Distribution Center Director (Onsite - Forest City, IA)

At Solventum, we improve lives by helping healthcare professionals do their best work. Join a team using innovation and insight to make a real impact on the future of healthcare. All roles listed are with Solventum, and we’re committed to protecting your personal information—learn more in our Privacy Policy: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/legal/website-privacy-statement/applicant-privacy/ Job Description: Forest City Distribution Center Director 3M Health Care is now Solventum At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue. We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you. The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As the Distribution Center Director in Forest City, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. As the site leader for the Forest City Distribution Center, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective operations while delivering exceptional customer service. This highly visible role requires a values-based leader who can develop high-performing teams, strengthen employee engagement, and foster a culture of accountability, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Partnering across global logistics, planning, transportation, customer operations, quality, EHS, IT, finance, and external partners, you will drive operational excellence and support business growth. Here, you will make an impact by: Leading all aspects of distribution center operations, ensuring safe, compliant, reliable, and cost-effective execution of inbound, outbound, inventory control, and material flow activities. Driving site performance across safety, quality, service, inventory accuracy, productivity, compliance, and customer delivery metrics. Developing frontline and salaried leaders while fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, engagement, talent growth, and continuous improvement. Partnering with planning, transportation, customer operations, quality, EHS, IT, finance, procurement, and third-party providers to ensure seamless distribution execution and service excellence. Managing site budgets, labor planning, staffing models, resource utilization, and productivity initiatives to achieve operational and financial objectives. Implementing performance governance through KPIs, operating reviews, problem-solving methodologies, and tiered accountability processes to drive sustainable results. Championing continuous improvement through Lean Six Sigma, automation, process optimization, and strategic business reviews that enhance service, capacity, and cost performance. Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) AND ten (10) years of combined experience in supply planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, and import/export OR High School Diploma/GED (completed and verified prior to start) and fourteen (14) years of combined experience in supply planning, warehousing, transportation, inventory/materials control, and import/export In addition to the above requirements, the following are also required: Three (3) years of direct supervisory experience Additional qualific…

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