The Intersection of Calling and Career

World Vision is hiring a Site Manager to lead our Chicago Warehouse.

**01 **At a Glance

Role: Site Manager, Chicago Warehouse

Required experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (eight years). In addition to education or education equivalent, requires 5 or more years leadership work experience in a warehouse/distribution center environment. A minimum of one year of previous supervisory work experience required. Knowledge of Lean management principles and practices strongly preferred.

Location: 5001 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60644

Salary: The full salary range for job level 225 is $75,500 - $119,000. This salary range applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. Typical hiring range is $80,000 - $98,000. **** Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. See Section 05 Salary Range & Benefits section below for more details on our compensation and benefits. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine.

02 ****The Job We are seeking a Site Manager to direct and manage the World Vision U.S. Chicago warehouse/distribution facility, using superior planning and organization skills to ensure overall site activities are in strong compliance and alignment with WVUS policies, procedures, and goals. In this role, the Site Manager will manage the receipt, storage, and distribution of Gift-in-Kind (GIK) products through World Vision's global supply chain from donor to vulnerable children, both domestically and internationally. The Site Manager will enthusiastically engage with community partners in the Chicagoland area, including local community leaders, pastors, school officials, and donor groups, while driving awareness of World Vision's programs. The Site Manager will lead initiatives with the Media team to showcase World Vision’s community-based work through media outlets and social media platforms. The Site Manager will also lead the strategy to grow the local community volunteer base while ensuring operational site needs are accomplished. Additionally, the Site Manager will personify the ministry of World Vision by carrying out our Christian organization’s mission, vision, and strategies. In doing so, we bear witness to Christ and minister to others through life, deed, word, and sign.

Responsibilities Include:

1. Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, devotions, chapel, prayer, worship); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.
2. Collaborate with local and headquarter-based staff to ensure that the site supports World Vision's emphasis on partnering with individual donors, community groups, corporate teams, and churches in our ministry.
3. Manage a warehouse/distribution center equipped for the proper receipt, storage, and distribution of GIK products to ministry partners. 1. Ensure efficient and effective work processes throughout the facility utilizing Lean principles for process improvement as needed to reduce waste and expense.
4. Develop and manage the warehouse/distribution center's budget, policies, and procedures.
5. Ensure the inventory control system is managed with the proper tracking of GIK inventory throughout the site and timely distribution to World Vision's ministry partners.
6. Work in a collaborative spirit with community leaders such as pastors, bishops, superintendents, principals, and local elected officials.
7. Maintain a safety program for all paid staff and volunteers, ensuring that all required safety measures are in place and that staff and volunteers adhere to these guidelines.
8. Represent World Vision's global/local work at community events, and to news outlets and social media opportunities.
9. Guide and oversee the local volunteer program in compliance with World Vision U.S.' policies and procedures.
10. Arrange and provide facility tours for corporate and church groups visiting the site.
11. Hire, fire, train, counsel evaluate, and recommend salary increases and promotions for those under direct supervision.
12. Work collaboratively with team members when assigned to work as a member of a team.
13. Perform other duties as assigned.
14. Maintain awareness of corporate goals, objectives, organizational announcements, and activities. Reference and follow organizational policies and procedures, seeking clarity as needed.

03 ****Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (eight years).
• In addition to education or education equivalent, requires 5 or more years leadership work experience in a warehouse/distribution center environment.
• A minimum of one year of previous supervisory work experience required.
• Knowledge of Lean management principles and practices strongly preferred.

04 You Bring These Skills:

• Oral and Written Communication: Effectively expresses ideas, thoughts and concepts verbally and in writing, using correct grammar, organization and structure, and effective presentation media and techniques. Use appropriate media and approach.
• Attention to Detail: Accomplishes tasks thoroughly, showing concern for all the areas involved no matter how small, at the appropriate level for the task.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishes a systematic course of action for self or others to ensure accomplishment of a specific objective. Determines priorities and allocates time and resources effectively.
• Quality Orientation: Looks for improvements in processes to meet or exceed expectations. Dedicated to developing processes that eliminate unnecessary work and improve quality, productivity, and efficiency. Advocates the importance of quality assurance.
• Results Orientation: Drives for quality results and success, demonstrates a sense of urgency in achieving goals; persists despite obstacles.
• Analytical Thinking: Builds a logical approach to address issues, problems, opportunities or manage the situation at hand by drawing on own knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Team Building & Group Dynamics: Understands and applies knowledge of how teams are formed, team competencies, how to motivate a team, and characteristics of high-performance teams. Recognizes and uses strengths of team members to maximize performance.
• Flexibility/Adaptability: Demonstrates ability to adapt to new ways of doing things; is willing to attempt new ways to solve problems and maximizes performance and opportunity in a constantly changing work environment.
• Influencing Skills: Asserts ideas and persuades others, gaining their support and commitment; mobilizes people to take action. Makes and maintains contact with individuals who can influence decision-makers. Communicates persuasively and with high impact.
• Relationship Building: Easily establishes a professional rapport, growing and maintaining a network of contacts. Offers compromises as necessary to gain support and participation. Proactively contacts other, despite the risk of possible rejection.
• Coaching: Works to improve and reinforce performance of teammates. Facilitates their skill development by providing clear, behaviorally specific feedback, and by making suggestions for improvement in a manner that builds confidence.
• Conflict management: Build understanding of diverse perspectives, evaluate alternatives to resolve opposing points of view, and develop consensus. Analyze conflict situations and diffuse effectively. Uses Scripture to guide conflict resolution.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and analyzes situations and/or issues, considers options, develops and decides on solutions, recommends and/or implements and monitors appropriate solutions.
• Spiritual Leadership: Leads Worship and Bible studies effectively and mentors others spiritually.

05 Salary Range & Benefits Your compensation and benefits are important to you so they’re important to us. The full salary range is $75,500 - $119,000. This salary range applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. T y pical hiring range is $80,000 - $98,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as the Vine. In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more. Additionally, merit, auto allowance, and relocation may be available to eligible employees based on existing plans.

**06 About World Vision U.S. Programs: **Since 1981, World Vision U.S. Programs has worked to create environments in which all children are healthy, educated, cared for, protected, thriving and participating in their communities. Our mission has led us to work in some of our nation’s most vulnerable populations where poverty is high and opportunities are limited including urban, rural, migrant/immigrant, and Native American communities. World Vision U.S. Programs focuses on transforming communities in poverty toward fullness of life through the distribution of donated product (GIK), emergency and disaster relief (HEA), and educational efforts (KidREACH).

We work in seven strategic areas across the U.S. where we multiply our impact by working with major corporate donors, thousands of volunteers and over 3,500 non-profit partner organizations – churches, community organizations and other faith-based organizations. Across our programs, World Vision U.S. Programs annually serves nearly 3.6 million children and adults and distributes over 97,000 pallets of supplies valued at $181 million.

07 ******To Apply **Click the Apply button.

08 ** What Happens Next?** **** Short-listed candidates will be contacted by a member of our recruiting staff for an initial screening conversation. This would be followed by a 1:1 conversation with the hiring manager, conducted on-site at the Chicago warehouse location. Select candidates may be asked to participate in a written scenario exercise. Moving deeper into our selection process, you can expect to participate in a final panel interview, to be held virtually.

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