Transitioning Military Service Member, Area Manager

Chewy Chewy · Retail · Wilkes-Barre, PA

Area Manager role at Chewy, a fast-growing e-commerce company, focusing on leading a team of 45 members in a Fulfillment Center to manage inbound, outbound, and inventory control activities. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, driving continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and delivery, and analyzing data to support business decisions. Requires extensive military leadership experience and proven ability to manage large teams.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide hands-on, field-based leadership while progressing through assignments as an Area Manager with 45 team members.
  2. 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.
  3. Cultivate and maintain a safe work environment for all team members within our Fulfillment Centers.
  4. Mentor, train, and develop your fellow team members to support career progression and learning.
  5. Create a positive team dynamic that encourages all employees in the FC to provide feedback, motivate change, and stay focused on the customer experience.

Skills

Required

  • 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.
  • flexibility to work NIGHTS and/or WEEKENDS.
  • lift up to 49 pounds
  • stand and /or walk for up to 10 hours daily

Nice to have

  • 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.

What the JD emphasized

  • extensive military leadership experience
  • managing large groups of 35 or more team members