Distribution Center Director

Little Caesars Pizza•Grand Prairie, TX

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 the distribution center’s operations and staff, with the goal of maximizing efficiency and profitability. The role oversees customer service and the movement of inbound and outbound products, including promotional items, small wares, and related products, while ensuring compliance with company policies and applicable state and federal laws. The Director leads and develops branch management and hourly colleagues; oversees staffing, training, performance management, personnel matters, budgets, cost controls, and profitability; and manages product flow, inventory, deliveries, routing, labor, and truck utilization. The role also maintains a safe, secure, and compliant work environment and oversees compliance with relevant regulations and quality standards.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

Manage customer service, ensure clean deliveries to units, conduct customer satisfaction surveys, and set staff feedback and improvement goals.
Monitor scheduled inbound product ordered centrally and locally; review electronic purchase orders and troubleshoot overdue orders from vendors and corporate.
Help maintain inventory turn ratio and fill rate, and control shrinkage.
Hire, onboard, train, develop, and evaluate drivers, warehouse staff, office staff, branch management, and hourly colleagues.
Supervise branch staff through communication, delegation, follow-up, performance evaluation, and positive reinforcement.
Conduct formal and informal performance reviews, annual driver ride-alongs, and warehouse visits to afternoon or midnight shifts.
Coordinate payroll, unemployment, workers’ compensation, disability, and other personnel-related matters.
Develop budgets and action plans to achieve cost-control and profitability goals; monitor daily, weekly, and period-end sales and cost figures.
Establish routes and maximize truck and labor utilization, including goals for cubes per truck and average load weight.
Maintain restaurant processing time and schedule drivers and warehouse personnel within prescribed labor hours.
Maintain a safe, 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 branch’s quality-assurance and American Institute of Baking (AIB) rating standards.