Distribution Leadership Program
Description
Distribution Leadership Program
This posting is for our 2025 cohort.
Are you looking for a way to jumpstart your career in the logistics, distribution, sales, or construction industry? At Colony, our Distribution Leadership Program (DLP) role develops leaders through an immersive rotational experience with hands-on field work and supplemental leadership development. Colony will provide you with the foundation to build a long-term successful career. As a program participant, you can look forward to:
- Access to senior leadership through monthly discussion
- Tailored mentorship opportunities both on the peer and senior leadership level
- Dedicated support from our program manager and early career team throughout your rotations
As a future leader at Colony, you will be building relationships and developing the skills, techniques, and knowledge to lead your team to success for years to come.
A little about your day:
- As a participant in our 30-week rotational Distribution Leadership Program, you will have the opportunity to begin your training experience in one of our training branch locations, where you will work with some of the most experienced and successful distribution management teams in our industry.
- In the first 15 weeks of your program, your goal is to learn how our products move through the warehouse and get to our customers. You will work hands-on with our teams in your assigned branch location, including:
- Receiving and stocking
- Picking and packing
- Inventory control
- Dispatch and delivery (including driver ride alongs)
- Forklift operator training
- Operations management
- In the second 15 weeks of your program, you will continue at your assigned branch and move through rotations in the following focus areas:
- Purchasing
- Inside sales
- Counter sales
- Outside sales
- Branch management
Throughout your program, you will have opportunities to travel to branches within the Colony network to give you an immersive experience in operations and sales to better understand how different branches function.
What you'll need to have for success:
- A bachelor's degree in business, logistics, supply chain, professional sales, marketing, or a related field is required
- Must be open to extended travel and relocation
- Attention to detail mindset
- A desire for providing exceptional customer service
More about the program:
The overall focus of the rotational program is for you to gain an understanding of the broader Colony business model. As a DLP participant, you are considered a full-time, exempt employee. Upon completion of the Program, the Employer may present the DLP candidate with a job offer best aligned with their skillset and the Employer’s business needs. Colony will provide financial assistance for you as you move through the program, allowing you to work in one or more of our branch locations.
Life at Colony
With over 65 locations in 18 states and over 1,300 employees, Colony Hardware is the leading distributor of tools, equipment, fasteners, supplies, and safety products to commercial construction and industrial accounts throughout our markets.
Our customers can count on us for same or next-day delivery of over 30,000 products from the top names in the industry right to their job site with no minimum order requirement. At the heart of what we do is building long-term, meaningful relationships. Whether it is our customers, suppliers, or our associates, everyone is a part of the Colony family!
At Colony, our people are our most valuable asset. Success as a Colony Associate means being reliable, conscientious, and passionate. With our direction centered on teamwork, every employee at Colony will not only find their work to be meaningful but will have the opportunity to grow alongside Colony, both professionally and personally.
Colony’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity:
Colony Hardware Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, religion, marital status, victim of domestic violence, familial status, genetic predisposition or information, disability, Family and Medical Leave, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
Salary range: $60,000.00 to $65,000.00 per year based upon experience and location.