Director, Operations at The Wonderful Company in The Bronx, NY

Company Description

Wonderful Sales is the sales and merchandising organization for The Wonderful Company, including iconic brands such as Wonderful Pistachios, FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, and Wonderful Halos. Our NY Direct Store Delivery (DSD) operation, located in Bronx, NY consists of approximately 30 employees, 12 delivery vehicles, and a 14,000-square-foot warehouse with refrigerated (38°F) and ambient storage environments, serving more than 900 retail customers throughout the Greater New York Metro area.

We are seeking a Director of Operations to provide operational leadership for our New York DSD team. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Finance and Operations for the Wonderful Sales DSD team, this role oversees warehouse, routing, and delivery operations and requires a proven leader with experience in DSD distribution, team development, and operational excellence across the business.

Job Description

Role Scope & Expectations

• Serve as a key member of the leadership team, helping shape operational strategy, support growth, and drive the future direction of the NY DSD operation.
• Partner closely with Sales, Customer Service, Finance, IT, Human Resources, and other cross-functional teams.
• Directly manage the Senior Route Sales Manager and Warehouse Manager.
• Provides indirect leadership for approximately 15 frontline employees across warehouse and delivery operations.
• This is an on-site leadership role based in the Hunt's Point area of the Bronx, NY. The Director is expected to maintain a consistent in-person presence and work from the facility five days per week.
• This position typically works an eight-hour schedule Monday through Friday during standard business hours (8:00am-4:00pm or 9:00am-5:00pm); however, flexibility is required to support business needs given the operation’s weekday hours from 4:00am to 7:00pm.
• Evening and weekend work is infrequent but may be required during peak periods, staffing shortages, weather events, or other business disruptions.

Operational Leadership

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for warehouse, routing, and delivery operations.
• Establish clear operating standards, performance expectations, and accountability.
• Ensure warehouse and delivery operations meet customer service, safety, quality, and financial objectives.
• Translate company strategy into actionable operating plans, staffing models, performance goals, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate facility, fleet, labor, and network capacity requirements to support current operations and future growth.
• Serve as the senior operational leader during service disruptions, capacity constraints, weather events, and other business continuity challenges.
• Partner with Human Resources on recruitment, retention, employee relations, performance management, training, and workforce planning.

Warehouse Operations

• Oversee receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, loading, returns, inventory control, sanitation and facility operations.
• Partner with Warehouse manager to improve warehouse productivity, order accuracy, inventory accuracy, load quality, and on-time dispatch performance.
• Establish labor planning and scheduling practices based on volume, seasonality, and customer requirements.
• Reduce shortages, damages, write-offs, out-of-stocks, and product rotation issues.
• Ensure warehouse layouts, equipment, and workflows support safe and efficient operations.
• Maintain controls for product handling, lot tracking, expiration management, and FIFO/FEFO inventory practices.

Routing Management and Optimization

• Monitor route adherence, delivery productivity, vehicle utilization, stop efficiency, and on-time performance.
• Support the design and maintenance of efficient delivery territories, route structures, service frequencies, and customer delivery windows.
• Partner with Sales and Customer Service to evaluate new accounts, service changes, delivery requirements, and customer-specific exceptions.
• Partner in ensuring route plans appropriately balance customer service requirements, driver workload, vehicle capacity, geography, and regulatory constraints.
• Maintain fleet equipment in good working order, keeping up with routine maintenance and regulations.

Personnel Safety

• Build and maintain a strong culture of safety throughout warehouse and delivery operations.
• Monitor vehicle incidents, workplace injuries, safety observations, and compliance trends.
• Lead corrective-action plans and preventive programs designed to reduce incidents and operational risk.
• Ensure employees receive appropriate safety, equipment, vehicle, and process training.

Food Safety & Quality

• Lead and maintain food safety, quality, and regulatory compliance programs across DSD operations, including ownership of the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program.
• Drive compliance with food safety standards, operational controls, employee training requirements, and audit readiness.
• Lead investigations, corrective actions, and resolution of food safety and SQF non-conformances.
• Coordinate internal, customer, regulatory, and third-party audits, including successful completion of the annual SQF certification audit.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in distribution, transportation, warehouse, or logistics operations.
• Significant experience managing food warehouse operations required.
• Direct store delivery (DSD) experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience leading managers and frontline operational teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving/strategic planning skills with the ability to convert data into actionable decisions.
• Experience with warehouse management systems, routing platforms, transportation management systems, telematics, and delivery technology.
• Strong communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work on-site five days per week.
• Occasional overnight travel, as needed.

Pay Range: $160,000 - $170,000 and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Additional Information

• Thriving Wellness Community: Access to top-notch medical coverage comprehensive vision and dental plans, and a 401k with match eligibility to secure your financial future and including:
  • 24/7 online physician consultations
  • virtual mental health resources
  • life coaching
  • engaging employee community groups
  • cash rewards for healthy habits and fitness reimbursements
  • library of on-demand fitness videos
• Career Advancement Opportunities: Unlock your potential with clear paths for career progression and internal mobility across our diverse family of brands and business units.
• Focused Learning and Development: Grow as a leader with our dedicated Learning and Organizational Development department, offering extensive resources like People Manager and leadership training, webinars, and eLearning courses.
• Empowering Mentorship Program: Connect with colleagues through our company-wide mentorship program to share goals, overcome challenges, and drive your career forward.
• Continuous Improvement Training: Participate in training that empowers all employees to learn and implement concepts that drive significant, positive change in the workplace.
• Building a Healthy Society: To date, our co-Founders Lynda and Stewart Resnick, through their foundations and The Wonderful Company, have invested more than $2.5 billion in education, health and wellness, community development, and sustainability initiatives across California’s Central Valley, Fiji, and the world. In 2025, Wonderful ranked as #1 in PEOPLE’s “100 Companies That Care” list and was named one of Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. To learn more about our corporate social responsibility efforts, visit csr.wonderful.com.
• Giving Back to the Community: Make a difference with Wonderful Giving, allowing you to allocate company-provided funds to up to three charities of your choice, and join Wonderful Neighbor to contribute to group service projects within our local communities.

Wonderful Sales™ is the sales and merchandising organization for The Wonderful Company, a privately held $6 billion company with consumer brands including Wonderful® Pistachios, Wonderful® Halos®, POM Wonderful®, FIJI® Water, JUSTIN® and Landmark® wines, as well as the Teleflora® flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Sales team is responsible for the sales of Wonderful produce items through supermarkets and retailers across the U.S. and Canada. Our associates support nearly 20,000 stores and are devoted to promoting our high-quality branded products. The team consists of sales professionals, merchandisers, a direct store delivery group in New York, and a Los Angeles-based headquarters staff, which includes finance, analytics, and support.

The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $6 billion company with 10,000 employees worldwide. The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. The company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $1 billion invested in environmental sustainability; $65 million in charitable giving, education initiatives, and innovative health and wellness programs each year; and $143 million toward the construction of two charter school campuses in California’s Central Valley. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report, visit csr.wonderful.com.

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, visit www.wonderful.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Wonderful Company is an Equality Opportunity Employer that provides opportunities for advancement. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce that embodies a deep culture of acceptance, equity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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