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SiteOne Landscape Supply is the largest national distributor of landscaping products across the United States and Canada. As a leading supplier of wholesale goods for green industry professionals, we have a long history of serving those who design, build, and maintain outdoor spaces – from lawns and gardens to golf courses, sport fields and more. We pride ourselves on knowing our customers and their business better than anyone else and providing them with a one-stop shop of extensive inventory covering irrigation, lighting, turf and landscape maintenance, hardscapes, nursery, and pest control supplies.
At SiteOne, we are passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience and will stop at nothing to help our customers win. We know that our associates are the key to this success, and our commitment to the SiteOne DNA and support for our associates through development programs, benefits, and perks align with our vision to "Be a Great Place to Work for Our Associates". We foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. With over 700 locations and exciting expansion ahead, now is the perfect time to join SiteOne and grow Stronger Together™!
PURPOSE:
Build a winning team with a Customers FIRST mindset to safely execute all fulfillment center operations and inventory management duties.
KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS:
- Create a positive, challenging, and exciting environment which is conducive to high-performance, teamwork, a great place to work and long-term retention of “A” players.
- Recruit, train, coach and retain top talent within the fulfillment center so that your team delivers excellence for all stakeholders while you consistently export talent to the area/regions.
- Determine individual strengths and opportunities, and actively coach and mentor your team to achieve high performance and to facilitate their long-term career development at SiteOne.
- Ensure strong teamwork within the fulfillment center, and with branches outside sellers.
- Ensure that the fulfillment center layout and organization, staffing, expertise, inventory, equipment, systems, processes and policies all support customer value excellence.
- Create an incident-free environment by emphasizing safety daily, leading by example, involving all associates, promoting a strong safety culture, achieving excellent housekeeping and workplace organization, and executing clear safety policies.
- Execute key strategic initiatives to drive high performance.
- Lead, manage and participate in all operations/transactions as required at the fulfillment center to ensure that it is meeting or exceeding customer and performance expectations.
- Set effective goals and monitor key performance metrics to assess daily, weekly, and monthly progress and to track improvement initiatives.
- Be an active and effective coach to associates to enable them to achieve best practices.
- Understand the Area strategy and develop a complementary strategy to achieve excellent performance and growth and customer value.
- Use performance metrics to track progress and continuously adjust strategies to maximize opportunities that develop and/or to adjust to changing market conditions.
- Work with the Senior Manager of Agronomic Fulfillment, Area Leaders, and the Regional Agronomic Manager to achieve our financial goals and objectives while identifying opportunities to help us grow.
- Adhere to the Fulfillment Stocking Assortment and ensure that all Fulfillment Center items are in stock at their appropriate times, while working to avoid excess inventory.
- Ensure orders are picked accurately and loaded according to Company, State, and Federal Shipping Standards.
- Ensure that all deliveries are performed in a professional manner and in line with our SiteOne DNA.
- Ensure that all Vehicle Logs are filled out properly, as required in each state where the Fulfillment Center delivers product.
- Schedule and confirm deliveries, maintain a visible calendar for branches and sellers to reference. Complete delivery schedules for each driver.
- Manage regular rotation of scheduled deliveries according to pre-arranged days for each Delivery Zone.
- Manage fleet of the Fulfillment Center, making sure regular maintenance service is performed for the vehicle to function safely and effectively.
- Maintain supplies for the needs of the Fulfillment Center, such as shrink wrap, pallet covers, office supplies, safety needs, etc.
Required Skills:
- Excellent communication, customer service and leadership skills
- Understand accounting fundamentals such as debits, credits, accounts receivable/payable and budgets
- Knowledge of nursery, agronomics and landscape products
- Understanding of managing product inventory
- High School or secondary diploma or equivalent required
Preferred Skills:
- Degree in Business / Management discipline or equivalent experience preferred
- 5 years of managerial experience including leadership, issue management, motivation, and team building, preferred
- 5 years of experience working in/managing a nursery or agronomics operation, preferred
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation
- Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
- DailyPay available!
- 401k with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Lucrative Associate Referral Program
- Company Apparel and Work Boot Vouchers
- Opportunity for Advancement
- Paid Training and Business Certifications Available
- Free Counseling Services/Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance and Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Product Discounts
- Most Branches never work Sundays!
