Sr Change Agent - Continuous Improvement (Remote)

Take your career further with McLane!

McLane teammates, the driving force behind our success, are diverse professionals who work together seamlessly to keep our operations running smoothly. As a teammate, you will pair your dedication, expertise, and collaborative spirit with your fellow teammates to serve America's most beloved brands. McLane leaders think long-term, act with purpose, and inspire high performance. They lead with accountability, communicate clearly, and drive results through collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth. They empower each teammate to learn from industry leaders, develop their skills, and build lasting connections nationwide.

Serve as a transformational leader to partner with McLane Retail and Restaurant divisions by leading, training and implementing the principles of Lean Six Sigma and performance management. Lead the ongoing change management process to ensure the new principles are supported, communicated, understood, and executed appropriately. Develop new skills, learn several aspects of the entire enterprise, and be challenged in their operational thinking.

Benefits you can count on:

• Pay rate: $120,000 to $140,000 per year.
• This role is also eligible to participate in the annual incentive plan with a target incentive of 17.5% of your base annual salary.
• Day 1 Benefits: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA, and company-paid life insurance
• Paid time off begins day one.
• 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan after 90 days.
• Additional benefits: pet insurance, maternity/paternity leave, employee assistance programs, discount programs, tuition reimbursement program, and more!

What you'll do as a Sr Change Agent-Continuous Improvement:

• Partner with division leadership teams to drive change management across the company.
• Develop and enhance tools (e.g., performance dashboard, production planning tool, etc.), systems, and processes (e.g., daily huddles, process confirmations, etc.) for roll-out across the enterprise.
• Lead manager capability building sessions and coach frontline leaders on how best to leverage tools to drive performance.
• Track impact of change and resolve unforeseen issues when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations and other safety standards.
• Ensure that warehousing and transportation procedures offer the cost-effective solutions that will drive profitability.
• Facilitate communication within the management team.
• Track, trend and modify key performance indicators.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications you'll bring as a Sr Change Agent-Continuous Improvement:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Ten or more years of experience in all facets of outbound/outbound transportation and warehousing.
• Experience as a McLane leader highly preferred.
• Ability to influence others and act with authority. Earn the trust of others and confront the difficult situations through coaching, mutual respect, and candor.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to build and maintain relationships, communicate effectively, demonstrate empathy, provide constructive criticism, and deal with conflict management.
• Excellent understanding of warehouse and transportation systems/processes.
• Must be willing to take risks such as challenging status quo and making suggestions to benefit McLane.
• Must display leadership characteristics to engage, excite, and influence others to adopt the changes being presented.
• Must display a willingness to adapt to different personal styles.
• Knowledge of using mainframe computer software related to warehouse and transportation operations.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint experience.
• Strong SQL or similar query language skills preferred.
• Strong data analytics, reporting, and visualization skills preferred.
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau preferred.
• Ability to develop and analyze reports, document processes, create procedure manuals, and communicate effectively internally and externally.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business and technical engineered labor standards.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from executives, managers, customers, vendors, and teammates.
• Must be able to spend considerable amounts of time on the floor of a distribution center and transportation office and ability to work at various heights via multi-level mezzanines.
• This position requires the ability to read, write, and understand English at a level sufficient to perform job-related tasks effectively and safely. This includes understanding work instructions, safety protocols, and communications essential to the role. The requirement is directly related to the nature of the job and ensures compliance with workplace safety and operational standards.

Working Conditions:

• The environment encompasses all areas of a Distribution Center and Transportation Office.
• This position may require work in hot and cold temperature extremes and exposure to dust, dirt, fumes, noise, potentially harmful chemicals, solvents, and components.
• Willingness to travel up to 60-70% of the time.

Fit the following? We want you here!

• Teamwork oriented
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Detailed

Our roadmap. Our story.

We've been forging our path as a leader in the distribution industry since 1894. Building an expansive nationwide network of team members for 130+ years has allowed us to stay agile for our clients across the restaurant, retail, and e-commerce industries. We look to the future and are ready to continue making industry-defining moves by embracing the newest technology into our practices, continuing team member training, and emphasizing our people-centered culture.

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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