Job Summary
The Distribution Center Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operation of our fast-paced semi-automated facility. This role is part of a management team that continues to grow and expand the quantity of orders and units shipped daily.
Role and Responsibilities
- Develops an organization and management support team to enable the distribution to meet or exceed the service level requirement of each customer.
- Oversees staffing and recruitment of an available workforce to meet the daily demands.
- Monitors warehouse workers and associated activities; offers assistance to those with concerns or problems on the work floor.
- Implements worker safety and health regulations.
- Plans projects and sets objectives for the employees to meet.
- Addresses logistical problems and furnishes solutions to these issues.
- Meets with other managers to confer about products, shipping times, and distribution issues, among many other concerns.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED Education/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Industrial Engineering or similar degree
- 2+ years of experience in a distribution or operations environment.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience managing a multi-shift distribution center with 100+ employees.
- Prior experience with automated material handling systems as well as WMS System.
- Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Preferred qualifications
- Lean / Six Sigma experience a plus
Competencies
- Driving Results – Motivating individuals to achieve and exceed goals by establishing accountabilities, clarifying performance expectations, agreeing to high standards and measures, monitoring and reviewing performance, and providing timely and relevant feedback
- Fact-Based Management – Viewing the organization as an open system, synthesizing information from diverse sources, coming to conclusions and making decisions that are rational and based on sound evidence
- Coaching and Developing Others – Providing quality time and planned commitment to direct reports and providing processes and opportunities for them to understand their strengths and limitations in relation to a range of high-quality and relevant competencies
- Leadership Communication – Generating a shared commitment to the organization, building morale and encouraging ownership of mission, goals and values
- Process Management – Taking a systematic approach in contributing to making the company’s workflow more effective, efficient and capable of adapting to an ever-changing environment
- Organizational Savvy – Gathering and accurately assessing information related to the organization’s formal and informal communication channels and power relationships
- Delegating – Displaying strong awareness of when, how and to whom to delegate and clearly communication objectives, tasks, long-term benefits and expectations for outcomes in order to empower others to take greater responsibility
- Team Building – Enabling and encouraging group members to work together to complete tasks and accomplish goals that individual members could not accomplish alone
- Decisiveness – Tending toward taking calculated risks by making decisions and taking action, even in the absence of all information