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Director of Operations - Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City, Utah Numéro du poste JR0153285 Catégorie Field Operations, Distribution Operations Date de publication Sep. 10, 2026
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McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Director, Distribution Operations

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

About the Role (Job Summary)

McKesson is seeking a Director, Distribution Operations to lead a high-volume pharmaceutical distribution center serving healthcare customers across the region. This strategic leadership role is responsible for safety, service, quality, productivity, regulatory compliance, and financial performance across a complex, multi-shift operation.

The Director will develop and execute operational strategy, lead a team of operations leaders, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure the distribution center delivers exceptional customer outcomes. This position plays a critical role in supporting business growth, operational excellence, and supply chain performance.

What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

  • Lead all distribution center operations, ensuring achievement of safety, quality, service, productivity, and cost objectives.
  • Develop and execute operational strategies that support network goals, customer commitments, and business growth.
  • Foster a safety-first culture through proactive risk management, regulatory compliance, and employee engagement.
  • Ensure compliance with DSCSA, FDA, DEA, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Drive operational excellence through Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
  • Improve throughput, inventory accuracy, capacity utilization, and service performance through process optimization and technology adoption.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of managers and supervisors while building leadership bench strength.
  • Manage operating budgets, labor productivity, and key performance indicators to deliver financial targets.
  • Collaborate with Supply Chain, Transportation, Sales, Finance, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, HR, and IT to achieve enterprise objectives.
  • Lead large-scale operational change initiatives, including automation, process transformation, and systems implementations.

Basic Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Typically requires 13+ years of relevant operations, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, or supply chain experience.
  • Minimum 8+ years of progressive leadership experience managing managers, supervisors, and large frontline teams.
  • Experience leading multi-shift, high-volume distribution, fulfillment, logistics, or manufacturing operations.
  • Demonstrated success managing operational metrics, budgets, labor productivity, and service performance.
  • Experience driving continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, or comparable operational excellence methodologies.

Preferred Skills/Experience

  • Master's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare, medical distribution, or other highly regulated industries.
  • Experience leading automated distribution center operations, material handling systems, or warehouse technology implementations.
  • Knowledge of warehouse management systems (WMS), labor management systems (LMS), and analytics platforms.
  • Lean Six Sigma certification.
  • Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and change leadership skills.

Work Environment, Travel, and Physical Requirements

  • This role is based onsite at the Salt Lake City distribution center.
  • Ability to support operations outside standard business hours as needed in a 24/7 environment.
  • Occasional travel for leadership meetings, training, and operational initiatives.
  • Ability to navigate warehouse environments, including extended walking, standing, and exposure to varying temperatures.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

$108,300 - $180,500

McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:

McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.


McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.

McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.

McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer

McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.

McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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