Job description:
Job Title: Senior Distribution Center Manager
Location: Remote & Travel Required
Reports to: Regional Operations General Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt
Note: This operation runs 24/7, and individual schedules are determined by volume and client needs. Weekend availability is required and the facility is only closed three days each year.
Job Purpose:
Manage the day-to-day operations of a distribution center in alignment with financial and operational goals, and oversee the proper administration of operational plans for the site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan warehouse layout and storage areas considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored.
- Manage financial reporting of the warehouse.
- Design, create, and implement production planning for the warehouse.
- Advise employees on care and preservation of items, and methods for handling, storing, maintaining, and shipping stock.
- Review records and recommend corrective actions for non-usable, slow-moving, or excess stock.
- Verify records for accuracy and compliance, and assess stock levels.
- Schedule special and periodic inventories.
- Investigate discrepancies between inventory and stock control records and recommend solutions.
- Determine work procedures, prepare schedules, and expedite workflow.
- Issue instructions and assign duties, ensuring work meets policies and procedures.
- Standardize procedures to improve efficiency.
- Maintain harmony among workers and resolve grievances.
- Adjust errors and complaints as necessary.
- Manage 4–12 subordinate managers overseeing departmental supervisors and a total of 50–100 employees.
- Execute managerial responsibilities in line with organizational policies and applicable laws, including training, work planning, performance appraisals, discipline, complaint resolution, and implementation of operational procedures.
Qualifications:
- Ability to interact with all levels of management with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience managing and leading a diverse workforce.
- Strong organizational skills and teamwork orientation.
- Ability to meet strict deadlines.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bi-lingual (Spanish) a plus.
- Knowledge of distribution center operations.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to work standing or sitting for extended periods.
- Ability to traverse and access all areas of a warehouse.
- Work in a distribution center with varying temperatures.
- Ability to safely operate around heavy equipment (forklifts, pallet jacks, reach trucks, clamps, scissor lifts) in a fast-paced environment.
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