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Description
Our client has retained our services to hire a full-time Distribution Center / Warehouse Managerin Lincoln, NE!
The Warehouse Manager is responsible and held accountable for delivering, maintaining, enforcing, and executing the distribution operations within the company.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintains receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
- Safeguards operations and contents by establishing and monitoring procedures and protocols.
- Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; and reconciling with WMS and ERP systems.
- Maintains physical condition of operations by planning and implementing innovative design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
- Achieves financial objectives by managing weekly budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; and initiating corrective actions.
- Manages by walking around.
- Completes distribution operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following work performance and productivity.
- Maintains distribution staff by selecting, interviewing, on-boarding, and training employees.
- Maintains distribution staff job results by coaching, counseling, disciplining, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops when available.
- Adhere to customer requirements.
- Deliver excellent customer service to our internal and external customers.
- Partners with HR regarding employee relations issues.
Qualifications:
- Requires 7-10 years of knowledge and experience in distribution, receiving, and inventory control or materials management preferably in a cold storage or manufacturing environment.
- Requires a minimum of 3-5 years prior applicable supervisory experience.
- Candidate must demonstrate ability to lead people and get results through others.
- Experience working in a team-oriented environment
- Candidate must demonstrate attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Requires effective and professional oral and written communication skills
- Required previous experience in managing a budget, forecasting, and analyzing labor standards.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the methodologies of Lean Continuous Improvement and apply these concepts where applicable in the operation.
- Proven safety management experience
- Ability to think ahead and plan over a 30-day time span and prepare action plans to achieve results.
- Abilityto balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
- Show systems and continuous improvement orientation.
- Ability to problem analysis and resolution
- A college degree is preferred.
- Bilingual is preferred.
Work Environment and Physical Demands:
- Operates in a warehouse/manufacturing facility.
- Requires the ability to perform work in different elements of the operation between a warehouse environment and a general office environment.
- Will work in a cold and wet environment.
- Will require lifting to 45 to 60 pounds
- Will be standing most of the shift along with bending and twisting.
If you are interested in learning more about the company and this career opportunity as a Warehouse Manager,apply today!
