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Senior Warehouse Operations Manager, Specialized Nutrition

  • Turkey
  • Istanbul
  • Hybrid
  • Permanent Full-Time
  • Posted: 21 Apr 2025
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Senior Warehouse Operations Manager, Specialized Nutrition

About the job

Danone Türkiye is looking for a talented colleague for the position of “Senior Warehousing Operations Manager, Specialized Nutrition.”  Take this opportunity to GROW together!

 

 

In this role you will;

  • Work closely with Transportation, Customer Service, Procurement, Production, Quality, IT, Factory, and Finance teams to build flawless operations.
  • Be responsible for Safety Management, Budget Management, Project Management, KPI performance tracking, and operational processes.
  • Develop and implement a consistent logistics strategy (inbound & outbound, warehousing, customs operations, value-added services, KPI management) aligned with current business standards, ensuring excellent and cost-effective service.
  • Proactively manage and optimize all third-party and in-house warehouses to meet business needs, including locations in Istanbul (Tuzla, Gebze, and overflow warehouses when required).
  • Create and execute cost-saving projects across end-to-end logistics.
  • Ensure high service levels in warehousing for Specialized Nutrition operations in Turkey.
  • Optimize people, resources, and technology to meet or exceed business standards.
  • Manage warehouse expenses and continuously seek opportunities for cost competitiveness.
  • Oversee inventory management and reconcile any variances between physical and system records, identifying improvement opportunities.
  • Manage the warehousing budget on a monthly basis.
  • Ensure Danone’s safety and quality standards are applied across all warehousing operations.
  • Control the total warehousing budget and contribute to D2D controllable cost targets.
  • Manage pallet pooling operations efficiently.
  • Prioritize customer satisfaction and ensure zero customer complaints related to warehousing.
  • Handle return operations and resolve disputes with customers effectively.

About you

  • Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Logistics)

  • Minimum 8–10 years of experience in warehouse and logistics operations management

  • Proven experience in inventory management, warehouse management, and people management

  • Experience or knowledge of 3PM (Third-Party Manufacturing) is a plus

  • Strong ability to manage manpower effectively

  • Skilled in handling multiple stakeholders simultaneously

  • Proficiency in ERP/WMS systems and Microsoft Office is required

  • Having a driving license and ability to travel
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About Danone

Being a Danoner means that you create your own working experience.  

  • You could design your own way of working with our hybrid working model 

  • Our head office is in Ataşehir. 

  • You could decide your daily 8-hours of working period within our flexible-working hours practice.  

  • We know that you will have home expenses during home office days. So, Danone supports you for your expenses with an allowance as well! 

  • Summers are flexible here! You could work fully remote for 4 weeks during July and August.  

  • We also enjoy Fridays during summer period between July and August by finishing our works by 15:00 and enjoy the rest of the day and starting the weekend earlier. 

  • Danone offers various types of leave days to support Danoners’ work-life balance and well-being. We have a wide variety of leave types, such as in your first year 5 days of "Im New in Danone Leave"1 day of "My Future is Good Leave" for our social responsibility activities. These options cater to different aspects of employees' lives and needs, reflecting the company's commitment to not only professional growth but also personal and social responsibilities. 

 

We are proud to promote diversity and equal opportunity within our teams. We believe that our differences will make a difference, and that an inclusive work environment will drive our growth as a company, as a team, and as individuals. We will therefore consider all implementations* by fostering an inclusive work culture where everyone can feel at home. 

 

All nominations will be considered regardless of origin, background, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability. 

 

Working with us is about being able to do things your way. The way you work, the way you develop, the way you progress, it’s all up to you. 

 
Working here, you’ll need to enjoy a fast-paced environment, a little complexity and challenging tasks but it is packed with opportunities. You will work for some of the best-known brands in the world, such as Activia, Danone, Danino, Danette, Aptamil, Bebelac, Hayat, and Sırma, and we absolutely guarantee that you can just be yourself. 
 

Be innovative and entrepreneurial and the impact you could make might just amaze youJoin our movement for a healthier world. One Planet One Health BY YOU. 

 

What we offer 

 

This is a visible position within the company, we offer opportunities where you can grow your expertise and have an end-to-end responsibility to drive "change" & "growth”. You will have a chance to experience 360 ways of working with multiple stakeholders. We develop talents and growth potential to enable strong career development for our employees. 

 

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Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition. 

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