Area Manager – Costume Storage

Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment crafts, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences! From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!

The Area Manager is responsible for leading salaried, hourly union, and hourly non-union cast. This role will help to set and implement the strategy for a global warehousing operation that provides products to all Disney sites.

This position reports to the Manager-Costume Warehousing & Distribution

This is a full-time position.

What You Will Do

• Lead a Warehousing team that meets or exceeds the expectations of Partners/Guests, ensuring a consistent product as well as a high level of customer service
• Provide daily leadership, coaching, and mentoring to the team, including ensuring the team receives accurate training and understands how to perform their role
• Monitor, analyze, and take action on costume inventory quantity and expenses.
• Build strong working collaborations and support business requests in a dynamic environment.
• Ensure division and segment strategies are being followed.
• Look for areas of opportunity to improve efficiency for the organization and strive for consistent processes.
• Lead all aspects of and establish process and Operating Guides.
• Improve Guest service in this Cast-serving-Cast environment by communicating new and innovative ideas to help drive the Costuming organization to new heights.
• Participate in annual budget planning
• Establish and maintain partnerships that support the implementation of new product

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in a leadership role with direct and indirect reports
• 3+ years experience in Supply Chain Management, Inventory Control, Warehouse Logistics, or other related field
• Experience mentoring and providing direction to salaried and hourly cast
• Experience solving conflict and gaining consensus in a way that all partners feel heard and understood
• Experience building a network of internal and external partners
• Experience communicating (both verbal and written) to all levels of partner
• Experience working with a collective bargaining agreement and unionized cast
• Flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays may be required
• Ability to work around all types of fabrics, fibers, and synthetic furs
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing warehouse software
• Experience in large warehouse operations
• Experience with international shipping processes

Education

• High School diploma or equivalent is required
• Advanced degree in Finance, Supply Chain Management or related field is preferred

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits .

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About Walt Disney Imagineering:

Founded in 1952 as WED Enterprises to design and build the world’s first theme park – Disneyland – Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) is where imagination and creativity combine with cutting-edge technology to create unforgettable experiences. WDI is the creative force that imagines, designs and builds all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions and cruise ships worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from its diverse global team of creative and technical professionals, who build on Disney’s legacy of storytelling to pioneer new forms of entertainment. The Imagineers who practice this unique blend of art and science work in more than 100 disciplines to shepherd an idea all the way from “blue sky” concept phase to opening day.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Entertainment Productions , which is part of a business we call Walt Disney Imagineering .

Disney Entertainment Productions is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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