SiteOne Landscape Supply is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and all applicants for employment. All employment decisions at SiteOne - including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, placement, and termination - will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, genetic information, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, veteran status, uniform service, pregnancy, disability, or any other factor protected by applicable law.
If you are ever unsure whether a message is really from SiteOne, here’s how to protect yourself from recruiting scams:
- SiteOne will never ask for payment, sensitive personal info, or documents over email, messaging apps., or interviews
- All SiteOne job openings and updates will be posted on our official careers page:
- SiteOne job related emails will be sent with a @siteone.com. All other variations are likely fraudulent.
- You can always reach our SiteOne team directly at Recruiting@siteone.com to confirm
Starting pay will depend on factors such as location and experience, and will always meet or exceed applicable state and local minimum wage laws.
Fufillment Center Manager - Calhoun, GA
SiteOne Landscape Supply is the largest national distributor of landscaping products across the United States and Canada. As a leading supplier of wholesale goods for green industry professionals, we have a long history of serving those who design, build, and maintain outdoor spaces – from lawns and gardens to golf courses, sport fields and more. We pride ourselves on knowing our customers and their business better than anyone else and providing them with a one-stop shop of extensive inventory covering irrigation, lighting, turf and landscape maintenance, hardscapes, nursery, and pest control supplies.
At SiteOne, we are passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience and will stop at nothing to help our customers win. We know that our associates are the key to this success, and our commitment to the SiteOne DNA and support for our associates through development programs, benefits, and perks align with our vision to "Be a Great Place to Work for Our Associates". We foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. With over 700 locations and exciting expansion ahead, now is the perfect time to join SiteOne and grow Stronger Together™!
PURPOSE:
Build a winning team with a Customers FIRST mindset to safely execute all fulfillment center operations and inventory management duties.
KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS:
- Create a positive, challenging, and exciting environment which is conducive to high-performance, teamwork, a great place to work and long-term retention of “A” players.
- Recruit, train, coach and retain top talent within the fulfillment center so that your team delivers excellence for all stakeholders while you consistently export talent to the area/regions.
- Determine individual strengths and opportunities, and actively coach and mentor your team to achieve high performance and to facilitate their long-term career development at SiteOne.
- Ensure strong teamwork within the fulfillment center, and with branches outside sellers.
- Ensure that the fulfillment center layout and organization, staffing, expertise, inventory, equipment, systems, processes and policies all support customer value excellence.
- Create an incident-free environment by emphasizing safety daily, leading by example, involving all associates, promoting a strong safety culture, achieving excellent housekeeping and workplace organization, and executing clear safety policies.
- Execute key strategic initiatives to drive high performance.
- Lead, manage and participate in all operations/transactions as required at the fulfillment center to ensure that it is meeting or exceeding customer and performance expectations.
- Set effective goals and monitor key performance metrics to assess daily, weekly, and monthly progress and to track improvement initiatives.
- Be an active and effective coach to associates to enable them to achieve best practices.
- Understand the Area strategy and develop a complementary strategy to achieve excellent performance and growth and customer value.
- Use performance metrics to track progress and continuously adjust strategies to maximize opportunities that develop and/or to adjust to changing market conditions.
- Work with the Senior Manager of Agronomic Fulfillment, Area Leaders, and the Regional Agronomic Manager to achieve our financial goals and objectives while identifying opportunities to help us grow.
- Adhere to the Fulfillment Stocking Assortment and ensure that all Fulfillment Center items are in stock at their appropriate times, while working to avoid excess inventory.
- Ensure orders are picked accurately and loaded according to Company, State, and Federal Shipping Standards.
- Ensure that all deliveries are performed in a professional manner and in line with our SiteOne DNA.
- Ensure that all Vehicle Logs are filled out properly, as required in each state where the Fulfillment Center delivers product.
- Schedule and confirm deliveries, maintain a visible calendar for branches and sellers to reference. Complete delivery schedules for each driver.
- Manage regular rotation of scheduled deliveries according to pre-arranged days for each Delivery Zone.
- Manage fleet of the Fulfillment Center, making sure regular maintenance service is performed for the vehicle to function safely and effectively.
- Maintain supplies for the needs of the Fulfillment Center, such as shrink wrap, pallet covers, office supplies, safety needs, etc.
