Regional Vice President of Operations - Kelowna, Canada - SYSCO FOOD SERVICES

SYSCO FOOD SERVICES

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Kelowna, Canada

6 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Regional Vice President of Operations

Reports ToRegional PresidentLocationBC RegionTypeFull Time SalaryClosing DateMay 26, 2024
Salary: $117,017 to $217,378

Company Overview
Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest foods and fresh ideas.

Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 69,000 associates, the company operates more than 320 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations.

For fiscal 2019 that ended June 29, 2019, the company generated sales of more than $60 billion.

Sysco, one of Canada's Best Employers 2023, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Join our winning team.

Role:

This role will provide operational leadership and scale our supply chain systems for the region. The incumbent is accountable and responsible for developing and executing overall supply chain strategies for all critical operations & distribution including facilities, fleet management, warehouse and delivery activities. This incumbent is a key member of the Senior Regional Leadership team.

Role Responsibilities:

Planning and directing the regional operations group in order to align the backofthehouse longterm objectives with the business goals.
Be the strategist that integrates the different activities of delivery, shipping, receiving, purchasing and sales by being a catalyst at promoting the interdependencies between each group.
Participate in the establishment of overall regional business goals.
Seek synergies and best practices in order to develop and implement better methods that meet our Customer First Model.
Maintain profitable operations through excellence in cost control, productivity planning and safety culture.
Champion operations management in compliance with government and other regulatory agencies, guidelines and laws and Company programs.
Implement programs to ensure overall safety, security, maintenance and ergonomics for the operations functions.
Delegate responsibility to directors and managers to accomplish productivity goals. Enforce company policies on safety and employee coaching by following guidelines and policies.
Create performance improvement plans through the sites operation teams and identify training opportunities when appropriate.
If applicable, understand and interpret the CBA and participate in labour relations activities/procedures as required at unionized facilities.
Responsible for a business portfolio surpassing $500M (may be significantly higher dependent on region).
Champion, advocate, sponsor and participate to drive employee engagement
Understand both the economic and cultural value that a safe organization with mínimal environmental impact brings to an organization.
Positively influence and shape a large and inclusive organizational culture to be one that's productive, vibrant, and a desirable place to work.
Strategic thinking, excellent analytical skills and possesses extensive knowledge in structured approaches to problem solving, i.e. continuous improvement.
Analyze trends and conduct root cause analysis to support continuous improvement efforts or remedy identified defects impacting outcomes.
The ability to analyze and independently solve a variety of difficult situations and problems, including the ability to navigate through complex organizational structure.
Ability to use economic, financial, market and industry metrics to understand and improve business results; use one's understanding of major business functions, industry trends, and Sysco's position to contribute to effective business strategies and tactics.
Demonstrates consistency in executing business objectives; actively driving performance, solving problems and barriers to execution, and delivers projects through to ontime completion.
Develop and support high performing talent through hiring, scheduling, performance coaching, and career management practices. Includes an appropriate level of functional knowledge necessary to make informed decisions on talent development.
Facilitate establishment of clear performance goals; Ensure that performance goals adapt to changing business demands; Identify and manage nonperformers in a fair and timely way; Identify and reward top performance; links pay and performance through base, incentive, and recognition programs.
Present oneself in a manner that demonstrates executive maturity, professionalism, trust, confidence, and integrity.
Leverages information technology and metrics to make factbased decisions. Takes appropriate action based on factual information.
Ability to facilitate and align department leaders around comm