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Are you looking to catapult your career by driving high-impact transformation with household brands? Do you crave an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and engaging growth assignment working with incredible people from across the globe?
At Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, we are excited to start a new chapter of accelerated growth as part of Froneri - a global pure-play ice cream leader. Come help us transform DGIC into the #1 ice cream brand! With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer's & Edy's, Skinny Cow and Outshine, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, the Bay Area's hub for up-and-coming food trends, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply Chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly. We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.
Unleash your potential at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.
Main Purpose of the job:
Effective and consistent management of the site distribution center. To consistently achieve supply chain cost, quality, and safety targets through effective management of the processes, teams, equipment and systems. Covering all aspects of food safety and cold chain compliance.
This will be achieved by ensuring that distribution center teams are effectively coordinated and managed, through having a clear knowledge and understanding of requirements, attention to detail and providing all teams with inspiration, guidance, motivation and effective and fair control.
ROLE AND ACTIVITY

• To ensure our distribution center facility is clean, always organized and operating under discipline.
• To manage the supply chain process to ensure that the products produced meet customer specification, quality and food safety.
• To ensure that daily, weekly and monthly cost and cph meets targeted outputs through effective management of overtime and crewing daily.
• Effectively manage inventory including management of aging stock and loss mitigation strategies.
• Effectively manage all aspects of work stream to ensure mitigation of factory downtime and detention.
• Effectively manage and track attendance and breaks.
• Effectively manage facility and equipment for operational effectiveness and business readiness at all times
• Daily posting at DRM all measurable outputs and ensure effective process improvement is in place for areas identified for improvement.
• Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values
• To provide a visible presence in the RDC/Distribution center so as to guide, coach, monitor and control the issues and activities and be accessible.
• To communicate effectively with all the team and other cross functional counterparts in production, palletizing, deployment, and load planners to ensure business continuity.
• To carry out consistent 1w1's and WW's to include coaching sessions with your team and to ensure that performance coaching, training, and accountability
• Daily ensure GEMBA & Red Dot Tour actions are completed and all unsafe and unsanitary conditions are resolved, or a sufficient action plan is in place within shift resolving the issues.
• Ensure that health and safety requirements are fully met and that a positive safety culture is maintained throughout the factory
• Ensure that you walk the talk and use the looking eyes, attend to the issues as and when they happen. The daily site walk must deliver a clean tidy site all over.
• Promote the Froneri culture of employees being owners rather than just employees.
• Communicate and support the handbook policies.

MEASURABLE OUTCOMES

• Reduce trends in OS & D claims from lack of training, process control, or accountability
• Daily, weekly, monthly movement targets are fully met
• Create a highly engaged and motivated work culture
• Costs are maintained at/below budgeted levels
• Training and development plans in place for all teams, producing measurable business benefits
• Consistent feedback and individual improvement plans in place
• Quality and improvement initiatives being implemented
• Reduction in accidents and incidents on a YOY basis
• An improving trend on the submitted weekly KPI's

LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY

• On time readiness
• OS & D
• Dock and Yard Management
• Shipping Targets
• Inventory control
• Variable labor
• Facility and Equipment
• Health & Safety
• Team management
• Training and development of the site teams
• Impeccable hygiene standards always

BEHAVIORS AND CORE VALUES: Must consistently showcase the desired behaviors that represent our Core Values.
We Take Ownership

1. Stay committed to responsibilities from start to finish
2. Make sound decisions and get into the right level of detail
3. Apply resources to initiatives that add growth, improve efficiencies, or reduce waste

We Do What Is Right

1. Choose transparency over convenience, even if it means difficult conversations
2. Set clear roles and responsibilities, enabling everyone to exercise appropriate initiative and judgment
3. Speak up when you see something that does not align to our values and policies

We Seek to Improve

1. Strive to continuously improve and innovate to exceed expectations
2. Value feedback from others and encourage open dialogue to understand how we can improve
3. Learn from both successes and failures

We Are Better Together

1. Ensure decisions are based on what's best for the whole business
2. Practice inclusion by seeking diverse perspectives
3. Treat everyone with fairness and respect

WORK ENVIRONEMENT
In this position, the employee will regularly work with and around others; in a wet and/or humid environment; in areas of high noise level; and around mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment. The work is fast paced.

• Cold Temperatures: Parts of the facility, such as storage and production areas, may be kept at low temperatures.
  • Requires use of cold-protective PPE.
  • May involve standing, lifting, and walking in refrigerated zones for extended periods.
• Fast-Paced: Workers often operate under strict timelines to meet production quotas.
  • High-speed manufacturing floor with frequent movement, line assignment changes, and tight production timelines.
• Standing for Long Hours: Many roles require prolonged standing and repetitive tasks.
  • Repetitive hand and arm movements required.
  • Must be able to stand for hours with frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
• Food Safety Regulations: Employees must follow hygiene and safety guidelines, including wearing protective gear (gloves, hairnets, etc.).
• Team-Oriented: Workers collaborate to ensure smooth production and packaging.

The position involves frequent exposure to nuts and other potential allergens.
The pay scale for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The pay range for prospective employees in this role is between $81,000 and $86,000 per year.
We offer a comprehensive group benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, 401K plan with employer match and annual contribution available.
Visa sponsorship not available. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future. The company does not provide visa sponsorship or any immigration support (including STEM OPT training plan and H-1B lottery registration) for this position.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants, regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
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