Transitioning Military Service Member, Area Manager

Job Description: Our Opportunity: Chewy, the fastest growing e-commerce business in the market today, is seeking passionate and self-motivated Transitioning Military Service Members to join our growing Operations team. If you have a steadfast drive, validated leadership skills, and a quantitative mentality ready for a new challenge to accelerate your personal growth, Chewy may be the right environment to improve your career success while boldly innovating how we “wow” our customers and team members. Our leaders are critical in driving fast paced, high volume operations to ensure Chewy is taking care of the people who take care of pets. Do you have the determination for this once in a lifetime opportunity? What You'll Do: • Provide hands-on, field-based leadership while progressing through assignments as an Area Manager with 45 team members. • Manage the inbound, outbound, and inventory control activities within one of our Fulfillment Centers (FC) to ensure timely picking, packing, and shipping of customer orders while maintaining on-time shipments and minimal shipment defects. • Cultivate and maintain a safe work environment for all team members within our Fulfillment Centers. • Mentor, train, and develop your fellow team members to support career progression and learning. • Create a positive team dynamic that encourages all employees in the FC to provide feedback, motivate change, and stay focused on the customer experience. • Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and delivery while growing and expanding capabilities within the FC. • Assist with design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, and dashboards to drive key business decisions. • Analyze and solve problems at their root while simultaneously stepping back to understand the broader context. What You'll Need: • Extensive military leadership experience, serving as an E5 with 2 years time in grade, SNCO, or Officer. • Proven experience of effectively managing large groups of 35 or more team members. • Strong written, verbal, analytical and problem-solving skills at the tactical and strategic levels. • Ability to effectively operate both independently and as part of a team. • Strong project management and continuous improvement skills. • Successful candidates must have the flexibility to work NIGHTS and/or WEEKENDS. • Must be able to lift up to 49 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation. • Must be able to stand and /or walk for up to 10 hours daily. What Separates You From The Pack: • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university. • Certification or experience in Lean Six Sigma • Unwavering curiosity, a bias for action, and the drive to deliver value. • A passion for winning and an understanding that you can always do better. • Proven track record to look for solutions in non-traditional ways. Seeing opportunities to innovate and lead the way. • Ability to work with shifting deadlines in a fast-paced, high volume environment. Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here. Watch Here At Chewy, our mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. Rooted in our mission to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere, we’re guided by our Chewy Operating Principles (or OPs for short), which serve as a common framework that drives our character, capabilities, ingenuity and operations. Our 10 Operating Principles guide us every day: • Customers First • Deliver Results • Earn Trust • Accelerate Time • Act as an Owner • Debate Openly; Commit Fully • Build High-Performing Teams • Keep it Simple • Think Big