Job Details
DISTRIBUTION MANAGER
- Job Type: DIRECT HIRE
- Salary: 90 -120K
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for the daily management of a Warehouse/Distribution Center. Responsibilities include
managing the salaried and hourly staff, safety performance, inventory management, on-time in full/service management, quality of work, and meeting established budgetary guidelines. The role requires an experienced hands-on supply chain leader that is able to drive results and change through people in a fast paced, short cycle and demanding customer fulfillment environment.
Essential Functions:
- Coaches the Distribution Center team to reach their safety, quality, service, productivity, on time shipment/delivery, and inventory accuracy goals.
- Optimization of site labor and space, full and broken case picking management
- Evaluate service and distribution projects including warehouse design/layout, picking methodologies, productivity, inventory management, manpower and workflows
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislative requirements
- Develop and implementation of best practices such as systems integration and optimization, inventory
- management, and picking methodologies and technologies
- Helps to establish and implement capital projects to deliver site optimization plans to maximize revenue opportunities and/or lower costs
- Consistently meeting daily customer fulfillment objectives in a high mix/high volume setting
- Build a top performing operational team and instilling a culture of accountability, results and flexibility in order
- to meet/exceed customer fulfillment expectations.
- Interview, hire and maintain appropriate staffing levels; Encourage and administer appropriate professional development and training.
- Protect company assets through the proper management of asset files and adherence to company policy with regard to information security and management.
- Directs all activities related to inventory control and accuracy. Manages the Cycle Count program for the site to
- ensure all parts are counted according to schedule and properly accounted for and root causes of errors are
- identified and corrected.
- Ensures all policies and procedures necessary for adequate inventory control are in place and followed
- accordingly. Works with internal and external auditors to ensure all audit requirements are met/exceeded
- Maintains oversight of all site transactional data to ensure inventory integrity.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- ERP experience; SAP experience a plus.
- Strong computer skills, especially in excel
- Capacity to build relationships internally and externally, solid oriented leadership skills
- Strong communications skills (both oral and written
- Strong interpersonal skills are required
- Ability to develop and maintain a strong team
Education and Experience
- Bachelor s degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, or Operations Management preferred.
- 5-7 years of site management; distribution center management preferred.
- Previous union experience a plus.