Director Warehouse National (m/f/d), 100%

About the job

Director Warehouse National (m/f/d), 100%

Wallisellen, CH, 8304

Sonepar is one of the market leaders in the Swiss electrical wholesale trade. Under the motto "think local – act Sonepar," we are present nationwide throughout Switzerland with around 550 employees at 15 locations. We distribute electrical products from national and international suppliers to customers from trade, commerce, and industry. In addition, we offer comprehensive consulting and project support in the areas of lighting and renewable energies.

Sonepar Suisse AG is a team-oriented company, and we thrive on collaboration.

We grow in harmony with our sustainable strategy. Therefore, we are continuously looking for team-oriented employees who place customer satisfaction at the centre of their actions.

To lead and further develop our national warehouse organisation and to manage our five distribution centres, we are seeking an experienced, implementation-strong, and convincing leader. In this key role, you will be responsible for the professional leadership of our warehouse managers and ensure that productivity, quality, service level, occupational safety, and costs are consistently managed and further developed at all locations. For this demanding role based in Wallisellen, we are looking for an experienced individual as

Director Warehouse National (m/f/d), 100%

Your tasks

In this national leadership role, you are responsible for the further development and implementation of the warehouse strategy and ensure that our five distribution centres are operated efficiently, productively, and economically. Together with the warehouse managers, you continuously develop the warehouse organisation and establish uniform standards for processes, systems, organisation, performance indicators, and reporting.

You take on the professional leadership of the warehouse managers of our distribution centres and support them in achieving their operational and financial goals. You analyse performance based on defined KPIs, derive concrete improvement measures, and ensure consistent implementation on site.

You are responsible for the national management of warehouse performance regarding productivity, quality, occupational safety, service level, and costs. At the same time, you ensure budget and cost control of the warehouse organisation and ensure that cost structures, service levels, and investments are managed in line with the financial and strategic objectives of Sonepar Switzerland.

Furthermore, you are responsible for cross-departmental topics such as occupational safety, facility management, and sustainability within the warehouse organisation. You promote the exchange of best practices across locations and drive sustainable standardisation as well as operational optimisation of warehouse processes, including a focus on Lean / Operational Excellence.

You lead strategic investment and transformation projects within the warehouse organisation, ensure the successful introduction of new solutions, and anchor changes sustainably in processes, organisation, and leadership. In doing so, you work closely with the areas of supply chain planning, transport, operational excellence, and IT as well as relevant ERP/WMS, technology, and automation partners.

As a strong leader, you continuously develop our warehouse managers and their teams, promote a culture of responsibility, collaboration, and performance, and ensure that our warehouse organisation meets the growing demands of a modern distribution network.

Your profile

• University degree in supply chain management, business administration, engineering, or a comparable field.
• Several years of leadership and management experience in a complex logistics or supply chain organisation, ideally with responsibility for multiple locations at national or regional level.
• Extensive experience in warehouse management as well as in leading, developing, and managing high-performance organisations and leadership teams.
• Proven success in improving productivity, service quality, occupational safety, and cost structures within a warehouse organisation.
• Experience in defining and implementing performance indicators (KPIs) as well as in performance and cost management.
• Experience in cost control, budgeting, and ideally P&L responsibility.
• Sound knowledge of modern warehouse management systems and a good understanding of current warehouse, automation, and digitalisation solutions, e.g. Autostore, automated high-bay warehouses, or comparable technologies.
• Demonstrated experience in Lean / Operational Excellence, standardisation, and performance optimisation within an operational logistics environment.
• Experience in analysing, standardising, and optimising business processes as well as in successfully implementing change and transformation projects.
• Very good understanding of BI/reporting and the use of metrics for active management of productivity, costs, and service levels.
• Experience in collaborating with central functions as well as external technology, ERP/WMS, and automation partners.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop leaders, delegate responsibility, and establish a performance-oriented culture.
• Ability to inspire people, convince stakeholders, and achieve goals through collaboration and influence.
• Entrepreneurial thinking, resilient and solution-oriented personality with high social competence, integrity, and implementation strength.
• Strong customer and service orientation with the aim of combining high service levels, competitiveness, and operational excellence.
• Fluent German and English skills; French and/or Italian are an advantage.

We offer

• Modern working environment with contemporary infrastructure
• 27.5 days holiday (possibility to purchase additional holiday)
• Full coverage of contributions to daily sickness allowance insurance
• Private insurance for occupational or non-occupational accidents
• An attractive pension fund (no coordination deduction)
• Individual training opportunities
• Share participation programme
• Good connection to public transport
• Free parking spaces available for employees

Your workplace

Birgistrasse 8, 8304 Wallisellen

Have we piqued your interest?

We look forward to receiving your online application.

Further information

Luciano Pastore

Human Resources

Sonepar Suisse AG

Richtistrasse 9

8304 Wallisellen

We fill this position internally. No dossiers from recruitment agencies will be considered.