At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Warehouse & Distribution Senior Associate
As Warehouse & Distribution Senior Associate, you will demonstrate knowledge and capability in warehouse management and supply chain principles, with a deep understanding of local markets to meet Elanco’s business objectives. In this role, you’ll be responsible for advancing inventory health, optimizing distribution processes, and fostering strong stakeholder relationships across six warehouses in Canada.
Your Responsibilities:
- Manage relationships with 6PLs, freight forwarders, and carriers, providing direction on daily execution needs such as stock transfer orders, destruction processes, physical counts, and restricted movements.
- Perform monthly inventory reconciliations, coordinate discrepancy investigations, make necessary inventory adjustments, and execute timely write-offs in Elanco systems.
- Lead special projects to improve warehousing and distribution processes for efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Generate, monitor, and manage KPIs with LSPs to ensure target service levels in warehousing and distribution, proposing improvements when results fall below target.
- Build and maintain effective cross-functional relationships with Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, Customer Service, and other key stakeholders.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
- Education level: Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field (Administration, Industrial Engineering).
- A minimum of 3-4 years relevant experience in supply chain management, inventory, operations, or logistics.
- Strong commercial/financial acumen, analytical/problem-solving skills.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management focused on logistics and warehousing (alternatively, CPIM/CLTD certification or in progress) or applicable experience.
- Excellent communicator with broad influencing capability.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of SAP, especially inventory management.
- Customer-focused, flexible and adaptable, persistent in root cause analysis, able to handle ambiguity and multiple priorities.
Additional Information:
- Travel: Up to 30%
- Location: Canada Office - Mississauga
- Hybrid Work model: 3 times a week in the office
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
Annual salary - range starts on $ 65,500
Competitive Bonus program
Comprehensive health and dental insurance plan options
Retirement savings program
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Holiday closure
High value recognition programs
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
