
Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead operations at the distribution center to achieve cost and performance goals, including delivery of outstanding service to stores
- Build strong culture of excellence with highly engaged team of managers and associates
- Prepare and forecast budgets and deliver cost performance meeting budget goals while meeting or beating performance KPI's
- Drive reduction of distribution costs and improvement of service to stores and customers
- Develop recommendations and strategy to continually improve service and cost performance
- Communicate, track and resolve operational performance and quality issues
- Close collaboration with internal and external business partners to drive excellence across the extended supply chain
- Develop and enforce systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards
- Manage material handling systems, WMS, facilities and equipment maintenance to achieve target performance levels
- Educate and direct Management and Associates to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
- Demonstrate outstanding energy and the ability to energize others to achieve goals
- Define and communicate supply chain and distribution vision and strategy
- Educate and direct team to follow and maintain established company, federal, state and local policies and procedures in compliance with company safety practices and OSHA
- Recruit, select, orient, train, coach, counsel and discipline Managers
- Develop Management and Associates to increase their capabilities and job performance
- Plan, monitor and appraise performance results and administer disciplinary action if necessary
- Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
- Schedule expenditures, research and analyze variances, and initiate corrective actions
- Ensure the implementation of daily, weekly and monthly priorities and production plans
- Research, compile, initiate, sort and analyze production performance records and data
- Answer questions and respond to requests by internal customers at stores and company headquarters
- Report and respond to any unsafe and unclean work environments and violations
- Associate training and qualification and retention of related records
- Evaluate new equipment and techniques
Scope
- Organizational Scope – All US locations/Single Category/Region/District/Distribution Center
Requirements
Job Qualifications – Education and Experience
- BS in Industrial Engineering, Logistics, Business Management or related field
- 3-5 years of management experience in domestic transportation with a retailer or manufacturer
- 5+ years of experience with 3PL, Ocean Carriers, Truckload, LTL, Intermodal, and small package/parcel modes
- Have an understanding and in-depth knowledge of international and domestic transportation industry best practices
- Experience with outsourced transportation management and multiple modes of delivery
- Proven ability as a self-starter and proactive problem-solver
- Proven ability to develop and mentor direct reports
- Experience with managing transportation functions in an extremely fast paced, high energy and growing organization
- Strong computer and analytical skills
- Excellent interpersonal, written, presentation and partnering skills
- Ability to collaborate and desire to work cross-functionally
- Results driven with quick response
- Highly effective verbal and written communication skills
- Multi-tasking skills
- Knowledge of Business Concepts
- Knowledge of Supervisory & leadership skills
Competencies:
- Leadership - Models the Company's values and influences others to achieve individual or team objectives. Promotes development of a highly engaged and high-performance team.
- Communication - Clearly conveys information through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that is understandable, easy to retain and timely.
- Initiative - Approaches work objectives with a sense of urgency and a dedication to exceeding performance expectations.
- Problem-solving/Decision-making - Accurately identifies problems, issues and opportunities, collects data to draw conclusions and chooses a course of action based on facts.
- Planning & Organization - Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work objectives are met.
- Policy Compliance - Manages in accordance with Company policies and procedures and promotes compliance in others.
Physical Requirements
General office environment requiring ability to:
- stand, walk, sit for extended periods of time
- speak and listen to others in person and over the phone
- use keyboard and read from computer screen and reports
- lift up to 15 lbs.
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