Director, Facilities and Real Estate Strategy – Planning

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🕒 May 28

🌽 Illinois – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote

💵 $115k - $185k / year

⏰ Full Time

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US Foods

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10,000+ employees

📦 Logistics

🍽️ Food & Beverage

🛍️ eCommerce

Logistics • Food & Beverage • eCommerce

US Foods is one of the largest food service distributors in the United States, offering a wide range of products, culinary equipment, and support services for food businesses. They focus on product innovation, sustainability, and customer partnership, providing tools and resources to help clients enhance their operations and meet diverse dietary preferences. With a commitment to quality, safety, and community engagement, US Foods aims to positively impact both customers and the environment.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute enterprise-wide facilities and real estate strategy aligned with business growth and cold chain operational requirements. • Lead long-range portfolio and network planning for refrigeration and cold chain distribution centers, including site selection, leasing, acquisitions, expansions, and dispositions. • Provide governance and strategic oversight for capital and operating investments across refrigerated and frozen facilities. • Directly manage three Business Process Owners responsible for capital and operating expense planning, cost optimization, financial modeling, and investment approval packages. • Partner with various departments to forecast capacity and space needs driven by volume growth, seasonality, and service levels. • Oversee external partners including developers, brokers, engineers, refrigeration vendors, and consultants. • Ensure compliance with food safety, environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements. • Lead and develop a high-performing team with a focus on operational rigor and continuous improvement.

🎯 Requirements

• 8 years of experience in facilities, real estate, and/or network strategy within cold storage, food distribution, manufacturing, and/or logistics environments. • 3 years of people management experience. • Proven experience managing capital-intensive, regulated facilities and large-scale investment portfolios. • Strong financial acumen, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills. • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management or related field, or equivalent work experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• health insurance • pre-tax spending accounts • retirement benefits • paid time off • short-term and long-term disability • employee stock purchase plan • life insurance