NWOC Specialist I

NWOC Specialist I

The National Warehouse Operations Committee/Partner Country Organization allows you to make decisions that will make an impact at one of the nation's top grocers. We are a group of strong analytical thinkers, each with a dash of our own unique creative vision. The objective of the role is to support warehousing strategic objectives and initiatives by preparing measures for optimizing organization and process workflows, conducting cost/benefit and best practice analyses, and assist with committee projects. We are always on the lookout for those improvements that will keep ALDI moving forward.

Join our dynamic team as a National Warehouse Operations Committee/Partner Country Organization Specialist I, where your process optimization skills will help drive efficiency and innovation across our divisional warehouses. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize warehouse performance, streamline processes, and enhance overall productivity. Your insights will play a crucial part in shaping warehouse procedures, program training, and future projects that contribute to our commitment to excellence in store service. If you're passionate about warehousing and eager to make a tangible impact with process optimization, this is the opportunity for you. Embrace the chance to grow your career while working in a fast-paced, supportive environment that values your contributions.

Position Type: Full-Time

Starting Salary: $74,000

Salary Increases: Year 2 - $77,000 | Year 3 - $80,000

Work Location: Salisbury, NC

This role is eligible to participate in ALDI's Hybrid Work Program, which allows remote work up to 2 days per week (i.e., work remotely up to 2 days per week; work in-office at least 3 days per week).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts tests, evaluates results, creates active monitoring tools, and recommends ongoing process or operational changes.
• Supports their direct leader on topics for discussion at National committee meetings and international meetings as needed. This may include the creation of presentation materials, talking points, agendas, and minutes.
• Provides insight to management to be used for decision-making.
• Recommends process improvements for area of responsibility.
• Researches and develops warehouse projects and develop success criteria and proposed advancement in area of responsibility.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data in Manhattan, SAP, Celonis, oSCI, Tableau, and other data and reporting platforms to support NWOC initiatives.
• Identifies, proposes, researches, and evaluates the use of new technologies and ideas to promote warehouse cost savings initiatives.
• Develops engaging and impactful training plans and resources to promote divisional warehouse adherence to processes and procedures.
• Works proactively to identify, capture, and report KPI performance anomalies, as well as opportunities for divisional performance improvement.
• Creates documentation, recommends courses of action, and oversees creation of new reports pertaining to warehouse projects, systems, and procedures.
• Analyzes and researches statistical outliers in warehouse KPI data and makes recommendations for correction following company information flow directives.
• Organizes effective communication logs to document correspondence and report appropriately.
• Supports special projects as requested.
• Develops processes, user documentation, and corresponding project details for distribution to all relevant users.
• Coordinates plans for testing, documentation, and training for project rollouts.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure that departmental objectives are integrated into all aspects of the organization's operations.
• Designs projects, develops process documentation, creates and maintains proactive reporting schedules, and assists in supervising projects from implementation through delivery.
• Collaborates with team members and communicates relevant information to leadership.
• Complies with ALDI privacy and security requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job-specific Competencies:

• Consistently demonstrates the Mindsets, ALDI Acts Competencies and Professional Skills (M.A.P.) as outlined for the role.
• Gives attention to detail and follows instruction.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective time management; maximizes productivity.
• Prepares written materials to meet purpose and audience.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships with internal and external parties.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of warehouse and store building designs and gain a basic understanding of operations.
• Analyzes and resolves complex issues.
• Displays expense control in decision-making.
• Ability to use Manhattan, SAP, Celonis, oSCI, Tableau, and other data and reporting platforms to provide support and training to the business as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Data/Business Analytics, Logistics, Warehousing, Management, or a related field required.
• A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in a warehousing-focused role required.
• Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.

Physical Requirements:

• Work may be performed in an office, remote office or a combination of both where a computer and office equipment may be used as needed to perform duties.
• Regularly required to sit, reach, grasp, stand and move from one area to another.
• Constantly and repeatedly use keyboard/mouse.
• Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift and move up to 25 lbs.

Travel:

• Domestic travel required.
• Up to 10%.

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