GE HealthCare Distribution Manager 

United States, Illinois 

73513396

Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading daily operations within the distribution center, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards while driving continuous improvement and cost-effective practices

• Provides direct supervision to Distribution personnel, ensuring timely execution of distribution plans and achievement of operational milestones including manufacturing & logistics schedules

• Champions a culture of safety, compliance, accountability, and LEAN

• Identifies and implements process improvements to enhance service levels, reduce operational costs, and support overall business objectives

• Oversee daily operations, including scheduling, issue resolution, and multiple shifts (weekends)

• Collaborate/partner with internal and cross-functional teams

• Analyze trends/supply chain strategies, conduct required analysis that support financial and capital planning/improvements, recommend initiatives/tactics to meet business growth and financial objectives.

• Manages departmental goals and KPI’s, ability to both conduct analysis and lead teams to conduct analysis

• Baseline warehousing and distribution network cost structure and capacity utilization

• Use data and structured tools to identify and address performance gaps

• Lead cross-functional projects and allocate resources effectively

• Use problem-solving tools (e.g., fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis) to identify and address quality/performance gaps

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of our supply chain including manufacturing, distribution, partners, customers, baseline of product flow and seasonality, detailed operating costs, key supply chain processes in sourcing, planning, and operations.

• Profile/articulate supply chain processes and inventory flows throughout the network (end to end)

• Analyze network optimization opportunities for cost, inventory, and service delivery

• Optimize inventory flow through network (e.g. ship from DC vs. ship from stores; partner drop ship options; optimal stocking positions and storage footprint

• Develop high-level planning models to support inventory optimization across supply chain networks

• Assess inventory planning processes and systems and recommend potential improvement opportunities for optimizing service levels and inventory turns

• Develop transformation plans to drive proposed changes in transportation, freight optimization, warehousing & distribution

• Implement and oversee the quality of deliverables and effectively manage the team and day-to-day targets and relationships to ensure exceptional on time performance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or related field.

• 2–5+ years of operational experience in logistics, distribution, or supply chain management

Desired Characteristics

• Prior supervisory experience

• Experience working in a regulated healthcare (FDA, cGMP) environment

• CSCP and/or CLTD certification

• Established project management skills.

• Experience with SAP/WM

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.