Warehouse Manager - Grand Prairie, TX

Wurth Louis and Company•Grand Prairie, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Manager is responsible for overseeing all warehouse operations, ensuring efficient receiving, shipping, and inventory management. This role involves managing a team, controlling truck operations for cost-effective and timely deliveries, maintaining equipment, and ensuring health and safety compliance. The manager will also be involved in budgeting, staff development, and interfacing with other departments like Purchasing.

Requirements

4-6 years of progressive, hands-on warehouse experience, distribution background preferred.
2-5 years of managerial experience leading teams.
Must possess strong communication, organization, delegation, and PC skills required.
Must know how to operate different warehouse equipment, sit down forklifts, reach trucks, cherry pickers, etc.
Must have a good knowledge of product areas similar to Würth Louis and Company.
Must have excellent interpersonal skills, ability to effectively communicate verbally and write in English.
Ability to handle difficult situations/ dissatisfied customers and deal effectively and harmoniously with various personnel both internally and externally.

Nice To Haves

SAP software highly preferred

Responsibilities

Ensure all material is received into the warehouse and shipped to branches and customers in the most efficient manner.
Control general truck operations including scheduling of truck deliveries to optimize courteous customer deliveries in a cost-effective manner.
Ensure prompt deliveries and vendor pick-ups.
Ensure that activities related to receiving, shipping, transferring and returning of goods are properly documented in both electronic and hard copy formats.
Ensure all equipment is maintained and serviced.
Interface with Purchasing to ensure inventory is at appropriate levels.
Ensure damaged or off-quality merchandise is reported to Purchasing.
Coordinate cycle counts, identify which products should be inventoried monthly.
Ensure inventory numbers are accurate.
Resolve transfer and receiving discrepancies.
Prepare departmental budget, control overtime and expenses.
Maintain an efficient and effective staff by interviewing and selecting qualified employees, overseeing departmental training, conducting performance reviews, recommending salary increases, transfers, promotions.
Conduct disciplinary action in conformance with company policy.
Health and safety compliance in accordance with company policy.
Perform other duties as assigned.