Night Director - Operations (3pm-11pm)
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Job overview
The Night Director – Operations leads operational performance at a large, complex location or across multiple locations. The role provides strategic leadership to meet business performance, service, productivity, and quality objectives, partnering with Supply Chain, Operations, and business-unit leaders to drive continuous improvement. The position is scheduled from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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Full job description
As the Night Director – Operations, you will be responsible for the performance of all operational functions of a large, complex location, or multiple remote locations. You will provide strategic leadership to meet and optimize established levels of business performance objectives, service, productivity, and quality. You will partner with leaders across Supply Chain, Operations, and all business units to drive continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
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Manages operations with an objective to improve operational efficiency and increase productivity.
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Provide guidance on hiring, developing talent, and managing staff.
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Leads a team to ensure objectives are met, including driving customer excellence plans, setting and managing performance targets, and employee performance management.
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Drives LEAN methodologies to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality.
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Provides strategic and tactical leadership to achieve corporate goals.
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Develops annual business plans and identifies key activities and priorities.
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Implements and communicates operational strategies and solutions consistent with business plans.
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Ensures compliance with standard operating procedures, policies, internal audit control, Sarbanes-Oxley controls, and business management quality system planning.
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Partners with inventory leaders to ensure region inventory needs and goals are met.
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Sets and monitors operational budgets.
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Provides guidance to ensure business continuity and recovery plans are met.
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Ensures operational policies and procedures are appropriate to business.
Qualifications:
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High School Degree or equivalent required; Bachelors’ preferred
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7-10 years of operation leadership experience in distribution center facilities
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5+ year’s managing varied organizations development projects and programs
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3+ years' managing varied organizations development projects and programs
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LEAN yellow belt certification
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Ability to execute a LEAN mentality in a distribution/warehouse environment
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Business and management principles, including strategic planning and resource allocation
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Strategic thinking skills and ability to work with senior management and regional teams
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Ability to identify external resources, develop, and manage relationships with vendors and other external and internal service providers
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills
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Strong decision making, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
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Working knowledge of data analytics and performance and operation metrics
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Ability to travel 25% - 50%
At Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on.
Our Company’s greatest asset is our people. Wesco is committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, valued, and empowered to succeed. We promote a culture that is grounded in teamwork and respect. With a workforce of over 20,000 people worldwide, we embrace the unique perspectives each person brings. Through comprehensive benefits (https://www.wesco.com/us/en/our-company/careers/work-at-wesco.html#benefits) and active community engagement, we create an environment where every team member has the opportunity to thrive.
Learn more about Working at Wesco here (https://www.wesco.com/us/en/our-company/careers/work-at-wesco.html) and apply online today!
Founded in 1922 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company.
Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Los Angeles Unincorporated County Candidates Only: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
This posting is for a current, active vacancy intended for immediate hire.
How this job compares
Set against the 551 open Operations Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$146–185K/yr361 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open Operations Director jobs in Illinois and 551 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; Operations Director postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (397 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 168 of the 551 open Operations Director jobs (30%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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