Required Skills:
- Excellent communication, customer service and leadership skills
- Understand accounting fundamentals such as debits, credits, accounts receivable/payable and budgets
- Knowledge of nursery, agronomics and landscape products
- Understanding of managing product inventory
- High School or secondary diploma or equivalent required
Preferred Skills:
- Degree in Business / Management discipline or equivalent experience preferred
- 5 years of managerial experience including leadership, issue management, motivation, and team building, preferred
- 5 years of experience working in/managing a nursery or agronomics operation, preferred
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive Compensation
- Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays
- DailyPay available!
- 401k with company match
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Lucrative Associate Referral Program
- Company Apparel and Work Boot Vouchers
- Opportunity for Advancement
- Paid Training and Business Certifications Available
- Free Counseling Services/Employee Assistance Program
- Life Insurance and Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Product Discounts
- Most Branches never work Sundays!
SiteOne Landscape Supply is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and all applicants for employment. All employment decisions at SiteOne - including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, placement, and termination - will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, genetic information, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, veteran status, uniform service, pregnancy, disability, or any other factor protected by applicable law.
If you are ever unsure whether a message is really from SiteOne, here’s how to protect yourself from recruiting scams:
- SiteOne will never ask for payment, sensitive personal info, or documents over email, messaging apps., or interviews
- All SiteOne job openings and updates will be posted on our official careers page:
- SiteOne job related emails will be sent with a @siteone.com. All other variations are likely fraudulent.
- You can always reach our SiteOne team directly at Recruiting@siteone.com to confirm
Starting pay will depend on factors such as location and experience, and will always meet or exceed applicable state and local minimum wage laws.
How to Get Visa Sponsorship as a Center Manager
Frame your degree as operationally essential
Center Manager roles qualify as specialty occupations when a specific bachelor's degree is required. Lead with your degree field in every application and connect it directly to the operational systems, data analysis, or logistics functions the role demands.
Target employers with a sponsorship track record
Healthcare networks, logistics companies, and large retail chains regularly sponsor Center Managers for H-1B. Focus your search on organizations with multiple locations, since they have established HR infrastructure and prior experience navigating work authorization processes.
Quantify your operational impact in your resume
Hiring managers evaluating candidates for sponsorship need confidence you'll add lasting value. Metrics like cost reductions, team retention rates, throughput improvements, or client satisfaction scores make a stronger case than vague descriptions of responsibilities.
Consider STEM OPT extension if your degree qualifies
Degrees in management information systems, operations research, or business analytics may qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Confirm eligibility with your DSO early, since the extension application must be filed before your initial OPT period expires.
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Can an F-1 OPT student work as a Center Manager?
Yes, F-1 OPT students can work as Center Managers as long as the role is directly related to their degree field. A degree in business administration, operations management, healthcare administration, or a related field typically supports this connection. Your employer does not need to sponsor you during OPT itself, but you must maintain a valid EAD and ensure the role aligns with your field of study.
Does a Center Manager role qualify for H-1B sponsorship after OPT?
It can, but it depends on how the role is defined. Center Manager positions qualify as specialty occupations when the employer requires a specific bachelor's degree in a field directly related to the job, such as healthcare administration, business management, or operations. Roles where any general degree is accepted are harder to support. The employer's job description and internal degree requirement are the key factors USCIS evaluates.
Which industries are most likely to sponsor Center Managers on OPT or H-1B?
Healthcare systems, logistics and supply chain companies, fitness and wellness chains, and educational service organizations are among the most active sponsors for Center Manager roles. These sectors rely on specialized operational knowledge tied to specific degree fields, which strengthens the specialty occupation argument. You can browse Center Manager roles from employers open to OPT candidates on Migrate Mate.
What happens if my OPT expires before my H-1B is approved?
If your employer files a cap-subject H-1B petition before your OPT expires, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30 of that year. If your petition is selected in the lottery and approved, your status continues from October 1. If it is not selected, your work authorization ends and you will need to either leave the U.S., change status, or find an alternative visa option.
Does a Center Manager role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as operations research, management information systems, or industrial engineering, and the Center Manager role uses those skills, your DSO may approve the 24-month extension. Degrees in general business or communications typically do not qualify. Confirm your degree's CIP code against the official STEM OPT designated degree program list before applying.
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