Area Manager, DC/Warehouse-2nd Shift
About The Position
Manages activities of assigned department within the distribution center. Accountable to deliver required results in accordance with established standards and within budgetary constraints. Essential Job Functions Productivity and Results: Provides daily direction to Area Supervisors to accomplish operating results, delivers results in accordance with established productivity standards and business unit goals, applies sound motivational and employee relation techniques to maintain an engaged and productive work group, schedules and appropriately deploys assigned personnel to achieve performance goals, troubleshoots workflow disruptions and takes appropriate corrective action. Staffing and Staff Development: Recruits quality personnel on a timely basis to maintain optimal staffing levels, directs supervisors to ensure all staff are properly oriented and trained, conducts performance reviews and sets goals and development plans for departmental personnel, administers corrective action as required in accordance with policy, establishes and maintains sound professional relations with all employees within the work group to ensure a high level of employee engagement. Operational Support and Control: develops, recommends, and/or implements approved enhancements to processes, systems, policies, and procedures to improve operational efficiency, accuracy, and customer service levels, works with maintenance and support teams to effectively maintain equipment in optimal working order, reconciles payroll and attendance records on a timely basis in compliance with policies and established payroll standards, reviews the accuracy of methods and productivity standards and recommends appropriate adjustments, provides input to the annual budgeting process. Safety and Quality of Results: Takes appropriate action to enforce safety policies and procedures, conducts safety training as necessary and according to established schedules, establishes and enforces checks of process quality to ensure compliance with established standards. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.
Requirements
- Associates degree or equivalent in education and experience.
- Experience in a high volume automated multi-shift distribution center.
- Experience in a facility that uses conveyers, RF scanning, and pick-to-ship container methods preferred.
- Comprehensive knowledge of inventory control and traffic management.
- Knowledge of Word, Excel, and Windows. Able to learn and use in-house software applications.
- Excellent organization, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Able to lead and motivate employees by guiding, training, and offering counsel.
Responsibilities
- Provides daily direction to Area Supervisors to accomplish operating results
- Delivers results in accordance with established productivity standards and business unit goals
- Applies sound motivational and employee relation techniques to maintain an engaged and productive work group
- Schedules and appropriately deploys assigned personnel to achieve performance goals
- Troubleshoots workflow disruptions and takes appropriate corrective action
- Recruits quality personnel on a timely basis to maintain optimal staffing levels
- Directs supervisors to ensure all staff are properly oriented and trained
- Conducts performance reviews and sets goals and development plans for departmental personnel
- Administers corrective action as required in accordance with policy
- Establishes and maintains sound professional relations with all employees within the work group to ensure a high level of employee engagement
- Develops, recommends, and/or implements approved enhancements to processes, systems, policies, and procedures to improve operational efficiency, accuracy, and customer service levels
- Works with maintenance and support teams to effectively maintain equipment in optimal working order
- Reconciles payroll and attendance records on a timely basis in compliance with policies and established payroll standards
- Reviews the accuracy of methods and productivity standards and recommends appropriate adjustments
- Provides input to the annual budgeting process
- Takes appropriate action to enforce safety policies and procedures
- Conducts safety training as necessary and according to established schedules
- Establishes and enforces checks of process quality to ensure compliance with established standards
- Immediately reporting hazards
- Immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors
- Wearing required personal protective equipment
- Participating in and supporting safety committee activities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Industry
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
