Operations Manager

Position Overview:

As a Warehouse Operations Manager you will be responsible for responsible for planning, organizing, and managing all aspects of the warehouse operations. You will be responsible for achieving all operating results that align with the company performance goals and strategy. You will be responsible for overseeing safety, quality, attendance, and performance as a daily objective.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement warehouse strategies to optimize productivity, reduce costs and meet the goals of the organization
• Collaborating with senior and executive management to align the operations with the overall business objectives
• Coach a team of highly motivated associates and provide daily feedback on performance and propose solutions to ensure a high performing, cohesive team
• Ability to define and communicate to your team the daily objectives, long-term strategies, and changes in procedural processes
• Effectively work with peers on people development and building cross-functional teams
• Flexibility to work various shifts, as needed including evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Implement and maintain efficient inventory control procedures
• Establish and enforce quality control measures to maintain quality and accuracy of customer orders and products
• Ensuring compliance with safety regulations, federal, state and company policies
• Utilizing warehouse management systems to increase efficiency of day to day processes
• Establish key performance metrics to measure and improve warehouse performance
• Analyze data to identify areas for improvement and implement the corrective actions
• Collaborating with suppliers, 3PL operations, transportation, and internal customers on the best possible solution for the business and company initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned by leadership

Experience:

• Must have at least six (6) years of Distribution related experience
• Supervisory experience of large team sizes – 300+ employees – hourly and salaried leadership

• Knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems such as but not limited to: Voice recognition technology (VoCollect), Employee Management systems (Dayforce/Ceridian), WIMS,E-mail, Voice mail etc

Schedule:

• Days and shift based on business needs

Environment:

• Warehouse Grocery – approx. 50F – 90F
• Warehouse Perishable – approx. 26F - 60F

• Warehouse Freezer – approx. 0F - -20F

Skills:

• Safety Culture: Maintain and drive safety policies to all associates; driving for accountability of safe practices throughout shift
• Physical abilities : May be required to lift up to 75lbs.; the ability to operate required facility equipment
• Strong communication Skills: Ability to provide & receive constructive feedback; communication of expectations and directions clearly
• Building a team based environment: Effective coaching, facilitation, presentation and team-building skills; inclusive decision making
• Project Management: Results driven regarding implemented KPI’s/Metrics; willingness to participate in continuous improvement projects; managing multiple deadline based projects
• Quality: Maintain integrity and high standards of product handling from all perspectives