Distribution Center Director

Little Caesars • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Blue Line Distribution, the in-house distributor for Little Caesars Pizza, is hiring a Distribution Center Director for its Grand Prairie, Texas facility. The Director is responsible for distribution center operations and staff, with the goal of maximizing efficiency and profitability. The role oversees customer service, product flow, staffing and development, financial performance, transportation and warehouse operations, and compliance with company policies and applicable laws and regulations. Blue Line Distribution describes itself as family owned and operated for over 50 years and focused on customized food service logistics with safety as a top priority.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field, plus at least five years of manager-level experience in the transportation or warehouse industry; alternatively, eight years of managerial experience.
• Four years of experience in the food service distribution industry.
• Strong understanding of DOT, FDA, OSHA, and CSA compliance requirements, company policies, and national and state regulations, with the ability to enforce them.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead and motivate colleagues.
• Experience forecasting and managing operating budgets and communicating variances.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer service, ensure clean deliveries to restaurant units, conduct periodic customer satisfaction surveys, and set staff feedback and improvement goals.
• Monitor scheduled inbound product and review electronic purchase orders; troubleshoot overdue purchase orders from vendors and corporate.
• Help maintain inventory turn ratio and fill rate while controlling shrinkage.
• Hire, onboard, train, develop, and evaluate drivers, warehouse staff, office staff, branch management, and hourly colleagues; work to maintain low turnover.
• Lead and supervise branch staff through communication, delegation, follow-up, performance evaluation, and positive reinforcement.
• Conduct formal and informal performance reviews to develop staff knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Conduct annual driver ride-alongs and warehouse visits to afternoon or midnight shifts at the stated frequencies.
• Coordinate payroll, unemployment, workers’ compensation, disability, and other personnel-related matters.
• Develop budgets and action plans to meet cost-control and profitability goals; monitor daily, weekly, and period-end sales and cost-control figures and communicate variances.
• Maximize truck and labor utilization by establishing routes, meeting truck cube and average load-weight goals, and maintaining restaurant processing time.
• Schedule drivers and warehouse personnel within prescribed labor hours.
• Maintain a safe and secure work environment in compliance with government laws, DOT, FDA, OSHA, and company policies.
• Ensure compliance with and use of XATA computer hardware, and ensure accident-reporting procedures are followed.
• Achieve the stated Quality Assurance and American Institute of Baking branch rating standards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director