Skip to content
CV Rocket
Get started
How it worksThe enginePricingBlogContactSign in

Open nowPosted 3 days ago

Associate Director, Warehouse and Distribution

lonza192 open roles

Where
US - Greenwood, SC
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Your applicationOpen nowAssociate Director, Warehouse and Distributionlonza · US - Greenwood, SC

  1. YouYes, apply to this one.

  2. CV RocketCV written for this posting.

  3. 25 readersRecruiter, hiring manager, skeptic. Round after round.

  4. CV RocketApplied on lonza's own form.

The reply lands in your private mailbox

3×more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

The clock on this job

Early applications get read.

8.4% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. lonza postings stay open a median of 5 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 1.8%1 day
  2. 4.0%3 days
  3. 8.4%7 days
  4. 15.4%14 days
  5. 34.1%30 days
This job: posted 3 days ago

lonza median: 5 days open

The posting

Location: Greenwood, South Carolina

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there is no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses improve people's lives.

At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Success is achieved because of our people who own their careers, genuinely improve the world around them, and contribute to making a meaningful difference. Join us and be part of a team where your ideas matter and your impact is visible every day.

Lonza is seeking an experienced and strategic Associate Director, Supply Chain Warehousing & Distribution to lead and optimize our Americas distribution network from our Greenwood, SC site. This highly visible leadership role is responsible for developing and executing regional logistics and distribution strategies that ensure exceptional customer delivery performance while driving operational excellence, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.

The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 15 professionals and oversee a logistics network supporting North and South America, including transportation providers, warehouse operators, customs brokers, freight forwarders, and third-party logistics partners. This role owns a logistics budget of approximately $30M and plays a critical role in supporting business growth, customer satisfaction, and supply chain resiliency across the region.

What You'll be Doing:

Distribution Strategy & Network Optimization

  • Develop and execute the Americas distribution and logistics strategy aligned with business growth objectives.
  • Lead network design initiatives including warehouse footprint, inventory positioning, transportation modes, and distribution channel optimization.
  • Identify opportunities to improve service levels, reduce complexity, increase flexibility, and lower total landed costs.
  • Support acquisitions, portfolio changes, and market expansion initiatives.

Transportation, Warehousing & Logistics Leadership

  • Oversee transportation, warehousing, inventory management, customs compliance, and distribution activities across the Americas.
  • Manage product distribution supporting the Greenwood manufacturing site, distribution center, and regional operations.
  • Optimize satellite warehouse networks and logistics service models.
  • Serve as the primary liaison for international freight movements throughout the Americas region.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with carriers, freight forwarders, customs brokers, warehouse providers, and other logistics partners.

Customer Service Excellence

  • Ensure customer delivery commitments and service expectations are consistently achieved.
  • Drive improvements in OTIF performance, shipment visibility, lead times, and overall customer experience.
  • Partner closely with Commercial, Customer Service, Planning, Manufacturing, and Quality teams to solve complex supply chain challenges.

Financial & Operational Performance

  • Own and manage a logistics budget of approximately $30M.
  • Deliver annual productivity, cost savings, and working capital objectives.
  • Establish and monitor KPI performance across safety, service, quality, inventory accuracy, warehousing, and transportation operations.
  • Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.

Trade Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure compliance with U.S. Customs regulations and applicable international trade requirements.
  • Maintain compliance with FDA, GMP, Dangerous Goods, controlled substance, and other distribution regulations as applicable.
  • Lead business continuity planning and risk mitigation strategies to ensure supply chain resilience.
  • Serve as the escalation point for significant logistics and trade compliance issues.

People Leadership

  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of approximately 15 logistics professionals.
  • Foster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
  • Drive organizational capability building and change management initiatives supporting future business requirements.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Distribution, Production Operations, or a related field.
  • 7 to 10 years of experience within a manufacturing environment with significant exposure to the following; Distribution and logistics; Inventory management, Materials management, Production operations and Supply chain processes
  • Minimum 4 years of people leadership or supervisory experience.
  • Experience operating within ERP and computer-assisted business systems.
  • Strong organizational, planning, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex logistics and distribution networks.

Preferred Qualifications

  • APICS certification.
  • Experience managing third-party logistics providers and transportation contracts.
  • Lean, operational excellence, or continuous improvement experience.
  • Knowledge of international trade compliance and customs regulations.

Every Day, You'll Make an Impact By:

  • Delivering industry-leading customer service performance.
  • Strengthening supply chain resilience across the Americas.
  • Leading strategic logistics transformation initiatives.
  • Driving continuous improvement and digitalization efforts.
  • Developing and inspiring high-performing teams.
  • Ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient distribution operations.

Why Lonza?

At Lonza, your work directly supports innovations that improve lives around the world. You'll have the opportunity to lead large-scale supply chain operations, influence key business decisions, and collaborate with talented colleagues across a global organization. We empower our people to take ownership, challenge the status quo, and continuously grow their careers.

Every day, Lonza's products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. Be part of a team that's making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic protected by applicable law.

From $25, paid onceGet the CV for this job

What happens when you press

One press. We do the rest.

  1. A CV for this posting

    Written against lonza's own wording, from every piece of relevant proof in your profile.

  2. 25 readers review it

    Recruiter, hiring manager, skeptic and more read every draft, round after round. You get the best round.

    The review screen in CV Rocket: how each CV was read, round by round.

  3. We apply on lonza's form

    Our application engine gets through the hardest forms there are. Where a question needs you, AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

    An application in CV Rocket: every answer filled in on the employer's form.

  4. Every reply, sorted

    lonza's answer lands in your private mailbox, and we classify it on arrival: interview, question, rejection.

    The CV Rocket inbox: each employer reply classified as an interview, an action or a rejection.

  5. Reply with AI

    AI helps you write the email, checks it and sends it. We show you whether the recruiter read it.

  6. The interview in your calendar

    Full integration with your calendar. The invitation goes straight in.

    An interview invitation in the CV Rocket inbox, added to the candidate's calendar.
Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

Why it works

3×

more interviews than doing it yourself with ChatGPT.

ChatGPT writes a CV and never learns what happened to it. We see every reply. For each CV we know:

  • How it was written, and how the review scored it
  • When we applied, and how long after the posting went up
  • Which posting, which company, which city
  • Who got the interview, and who heard nothing

That is how we know which CVs get called.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

The numbers game

More applications. More interviews.

Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting and paid once. Send enough of them and the law of large numbers finds you the job.

Get the CV for this job
By hand5–10
With CV Rocket100
applications a day

Nearby

Live postings like this one

Same employer first, then the same role elsewhere.

Before you press

Straight answers

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.

What if my background isn't good enough?

We make the most of the background you have. The CV uses every piece of relevant proof your profile holds, and one of the 25 readers reads your whole profile and flags what the CV left out.

Do you really apply for me?

Yes, on the employer's own form, the hardest ones included. Where a question needs you, you answer it right there and AI suggests the best answer. Don't want us applying from our IP addresses? Use our Chrome extension: we apply straight from your own browser.

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once per CV, from $25. Every application goes out with its own CV, written for that posting.

One job. One CV.
Paid once.

Pick the posting you want. We write for it, apply for you and catch the reply.

Get the CV for this job

From $25 per CV, paid once. No subscription.