeatable queries, validation routines, monitoring approaches, and automation that improve platform support and data quality.
- Provide production support and assist with transitioning new tools and capabilities from pilot or development into sustainable operational support.
- Build effective relationships and credibility across business and technical organizations.
- Conduct business-specific research and ad hoc system or data analysis.
- Support storm and major-event activities as needed. Perform assigned job duties with the level of supervision appropriate to the position.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, Data/Business Analytics, Business, or a related discipline plus 1-2 years of related work experience; or associate degree in a related discipline plus 3-5 years; or high school diploma/GED plus 4 or more years.
- Performs the core responsibilities while developing proficiency in ADMS/OMS, distribution operations, data platforms, applications, testing, production support, and data analysis.
- Executes defined assignments with guidance, documents findings, and escalates complex issues appropriately.
- Strong commitment to safety, especially the operational impacts of ADMS systems within control centers and field organizations.
- Demonstration commitment to teamwork and ability to work across organizations to build alignment and form consensus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and ability to learn internal operational systems. Ability to investigate and solve technical, operational, process, application, and data problems at a level appropriate to the position.
Highly Preferred:
- Project and process-management skills.
- Experience collecting, organizing, analyzing, and applying information from multiple sources to solve problems.
- Familiarity with FirstEnergy OMS/ADMS, PowerOn, EMS/SCADA, GIS, outage data, reliability reporting, or distribution operations.
- SQL query experience and experience investigating data-quality or system-integration issues.
- Experience with system development lifecycles, requirements gathering, UAT, implementation, deployment, and production support.
- Experience with data and analytics tools such as Power BI, Qlik, Databricks, Power Platform, Python, or Oracle/TOAD.
- Understanding of electrical distribution equipment and distribution-system operations or demonstrated ability to develop that knowledge.
- Experience with statistical methods, predictive modeling techniques, and data mining algorithms.
- Experience with fire weather indices such as Haines Index, ERC, and Fosberg Index. Experience with wildfire modeling and forecasting tools, including NFDRS and WIMS is highly valuable.
Preferred:
- Related work experience and knowledge of Distribution System Operations. Knowledge of related FirstEnergy systems, including SAP, CREWS, Syclo, GIS, field/mobile work-management technologies, and operational reporting platforms.
Additional Information:
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
FirstEnergy takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. In addition, your actual base salary will depend on various factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience.
The estimated pay range for this role is $84,150- $151,200. The pay range for certain locations, including the state of New Jersey, include a 20% differential to account for an increased cost of living, making the pay range $100,980-181,440.
Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity:
At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy, which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs.
FirstEnergy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.
Safety:
Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers, and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.
FirstEnergy Human Resources Team
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The qualifications that appear most often in distribution operations manager jobs across Ohio.
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, logistics, or business administration required by most Ohio employers
- Five or more years of warehouse or distribution center operations experience in a supervisory capacity
- Demonstrated proficiency with warehouse management systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Manhattan Associates
- APICS CPIM or CSCP certification strongly preferred by Ohio manufacturing and logistics employers
- Experience managing OSHA compliance and safety programs within a distribution or fulfillment environment
- Ability to lead teams of 50 or more associates across multiple shifts in a high-volume Ohio facility
Distribution Operations Manager Jobs in Ohio: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a distribution operations manager in Ohio?
The typical path in Ohio starts with a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, logistics, business, or industrial engineering, followed by progressive experience in warehouse or distribution roles. Ohio does not require a state-issued license for this position, but employers widely recognize APICS certifications such as the CPIM or CSCP as a strong differentiator. Many candidates move up from shift supervisor or warehouse lead roles within large Ohio distribution networks before stepping into a full operations manager title.
How much do distribution operations managers make in Ohio?
Distribution operations managers in Ohio earn a median of about $97,680 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $89,770 for the lowest 10% to over $111,610 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire distribution operations managers in Ohio?
Employers hiring distribution operations managers in Ohio right now include DHL, FirstEnergy, and Walgreens, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Ohio's dense concentration of retail distribution centers, automotive parts suppliers, and healthcare logistics hubs makes it one of the more active states for this role across the Midwest.
Which Ohio cities have the most distribution operations manager jobs?
Cleveland, Akron, and Perrysburg have the most distribution operations manager openings in Ohio. Columbus leads because of its position as a national e-commerce and retail fulfillment hub, while Cleveland's industrial base and Cincinnati's proximity to major consumer goods manufacturers and the Northern Kentucky logistics corridor generate consistent demand in those metros as well.
Are there remote distribution operations manager jobs in Ohio?
Yes, but they're rare. About 0% of distribution operations manager openings tied to Ohio are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, which reflects how heavily hands-on the role is by nature. The portions of the work most likely to be done remotely include vendor coordination, reporting, inventory analysis, and network planning rather than floor-level operations oversight.
How can I get hired as a distribution operations manager in Ohio with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is starting in an Ohio distribution center as a shift supervisor, logistics coordinator, or inventory control lead, then building toward a full manager role. Large Ohio employers such as Amazon, Cardinal Health, and Kroger run internal leadership development and assistant manager programs that advance hourly or associate-level workers. Earning an APICS CPIM certification while working in a warehouse role signals readiness and gives candidates a measurable edge over others without formal operations management experience.
Where can I find and apply to distribution operations manager jobs in Ohio?
You can find and apply to distribution operations manager jobs in Ohio on Migrate Mate, which lists current Ohio openings updated regularly. Find roles that match your experience and location, then apply directly to the employer through the listing. No account is needed to search available positions.
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