Director Network Design And Continuous Improvement
Chesapeake, VAFull-time$187–197K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today
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The Director, Network Design and Optimization leads network strategy, analytics, and PMO responsibilities for Dollar Tree’s supply chain network. The role directs network design, analytics, and PMO resources to improve enterprise efficiency, reduce costs, and support long-term growth. It also manages analytics and engineering teams, partners with cross-functional leaders, and presents plans and business cases to executives and the Board.
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General Summary: The Director, Network Design and Optimization will lead network strategy and analytics for Dollar Tree’s supply chain network. This position owns the strategic network design of our distribution network, Supply Chain analytics and Program Management Office (PMO) responsibilities. The successful candidate will direct network design, analytics, and PMO resources to drive enterprise-wide efficiencies, reduce costs, and enable long-term growth through strategic network design.
This position requires a proven leader with strong technical expertise, financial acumen, and the ability to influence senior executives and cross-functional partners.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Network Strategy & Design Lead the design and optimization of our end-to-end supply chain network. Develop network strategies to support future growth, service level expectations and cost objectives. Build and maintain network models to evaluate scenarios related to facility placement, capacity needs and transportation efficiency.
- Oversee the PMO function, establishing enterprise standards to improve project delivery, governance, and budgeting. Define and manage governance frameworks, project plans, risk mitigation strategies and executive reporting
- Manage and develop the Supply Chain Analytics team responsible for producing insights, reporting and analysis Leverage tools such as SQL, Tableau, Power BI to drive decision making.
- Achieve network-wide cost savings through DC footprint optimization, long-range capacity planning, and labor management integration.
- Partner with leadership in Operations, Transportation, Finance, IT and Inventory to align on strategies and coordinate implementation.
- Provide executive level updates, scenario modeling and business cases to support capital investment and operational decisions.
- Secure Board and Finance Committee approval for multi-year long-range plans, aligning supply chain strategy with enterprise growth goals.
- Mentor and develop high-performing engineering, and analytics teams focused on value creation, quality, and scalability.
Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field; Master’s preferred.
- 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in supply chain engineering, network design, or operations.
- Demonstrated ability to lead Network Design, PMO, and analytics teams with measurable results.
- Strong financial acumen with experience presenting and securing executive/Board approvals.
- Expertise in Network Design software (preferably Llamasoft or Optilogic).
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, managing competing priorities with strategic foresight.
Pay Range: $186,500-$196,500 base on experience + 25% bonus target + equity. Relocation assistance provided.
Our success is a team effort — when we reach our goals, you’ll be eligible for a yearly bonus!
Your Perks and Benefits: We offer a wide variety of rewards to support your health, wealth, and mental well-being. In addition to medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance, we offer:
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement plans with matching contribution
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Educational Assistance
- Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
- And much more!
Who We Are: At Dollar Tree, we make a difference in the lives of our customers every day by exceeding their expectations and delivering value – it’s what our business is built on. Our associates play an important role in this commitment by embracing change and showing up for their teams and their communities. We see an exciting path forward as our company continues to grow and transform – and we know that this path starts with you.
Join our team today and discover The Value of You. Dollar Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.
This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, which appear in the job description for this position, and which may be amended from time to time at the discretion of Dollar Tree. Inc
Full time
500 Volvo Parkway,Chesapeake,Virginia 23320
Distribution Center Engineering
Dollar Tree
How this job compares
Set against the 10,739 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$187–197K/yr
- Virginia median$139–200K/yr449 salary ranges
- US median$127–201K/yr7,724 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $192K, is 11% above the Virginia median midpoint ($173K) — in the middle half of Program Management salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 690 open Program Management jobs in Virginia and 10,739 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 9,193 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 4,186 of the 10,739 open Program Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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