Job Title:  2027 NextGen Operations Program- Engineering | Miramar, FL

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As North America's largest total beverage distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with expected first year total earnings of $73000 / year including bonus. In determining a final offer, the company will evaluate a specific candidate's education, skills and experience and will make an offer appropriately.  

Overview

This associate role is part of the Corporate Engineering & Technology team supporting Southern Glazer’s national distribution network. The role is designed for early-career talent who wants to solve operational problems through engineering thinking, technology enablement, process improvement, analytics, and solution design.

About the Program

The NextGen Operations Program- Engineering is a one-year rotational development program built to grow future engineering and technology team members who understand how distribution operations run and how to improve them through practical, scalable solutions. Associates will gain exposure to warehouse operations, automation systems, WMS functionality, operational data, system messaging, technology deployments, and the flow of information between business processes, equipment, systems, and integration partners.

This program is ideal for someone with a background in engineering, information systems, computer engineering, robotics, industrial engineering, supply chain technology, analytics, or a related field who enjoys solving operational and process problems. The right candidate wants to understand how systems, equipment, people, data, and processes connect, then use that understanding to engineer better ways of working.

Throughout the program, you’ll support real initiatives across the distribution network, own hands-on deployment and run-the-business work, spend time on-site with operations, and contribute to projects involving automation functionality, WMS/system integration, process simulation, bottleneck analysis, data science, and predictive modeling.

What to Expect from the Program

• Rotate through key Corporate Engineering & Technology focus areas while also owning hands-on technology deployments, run-the-business support work, and continuous improvement efforts tied to real distribution needs.
• Spend time on-site at distribution locations to understand how warehouse operations, automation equipment, WMS functionality, messaging flows, and fulfillment processes work in the real environment.
• Support solutioning work such as scenario modeling, bottleneck identification, digital twin concepts, simulation analysis, and recommendations that improve performance or reduce cost.
• Partner with engineering, operations, technology, and vendor teams to ask the right questions, understand business needs, and turn operational challenges into practical engineering and technology solutions.
• Complete a Capstone Project focused on a real engineering or technology opportunity, presenting your analysis, recommendations, and impact to SGWS leaders.

Graduates of the program may continue to grow within the Corporate Engineering & Technology team or move into operations-facing engineering and technology support roles that stay close to the day-to-day business. The program is designed to open multiple paths. Whether the next step is supporting automation, leading technology deployments, improving warehouse processes, helping sites run the business more effectively, building data-driven tools, evaluating new technology, or serving as a bridge between operations and technical teams, the experience gives associates a strong foundation to understand how the business works, support how it runs today, and help shape how it evolves.

Program Highlights

• One-year Corporate Engineering & Technology rotational experience based in Miramar, FL, with planned on-site travel to distribution locations.
• Exposure to national distribution network priorities, warehouse automation, operational technology, WMS functionality, and real engineering challenges.
• Mentorship, 1:1 developmental coaching, and access to senior engineering and technology leaders
• Training opportunities in Lean Six Sigma, process improvement, data analytics, simulation, and solution design
• Opportunities to own meaningful deployment, support, and improvement work while learning how the business operates at both the corporate and site level.
• Capstone project focused on solving a real engineering, operational, or technology challenge with measurable business impact.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support engineering and technology projects, site deployments, and day-to-day operational technology needs that improve safety, productivity, efficiency, accuracy, and service across distribution operations.
• Analyze warehouse processes, system data, automation performance, and operational trends to identify bottlenecks, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Help develop scenario models, simulations, dashboards, and decision-support tools that evaluate operational changes and support data-driven recommendations.
• Partner with operations, engineering, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders to understand requirements, process flows, WMS functionality, integration points, messaging flow, and system impacts.
• Document current-state and future-state processes, identify gaps, and recommend practical engineering or technology solutions that can be implemented in the field.
• Review automation and warehouse management system functionality, including order flow, messaging, exception handling, operational impacts, and site support needs.
• Present findings, recommendations, and business cases to leaders in a clear, concise, and actionable format

Preferred Qualifications

• Internship, project, or work experience in engineering, supply chain, warehouse operations, automation, information systems, analytics, or process improvement
• Exposure to simulation software, digital twin concepts, data visualization, predictive modeling, SQL, Python, BI tools, or similar analytical methods
• Familiarity with warehouse management systems, automation systems, ERP/WMS concepts, systems integrations, or operational reporting
• Exposure to simulation software, digital twin concepts, data visualization, predictive modeling, AI/ML concepts, SQL, Python, BI tools, or similar analytical methods
• Experience working on team-based projects that required problem solving, process analysis, data interpretation, or solution recommendations
• Curiosity about how physical operations and technology systems connect in a distribution environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, systems engineering, robotics, computer engineering, information systems, supply chain technology, data analytics, operations, or a related field
• Must be a graduating senior or up to 2 years post-graduation
• Located in or willing to relocate to Miramar, FL or Dallas, TX
• Must be 21 years old or older at the start of the program
• Interest in solving operational problems through engineering, process improvement, technology, data, and practical solution design
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to learn how warehouse operations, distribution automation systems, WMS functionality, data flows, and integrations work together
• Comfort working with data, process maps, system logic, operational workflows, and cross-functional teams
• Willingness to travel periodically to distribution sites for on-site learning, deployments, operational support, and project work as business needs require.
• Adaptability and curiosity to succeed in a fast-paced, hands-on operations and technology environment

Physical Demands

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 40lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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