Distribution Manager - Shipping

Lead one distribution center. Align every shift. Strengthen every delivery. As Distribution Manager, you will lead site-wide operations, helping team members deliver safe, consistent, high-quality service. You will guide our Area Managers, stay close to activity on the floor, and make timely operational decisions that keep people, inventory, and customer commitments on track. This is an opportunity to shape how the distribution center works as one connected operation. You will strengthen communication between shifts, standardize processes, improve inventory accountability, and build an environment where teams can perform efficiently without compromising safety or quality. Your leadership will also support greater consistency across ResMed distribution sites. The distribution center operates approximately from 6:00 a.m. Lead distribution operations across both shifts, ensuring teams work toward shared safety, quality, service, and delivery priorities. Guide four Area Managers and support approximately 80 indirect employees, creating clear expectations and helping leaders make effective decisions on the floor. Champion safety programs, workplace cleanliness, and regular equipment inspection and maintenance to protect employees and sustain reliable operations. Translate daily, weekly, and monthly forecasts into practical labor plans that balance workloads, control costs, and meet customer commitments. Align teams each day on staffing, priorities, and deadlines so both shifts operate as one coordinated distribution center. Standardize operating methods and communication across shifts, enabling employees to work consistently without relearning different procedures. Develop Area Managers and hourly teams through coaching, training, mentoring, and clear goals that strengthen performance and career growth. Oversee the accurate receipt, inventory movement, packaging, and shipment of materials and finished goods so products reach customers on time and to specification. Manage inventory controls and product traceability through WMS and Oracle, supporting material accountability, customer requirements, and quality standards. Improve operational methods, policies, and procedures by removing non-value-added activity and creating more efficient ways of working. Track departmental performance through accurate documentation and reporting, using results to identify risks and guide operational decisions. Collaborate with site leaders, peer teams, field personnel, and other locations to resolve issues that affect employees, customers, or cross-functional operations. Balance quality, delivery, workforce, and budget requirements while adapting quickly to changing operational needs. Travel as needed. At least 10 years of experience in a warehouse or distribution environment, including responsibility for complex, high-volume operations. Demonstrated experience implementing inventory control systems, distribution operations programs, and continuous improvement initiatives. Experience leading across multiple shifts or a comparably broad operational scope. Working knowledge of federal and local OSHA requirements for warehouse, distribution, and shipping environments. Experience using a warehouse management system to support inventory accuracy, traceability, and operational control. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. A customer-focused approach to building relationships and making decisions that protect service, quality, and delivery. A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Experience with Oracle or a comparable supply chain or logistics system. Experience leading distribution operations in a regulated, medical device, or similarly quality-focused environment. Visible Leadership – You stay connected to the floor, understand what teams need, and make informed decisions when operations require direction. One-Team Mindset – You bring shifts and functions together, preventing separate ways of working from becoming operational barriers. Thoughtful Communication – You share the right information at the right time and consider how decisions on one shift may affect another. Balanced Judgment – You respond quickly when needed while considering safety, quality, people, cost, and customer impact. At ResMed, our mission is to help people breathe better and live healthier, longer lives. Your work will directly shape the safe, accurate, and timely distribution of products used by millions of patients every night. You will join a purpose-led organization where safety, technology, operational discipline, and continuous improvement matter. This role offers the opportunity to lead a large distribution operation, develop frontline leaders, strengthen consistency across shifts and sites, and build experience within a regulated medical device environment where reliable execution has a direct connection to patient care. We work hard to offer holistic benefits packages, provide flexible work arrangements, cultivate a workforce culture that allows employees to grow personally and professionally, and deliver competitive salaries to our team members. This position qualifies for the following benefits package: comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance, sleep care management, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), commuter benefits, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and tuition assistance. Employees accrue fifteen days Paid Time Off (PTO) in their first year of employment, receive 11 paid holidays plus 3 floating days and are eligible for 14 weeks of primary caregiver or two weeks of secondary caregiver leave when welcoming new family members. Individual pay decisions are based on a variety of factors, such as the candidate’s geographic work location, relevant qualifications, work experience, and skills. Annual bonus is 10%. #Where a culture driven by excellence helps you not only meet your goals, but also create new ones.