Operations Manager – Multi-facility Operations

Job Description

Operations Manager | TalentAlly

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Keurig Dr Pepper, located in Louisville, KY, requiring 75-100% travel across Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Keurig Dr Pepper is a modern beverage company with over 125 brands, known for challenging norms and fostering a competitive culture that is growth-focused, change-resilient, collaborative, and inclusive. This impactful role involves coaching and mentoring leaders, developing and executing ambitious business and people strategies, and playing a key part in diversity and inclusion efforts. You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to implement and deliver significant results on the company’s business objectives.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full Time
• Location: In-person, Louisville Metropolitan Area
• Pay: $86000–$115000 yearly
• Team: Manages onsite people managers and teams across multiple facilities, reporting to a senior operations leader.
• Mission: This role owns the overall direction, guidance, and safety of multiple facilities, driving productivity, efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives while fostering a positive team culture.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Oversee Facility Operations: Direct the overall guidance and safety of multiple facilities, prioritizing team member well-being and driving towards productivity and efficiency goals.
• Implement Improvement Initiatives: Lead and execute continuous improvement projects across cross-functional teams, reporting progress, providing recommendations, and overseeing their implementation.
• Develop Leadership and Teams: Manage diverse working teams, including talent selection, leadership development, and career coaching, ensuring growth and development for onsite people managers and team members.
• Enforce Policy and Culture: Administer company policies and standard operating procedures, maintaining safety, food safety, and environmental standards while fostering the “ONE KDP” culture.
• Strategic Collaboration and Problem Solving: Engage with internal partners to meet customer demands, utilizing data effectively, and applying change management principles to resolve complex situations impacting people, customers, and cost.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years of experience in a distribution center or DSD warehouse environment, combined with prior people leadership experience in an operations setting, with extensive travel (75-100%) required.
• Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), strong business insight and analytical capabilities, and proven change management experience.