Warehouse Excellence Manager

Full time

Hybrid

Neenah
Philadelphia, PA; Harrodsburg, KY; Cherokee, AL; Bowling Green, KY; Middletown, OH; Charlotte, NC

Warehouse Excellence Manager

Who We Are

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being through innovation in Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.

Working at Essity is not just a career, it’s where you’ll play your part in a better future, making the world a healthier, more hygienic, and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being. At Essity, there’s shared belonging and individual growth. Our culture grows with you.

At Essity: This Is What We Do

About the Role

Essity Supply Chain North America is seeking a senior level Warehouse Excellence Manager for our distribution operations in North America and Latin America. This person could be located in any of our North America Locations.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk. 
 

What You Will Do

• Contribute to the definition and continuous improvement of standards, tools and processes for warehousing excellence (WHEX) and selected other Supply Chain initiatives, using financial and non-financial KPIs
• Support the implementation of WHEx standards, processes and tools as well as root cause analysis and problem resolution
• Lead evaluation and validation of proposed changes to processes, systems and tools to determine fit with best-in-class standards and ensure value creation
• Collaborate internally and externally to identify and implement best practices in the area of equipment, systems, etc. to elevate the performance of warehousing network
• Establish robust performance management processes for both internal and outsourced warehouse operations across key performance areas of safety, quality, service, cost and organizational capability
• Develop and implement best practices in logistics supplier governance, ensuring that outsourced operations meet Essity standards and targets
• Plan, execute and monitor projects, programs and assessments according to agreed and established project management standards, incl. managing resources and budgets.
• Coach and educate key stakeholders to improve their knowledge of standards, tools and processes, enable them to apply them and to identify and realize continuous improvements.
• Ensure effective communication to and secure commitment from stakeholders.
• Provide expert advice on respective subject matters to stakeholders, and act as lead for specific processes
• Establish and contribute to good functioning networks by creating an environment of trust, open communication and team work, performing benchmarks and sharing best practices.
• Be a role model on Safety and compliance meeting all company policies in safety, environment, health and other risk related issues.

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline preferred but not required;
• Eight or more years of related warehouse excellence experience required;
• Prefer SAP experience or minimum of exposure to other large warehouse management and ERP systems;
• Spanish speaking skills preferred but not required;
• Comfortable working in a large matrix organization building influence and collaboration;
• Strong leadership and influencing skills;
• Independent self-starter.

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-being, provides meaning to everything we do. Working at Essity means a chance to improve well-being for people and opportunities to drive positive change for the society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to an organization where you feel valued and supported to grow, and challenged to generate business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good  |  Excel Together |  Be You with Us

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation:

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits.

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance
• Wellness program provided through Rally
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays
• Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
• Employee discounts program
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees. 

About Our DEI Culture

Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis. And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.

As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other. In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences. From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.

Collaborative and Caring Culture | Empowerment & Engaged People | Work with Impact and A Powerful Purpose | Individual Learning & Career Growth | Health & Safety Priority | Sustainable Value Together| Innovation| Sustainable Working Life | Competitive Total Rewards

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com

Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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