Starting Salary range $110,000+
POSITION PURPOSE:
Primarily responsible for distribution function including ensuring efficiency, safety, quality, cost, and productivity goals are achieved. Create an environment of collaboration and respect among various departments such as Accounting, Information Technology (IT), and Plant Operations to drive overall excellence throughout the delivery process.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:
- Oversee the performance of the shipping & receiving departments, both inbound and outbound processes.
- Ensure exceptional outcomes using Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) to drive continuous improvement and align with overall corporate performance requirements.
- Ensure that order fulfillment and shipping meet customer objectives and business plan.
- Manage all distribution functions and allocate internal and external resources to meet service level agreements and customer service objectives.
- Ensure the warehouse management system is accurate, monitor and report on any unexpected results found in analysis, and investigate root cause for any discrepancies and work with cross functional team members to resolve.
- Maintain optimal storage of product to meet operational needs.
- Review receiving activities to ensure accurate inventory receipt and put away and report discrepancies to appropriate personnel following up where necessary to correct.
- Maintain and review reports for items shipped short to the end customers, determine root cause analysis, and assist with implementation of solutions.
- Create and recommend strategic plans and prepare complete action plans for the performance improvement and cost reduction of shipping & receiving activities.
- Implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards as defined by management.
- Lead, support, and drive results through carrier management including contract negotiations and routing guide development and implementation.
• Complete performance audits of carrier performance and identify performance trends and create plans to correct the performance issues. •
Communicate with leadership on all aspects of operations, including any issues that may affect the success of the plants or impact customer deliverables.
- Communicate and collaborate with leadership on critical issues.
- Ensure product handling and storage requirements are met.
- Develop, implement, enforce, and evaluate policies and procedures as defined in the Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) and carrier contracts.
- Champions Functional Training Document (FTD) program through employee learning and development initiatives; standards of excellence & leader/employee accountability.
- Commitment to the organization’s values; High Standards, Bias for Action, Teamwork, Customer Obsession, Trust, Accountability, Innovation and Growth & Learning.
- Other duties as needed. Items covered in this job description are not all-inclusive of the expectations to perform this job satisfactorily. There may be times where management may require that you perform task not listed in this job description.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with team members, customers, clients, and suppliers.
- Experience with Six Sigma training and enterprise resource planning.
- Demonstrated business acumen and decision-making skills.
- Comfortable collaborating with teams and customers to solve problems.
- Ability to drive and deliver continuous improvement tasks and projects.
- Sound leadership and attention to detail.
- Comfortable making decisions and adapting as needed.
- Ability to work with a team.
- Ability to travel up to 25% for business-related matters.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Supply Chain Management, Business or Engineering.
- Minimum eight (8) years managing operations in a fast-paced distribution center and leading large multimillion dollar projects.
- Experience with order management programs and processes.
- Experience with Warehouse Management System (WMS).
- Working knowledge of Truckload, Less than Truckload (LTL) and Parcel transit process.
- Project management and large project oversight experience.
- Ability to successfully work with people at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The physical environment may require the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. This position may be working in the warehouse under various indoor environmental conditions, including supplemental heating in the winter months and without air conditioning in the summer months. May be requested to work overtime and weekends. The position may occasionally be exposed to ruptured, leaking packages, some of which may contain Hazardous Materials. Where appropriate, proper safety equipment should be utilized and/or appropriate personnel notified. Frequently required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to hazardous materials and chemicals. This job may require lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally.