Area Manager - Graduate Program

Job Description

Job Description

Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre. To learn more, visit pattern.com or email View email address on ziprecruiter.com.

Pattern has been named one of the fastest growing tech companies headquartered in North America by Deloitte and one of best-led companies by Inc. We place employee experience at the center of our business model and have been recognized as one of Newsweek’s Global Most Loved Workplaces®

We are looking for Area Managers to lead teams of associates on the floor of our Hebron, KY warehouse, driving quality, productivity and accuracy. These are full-time, onsite roles built for new graduates, with a defined path into the full Area Manager role as you build experience. You will learn the operation from the floor up, with training, a host mentor and real ownership of results from the start.

• Location: Hebron, KY

• Type: Full-time, onsite

• Shift Options (subject to availability): 

  • Front-half days: Sun-Wed 7:00am-5:30pm  

  • Back-half days: Thur-Sat 6:00am-6:30pm  

  • Night shift: Sun-Wed 7:00pm-5:30am 

• Start: Right after graduation: December 2026 grads and May 2027 grads

• Lead and develop a team of 20–50 associates and a frontline supervisor, ensuring high performance and accountability

• Drive adherence to operational standards including 5S, labor planning, and process consistency

• Analyze recovery value metrics, product disposition decisions, and liquidation outcomes

• Improve tools, backend configurations, questionnaires, and workflows to increase associate efficiency

• Serve as the subject matter expert for processes across the warehouse network

• Balance hands-on operational execution with strategic process improvement initiatives

• Bachelor’s degree completed by December 2026 or May 2027

• Interest in building a career in Operations or Supply Chain Management

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and drive measurable financial impact

• Experience building or improving tools, systems, and workflows

• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous or developing environments

• Strong communication and partnership skills across cross-functional and external stakeholders

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and Google Suite

• Flexible mindset with strong problem-solving abilities

• Warehouse, internship, or warehouse management system (WMS) experience is a plus, not required

• Consistent execution of operational standards with measurable improvements in recovery value

• High team engagement, accountability, and performance across shifts

• Continuous process improvements that drive financial and operational impact

• Effective collaboration with liquidation partners and internal stakeholders

• Ownership mindset—following through on initiatives from concept to implementation 

• This role is the first step on a clear path into the full Area Manager role, then Operations Manager, Senior Operations Manager and General Manager. You will move into the full Area Manager role when you meet progression criteria. Training includes site onboarding, leadership sessions and a mentor Area Manager.

  Why should I work at Pattern? Pattern offers big opportunities to make a difference in ecommerce. We set big goals, work tirelessly to achieve them, and balance our lives too. Benefits include:

  • Paid holidays

  • Company-paid life insurance

  • Casual dress code

  • Competitive pay

  • Health, vision and dental insurance

  • 401(k) match: 100% of the first 3% of eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the next 2%

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Game Changers- A game changer is someone who looks at problems with an open mind and shares new ideas with team members, regularly reassesses existing plans and attaches a realistic timeline to goals, makes profitable, productive, and innovative contributions, and actively pursues improvements to Pattern’s processes and outcomes.

• Data Fanatics- A data fanatic is someone who recognizes problems and seeks to understand them through data, draws unbiased conclusions based on data that lead to actionable solutions, and continues to track the effects of the solutions using data.

• Partner Obsessed- An individual who is partner obsessed clearly explains the status of projects to partners and relies on constructive feedback, actively listens to partner’s expectations, and delivers results that exceed them, prioritizes the needs of your partners, and takes the time to create a personable experience for those interacting with Pattern.

• Team of Doers- Someone who is a part of a team of doers uplifts team members and recognizes their specific contributions, takes initiative to help in any circumstance, actively contributes to supporting improvements, and holds themselves accountable to the team as well as to partners.

Pattern provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. 

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.