Senior Director, Distribution Center

The posting, as Axon wrote it

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Senior Director, Distribution Operations

Global Distribution Operations SME & Americas Distribution Lead

Your Impact

As Senior Director, Distribution Operations, you will shape how Axon scales its global distribution capabilities while leading safe, reliable, and cost-effective distribution execution across the Americas. You will connect enterprise strategy with operational delivery to strengthen customer fulfillment, manufacturing support, inventory integrity, and resilience as the business grows.

This role carries two complementary mandates: serve as the global subject matter expert for distribution operations, establishing standards and guiding capability development across regions; and lead Americas distribution operations, with accountability for regional service, safety, quality, cost, capacity, and people performance. Global impact is delivered through standards, governance, and partnership with regional leaders; direct operating accountability is focused on the Americas.

You will build a scalable operating model across company-operated and third-party distribution facilities, develop leaders, and champion a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Your leadership will help advance Axon’s mission to protect life.

Your Day to Day

Global Distribution Operations Subject Matter Expert

• Define the global operating framework. Establish distribution standards, process ownership, and maturity roadmaps spanning receiving, put-away, storage, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory control.
• Set performance standards and governance. Define common KPIs, reporting definitions, operating reviews, and escalation mechanisms that enable consistent performance assessment and sharing of best practices across regions.
• Shape network and capacity strategy. Partner with Supply Chain, Finance, and regional teams on distribution footprint, capacity planning, facility design, insource-versus-outsource decisions, and business cases for expansion.
• Guide technology and transformation. Define operational requirements and priorities for WMS, TMS, ERP integration, automation, and analytics. Partner with technology teams and regional leaders to standardize processes and realize measurable benefits.
• Advance global operational excellence. Lead cross-regional improvement initiatives and establish repeatable approaches to Lean, standard work, root-caus

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